IN VITRO CULTIVATION OF SCHIZONTS OF SARCOCYSTIS SPEERI Dubey and Lindsay, 1999
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Parasitologists in Journal of Parasitology
- Vol. 86 (4) , 671-678
- https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0671:ivcoso]2.0.co;2
Abstract
Schizonts of Sarcocystis speeri Dubey and Lindsay, 1999 were cultured in vitro in bovine monocyte and equine kidney cell cultures inoculated with infected tissues of nude and γ-interferon knockout mice fed sporocysts from opossums, Didelphis albiventris. At least 1 asexual cycle was completed in 3 days. In vitro-grown merozoites were structurally and antigenically distinct from those of Sarcocystis neurona and Sarcocystis falcatula. Culture-derived merozoites of S. speeri were not infective to budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus).Keywords
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