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Sarcocystis chloropusae (protozoa: Sarcocystidae) n. sp. from the common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) from Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2015

A. EL-MORSEY ,
M. EL-SEIFY ,
A. Y. DESOUKY ,
M. M. ABDEL-AZIZ ,
H. SAKAI  and
T. YANAI
A. EL-MORSEY
Affiliation:
Parasitology and Animal Diseases Department, Veterinary Research Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth st. (former El Tahrir st.), Dokki, Giza, P.O.12622, Egypt Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
M. EL-SEIFY
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, KafrElsheikh University, KafrElsheikh, Egypt
A. Y. DESOUKY
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, KafrElsheikh University, KafrElsheikh, Egypt
M. M. ABDEL-AZIZ
Affiliation:
Parasitology and Animal Diseases Department, Veterinary Research Division, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth st. (former El Tahrir st.), Dokki, Giza, P.O.12622, Egypt
H. SAKAI
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
T. YANAI*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
*
* Corresponding author: Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu 501–1193, Japan. E-mail: [email protected]
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Summary

A new name Sarcocystis chloropusae is proposed for a parasite previously found in two of 25 common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) from Brolos Lake, Egypt. Sarcocysts were microscopic, up to 650 μm long, the cyst wall was up to 4·5 μm thick, and contained villar protrusions that were up to 4 μm long and up to 2 μm wide. The villar protrusions were crowded, contained vesicles but lacked microtubules. The ground substance layer was smooth. The bradyzoites were up to 12 μm long and up to 2 μm wide. Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of the (ITS-1) supported the conclusion that the Sarcocystis in G. chloropus is a distinct species.

Keywords

common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)Sarcocystis chloropusaeSarcocystPhylogenyITS-1
Type
Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 142 , Issue 8 , July 2015 , pp. 1063 - 1065
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