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Ovine sporozoan encephalomyelitis linked to Sarcocystis infection
J P Dubey1, C A Speer, B L Munday
1Livestock and Poultry Sciences Institute, U.S.D.A., Beltsville, MD 20705.
Veterinary Parasitology
|November 1, 1989
Abstract:
The unidentified sporozoan causing encephalomyelitis in sheep described by Hartley and Blakemore (1974) was restudied, and the parasite was identified as a Sarcocystis species based on its location and structure. The parasite was located free in the host-cell cytoplasm, divided by endopolygeny and mature merozoites lacked rhoptries.