SARCOCYSTIS AND RELATED ORGANISMS IN AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE: IV. STUDIES ON Sarcocystis cuniculi IN EUROPEAN RABBITS (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wildlife Disease Association in Journal of Wildlife Diseases
- Vol. 16 (2) , 201-204
- https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-16.2.201
Abstract
The role of the cat (Felis domestica) as a definitive host for S. cuniculi of European rabbits (O. cuniculus) was confirmed. After dosing with sporocysts from cats, rabbits developed sarcocysts and these became infective for cats at not less than 93 days post-infection (p.i.). The earliest infection detected was at 142 days p.i. Infected muscle from an experimental rabbit did not transmit Sarcocystis when fed to other rabbits. Microscopically, sarcocysts in European rabbits (O. cuniculus) were morphologically indistinguishable from those in cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus).This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: