title: Sarcocystis-like organisms in musculature of a domestic dog (Canis familiaris) and wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in Kenya.
abstract: Three of six wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) which died of rabies, and one Alsatian dog which died of adenocarcinoma, were found to harbour sarcocysts in their cardiac and/or skeletal muscles. The bradyzoites and metrocytes of the cysts were smaller than those seen in a lion infected with Microbesnoitia leoni and the common Sarcocystis spp. found in ruminants. It is proposed that Lycaon pictus is the natural intermediate host of the unidentified Sarcocystis-like species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kabete, Kenya.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bwangamoi
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Ngatia
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Richardson
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000401:mortality / Q000469:parasitology*; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000469:parasitology; D007630:Kenya; D009132:Muscles / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D011818:Rabies / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012523:Sarcocystosis / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014059:Tongue / Q000469:parasitology