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Eimeria phasiani Tyzzer, 1929—a coccidium from the pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) I. The life cycle*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

P. I. Trigg
P. I. Trigg
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Applied Entomology, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, S. W.7†.
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The first full account of the life-cycle of an Eimeria sp. from the pheasant is given. The strain, isolated from pheasant chicks by single oocyst inoculation is identified as E. phasiani. It is shown that there are three distinct asexual stages prior to the onset of the sexual stage.

I should like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr E. U. Canning for her supervision and helpful advice, and to Professor O. W. Richards, F.R.S., for permission to work at the Imperial College Field Station. I am also grateful to Mr T. H. Blank, of the Eley Game Advisory Service, Fordingbridge, Hants, who gave day-old pheasant chicks for this study.

The work was financed by a scholarship from the Agricultural Research Council.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , February 1967 , pp. 135 - 145
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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