Authors: F A Alfaleh M S Alyousif S AlQuraishy Y R AlShawa
Publish Date: 2011/10/14
Volume: 110, Issue: 5, Pages: 1655-1657
Abstract
The oocysts of Eimeria biarmicus sp n were described from the feces of the lanner falcon Falco biarmicus collected from the falcon market in Riyadh City Saudi Arabia The prevalence of infection was 5 2/40 The majority of the oocysts examined had completed sporulation within 84 h at 24 ± 2°C Sporulated oocysts are ovoid in shape measuring 224 × 179 205–247 × 158–185 μm shape index L/W is 125 114–136 μm The oocyst wall is smooth and bilayered Micropyle and oocyst residuum are absent A polar granule is present consisting of 2–4 globules Sporocysts are ovoid 101 × 61 94–112 × 54–68 μm with a smooth singlelayered wall and a minute Stieda body but there is no substieda body The sporocyst residuum consists of numerous small granules Sporozoites are comma shaped each contains two refractile bodies E biarmicus sp n is the second eimerian species described from F biarmicus
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