First report of Sarcocystis halieti in Asia: the genetic confirmation in muscles of the Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) from Iran

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 6989 - 14
• Main Authors: Sazmand, Alireza, Moradi, Leili, Almasi, Pardis, Nabavi, Reza, Prakas, Petras
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 27.02.2025; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/326; 631/326/417; 631/326/417/1716; 631/326/417/2546; 631/326/417/2548; 631/326/417/2550; 631/601; Accipiter nisus; Animals; Bird Diseases - parasitology; Bird of prey; Birds; Breast muscle; Hawks - parasitology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Iran; Mitochondrial DNA; multidisciplinary; Muscles; PCR; Phylogeny; rRNA; Sarcocystis - genetics; Sarcocystis - isolation & purification; Sarcocystis Halieti; Sarcocystosis - parasitology; Sarcocystosis - veterinary; Sarcocysts; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Sequence analysis; Wild bird; Wildlife; Iran; Asia; Bird of prey; Wild bird; Wildlife; PCR; Sarcocystis Halieti

Previous studies showed that the Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus, 1758) acts as the definitive host of the Sarcocystis halieti (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae) Gjerde, Vikøren et Hamnes, 2017. Herein, we report macrocysts of S. halieti in the pectoral muscle of a Sparrowhawk in the west o...