Investigations on Sarcocystis species in the leg muscles of the bird family Corvidae in Lithuania

• Published in: Parasitology research (1987) Vol. 121; no. 2; pp. 703 - 711
• Main Authors: Juozaitytė-Ngugu, Evelina, Butkauskas, Dalius, Švažas, Saulius, Prakas, Petras
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.02.2022; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Birds; Corvus corax; Corvus frugilegus; Corvus monedula; crows; Cysts; DNA, Ribosomal - genetics; Garrulus glandarius; Immunology; Legs; light microscopes; Lithuania; Medical Microbiology; Methylene blue; Microbiology; Muscles; parasitology; Phylogeny; Pica pica; Protozoology - Original Paper; RNA, Ribosomal, 18S - genetics; Sarcocystis; Sarcocystis - genetics; Sarcocystosis - epidemiology; Sarcocystosis - veterinary; Sarcocysts; sequence analysis; Lithuania; Corvids; rDNA; ITS1; Phylogeny; Molecular identification; Sarcocystis

Although three species of Sarcocystis , S . cornixi , S . corvusi and S . kutkienae , have been described in corvids, molecular studies of sarcocysts isolated from these birds are incomplete. Leg muscles of 83 corvids, 35 hooded crows ( Corvus cornix ), 21 western jackdaws ( Coloeus monedula ), 11 r...