Sarcocystis and other coccidia in foxes and other wild carnivores from Montana.
Sarcocystis spp sporocysts were found in feces of 10.1% of 198 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), in 3.2% of 61 bobcats (Lynx rufus), in 16.6% of 12 mountain lions (Felis concolor), in 16.6% of 6 fisher (Martes pennanti), and in none of 20 wolverines (Gulo gulo), 4 mink (Mustela vison), or 10 raccoons (Procyon lotor). Sarcocystis muris and Toxoplasma gondii were not found in laboratory mice inoculated with feces of bobcats and mountain lions.
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology; D002335:Carnivora / Q000469:parasitology*; D003044:Coccidia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005589:Foxes / Q000469:parasitology; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000302:isolation & purification*