Vorkommen und Entwicklung von 2 Sarkosporidienarten des Pferdes
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Zeitschrift Fur Parasitenkunde-Parasitology Research
- Vol. 65 (3) , 283-291
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00926722
Abstract
The prevalence ofSarcocystis spp. in horses was investigated in a survey at the Munich abattoir during 1978/79. Muscle specimens (oesophagus, diaphragm, sublingual muscle, myocardium) were examined using tryptic digestion. Out of 200 horses 31 (15.5%) were found to be carriers of sarcocysts. No parasites were found in the myocardium. In three animals sarcocysts could be isolated and differentiated in fresh preparations. Cysts with 5 to 11 μm by less than 0.5 μm hairlike, unstable protrusions were classified asSarcocystis equicanis, whereas those with 2.5 to 4.5 μm by 0.8 to 1.0 μm fingerlike, stabile protrusions were assigned to beS. fayeri. HistologicallyS. equicanis cysts were thin-walled andS. fayeri cysts were thick-walled and often striated. For both species the dog acts as final host. A mixture of sporocysts of both species measured: 12.0–14.4 (13.4±0.7)×9.3–10.5 (9.8±0.4) μm. The prepatent period is 11 to 17 days. Two ponies experimentally infected with 100,000 sporocysts each did not show clinical signs. In fresh preparations and in histopathological examinations of biopsied (111th, 130th, 152th, and 165th day post-infection (p.i.) and postmortem material (167th and 189th day p.i.) different developmental stages of sarcocysts of both species were seen and the following pathological alterations observed: circumscribed nonpurulent inflammation, moderate Zenker's degeneration of muscle fibres, and degenerated cysts, of which sometimes only parts of the cyst wall were left. In fresh preparationsS. equicanis andS. fayeri could be differentiated 111 days p.i. The observed disappearance of the sarcocysts is suggested to be a self-cleaning process. In Muskelproben (Schlund, Zwerchfell, Unterzungenmuskulatur und Herz) von 200 Pferden aus dem Schlachthof München wurden 1978/79 bei 31 Tieren (15,5%) Zystozoiten (Merozoiten, Bradyzoiten) mit der Trypsinverdauung nachgewiesen. Das Herz war dabei stets parasitenfrei. Bei 3 Tieren konnten Muskelzysten in Frischpräparationen isoliert und damit differenziert werden. AlsSarcocystic equicanis wurden Zysten mit 5–11 μm langen und S. fayeri zugeordnet wurden. Histologisch warenS. equicanis-Zysten dünnwandig, währendS. fayeri-Zysten dickwandig und häufig quergestreift erschienen. Als Endwirt für beide Arten fungiert der Hund. Die Präpatenz beträgt 11 bis 17 Tage, die Sporozystengröße einer Mischsuspension aus beiden Arten 12,0–14,4 (13,4±0,7)×9,3–10,5 (9,8±0,4) μm. Bei 2 experimentell mit je 100 000 Sporozysten infizierten Ponies konnte keine klinische Erkrankung festgestellt werden. Es fanden sich aber in Frischpräparationen bzw. bei der histopathologischen Untersuchung von Biopsieproben (111., 130., 152. und 165. Tag p.i.) und Muskelproben post mortem (167. bzw. 189. Tag p.i.) neben verschiedenen Entwicklungsstadien der Zysten beider Arten auch zahlreiche gemischtzellige Entzündungsherde, hyalinschollig entartete Muskelfasern sowie degenerierte Zysten bzw. Reste der Zystenwände. In Frischpräparationen waren Muskelzysten vonS. fayeri undS. equicanis am 111. Tag p.i. differenzierbar. Das Verschwinden der Zysten wird als eine Selbstreinigung angesehen.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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