Development of sarcocysts of Sarcocystis levinei in water buffalo infected with sporocysts from dogs.
Half a million sporocysts of Sarcocystis levinei obtained from experimentally infected dogs were fed to a buffalo calf, and sarcocysts of this species were recovered from its oesophageal muscles when the animal was killed on the 62nd day of inoculation, thus establishing a buffalo-dog-buffalo cycle.
D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000469:parasitology*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000635:transmission*; D004285:Dogs; D008297:Male; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000254:growth & development; D012523:Sarcocystosis / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*