title: The mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) as intermediate host for Sarcocystis wobeseri sp. nov. from the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis).
abstract: Morphometric and DNA investigation results of Sarcocystis wobeseri sp. nov. from the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) and Sarcocystis sp. (cyst type IV) from the mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) are presented. No significant morphometric differences between the investigated Sarcocystis species were found. ITS-1, 18S rRNA, and 28S rRNA gene sequences of these species showed 100% identity. The conclusion is drawn that it is one and the same Sarcocystis species in different intermediate hosts.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Liuda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kutkiene
authors.forename: Petras
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Prakas
authors.forename: Aniolas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sruoga
authors.forename: Dalius
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Butkauskas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D046090:Anseriformes / Q000469:parasitology*; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S / Q000235:genetics; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S / Q000235:genetics; D012522:Sarcocystis / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012337:RNA, Ribosomal, 18S; D012339:RNA, Ribosomal, 28S