Haematological and biochemical findings in bovine post-parturient haemoglobinuria and the accompanying Heinz-body anaemia |
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| Authors: | DE Gardner PhD BVSc DipMicrobiol MACVSC D Martinovich BVSc MS MRCVS MAC-VSc DipAgric DA Woodhouse AIMLT |
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| Institution: | 1. Palmerston North Animal Health Laboratory , Private Bag, Palmerston North;2. Whangarei Animal Health Laboratory , Private Bag, Whangarei |
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| Abstract: | Sarcocysts morphologically similar to Sarcocystis muris were observed in the skeletal muscles of mice dosed with free isosporan sporocysts recovered from the faeces of naturally infected cats. Kittens fed these mice shed similar sporocysts measuring 8.7 ±0.1 x 10.8 ±0.1 μm in their faeces five to six days later. Feeding these sporocysts to mice and rats resulted in the formation of identical sarcocysts in mice, but not rats. Attempts to induce similar infections in mice using naturally acquired isolates of I. felis were unsuccessful. |
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