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Prevalence of Sarcocystis in domestic pigs in India
1Department of Parasitology, College of Veterinary Sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, UP, India.
Veterinary Parasitology
|October 1, 1991
Abstract:
Muscle samples from 890 slaughtered pigs were examined for the presence of sarcocysts. A high prevalence rate of 67.98% was observed. Two types of microsarcocysts were recorded. The sarcocyst wall of one type had redial striations and the other possessed hair-like villar protrusions. The species were identified as Sarcocystis miescheriana and Sarcocystis suihominis; there was a slightly higher incidence of the latter species (47.11%) than of the former (43.14%). S. suihominis has been identified for the first time from pigs in India.