Muscle Sarcocystosis in pheasants and first records of the genus Sarcocystis in Phasianus colchicus Linné, 1758 in Czechoslovakia.
During examination of 41 pheasants from the vicinity of Jindrichův Hradec (South Bohemia) muscle sarcocystosis was found in 15 birds (i.e., in 36.5%). There were two types of sarcosporidia. Type I was recorded in 3 pheasants and possessed small cystozoites measuring 6 x 2 micrometers. There occurred also stages measuring 3-4 x 2 micrometers corresponding in their morphology to merozoites of the pre-cystic phase of reproduction. Type II was found in 12 birds and possessed large, lancet-shaped cystozoites measuring 16 x 2-3 micrometers. Type II conforms to the description of Sarcocystis sp. by Wenzel et al. (1982), whereas type I seems to represent a new species of sarcosporidia.
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D001717:Birds; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D009132:Muscles / Q000469:parasitology*; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D012523:Sarcocystosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*