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Sarcocystis species identification in the moose (Alces alces) from the Baltic States
- Source :
- Parasitology Research. 118:1601-1608
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019.
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Abstract
- Various muscle tissue samples from 60 moose (Alces alces) in the Baltic region were examined for Sarcocystis species. Sarcocysts were detected in 49 out of 60 (81.7%) moose investigated. Six species, Sarcocystis alces, Sarcocystis hjorti, Sarcocystis linearis, Sarcocystis silva, Sarcocystis ovalis, and Sarcocystis sp., were identified using light microscopy (LM), and DNA sequence analysis (cox1 and 18S rDNA). Sarcocysts of S. alces, S. ovalis, and S. hjorti were studied using transmission electron microscopy (TEM); sarcocyst walls of S. alces, S. ovalis, and S. hjorti were type 25, type 24, and type 7a, respectively. Sarcocystis linearis previously found in roe deer and red deer was also shown to use moose as an intermediate host for the first time. The unknown Sarcocystis sp. was rare and might employ another main intermediate host. Phylogenetic results demonstrated that Sarcocystis sp. was most closely related to Sarcocystis tarandivulpes, using canids as definitive hosts.
- Subjects :
- Baltic States
Sarcocystosis
030231 tropical medicine
Zoology
DNA, Ribosomal
030308 mycology & parasitology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
Phylogenetics
biology.animal
RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
Animals
18s rdna
Phylogeny
0303 health sciences
General Veterinary
biology
Deer
Muscles
Intermediate host
Sarcocystis
Sequence Analysis, DNA
General Medicine
biology.organism_classification
Sarcocystis species
Roe deer
Infectious Diseases
Insect Science
Cyclooxygenase 1
Ultrastructure
Parasitology
Taxonomy (biology)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14321955 and 09320113
- Volume :
- 118
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Parasitology Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....25a407d7e7205e0f7c311e7df2ee1bd3