The black-backed jackal (Carnivora: Canidae) in Namibia as intermediate host of two Sarcocystis species (Protozoa: Sarcocystidae).
Two structurally different sarcocysts are reported from the black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) in Namibia by means of light and transmission electron microscopy for the first time. They cannot be attributed to any of the hitherto described Sarcocystis species from Carnivora, of which the ultrastructure of the cyst wall is known.
Wesemeier
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Institute for Zoo Biology and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany.
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Walter
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Bockhardt
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D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora / Q000469:parasitology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009276:Namibia; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000145:classification* / Q000648:ultrastructure