Molecular identification of four Sarcocystis species in the herring gull, Larus argentatus, from Lithuania

• Published in: Parasites & vectors Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 2
• Main Authors: Prakas, Petras, Butkauskas, Dalius, Juozaitytė-Ngugu, Evelina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 06.01.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Animal behavior; Animals; Biodiversity; Bird Diseases - parasitology; Birds; Bradyzoites; Charadriiformes - parasitology; Cysts; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA, Protozoan - genetics; Fishes; Gulls; Health aspects; Herring gull; Hosts; Identification; Infection; intermediate hosts; internal transcribed spacers; ITS1; Larus argentatus; Legs; Light microscopy; Lithuania; Methylene blue; Microscopy; Morphology; Muscles; Nucleotide sequence; Optical microscopy; Parasites; Phylogenetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 18S - genetics; RNA, Ribosomal, 28S - genetics; Sarcocystis; Sarcocystis - classification; Sarcocystis - genetics; Sarcocystis - growth & development; Sarcocystis - isolation & purification; Sarcocystis falcatula; Sarcocystosis - parasitology; Sarcocystosis - veterinary; Sarcocysts; Seabirds; Sequence analysis; Species; Species differentiation; Species richness; Lithuania; Canada; California; Kazakhstan; United States > US; ITS1; Sarcocystis; Herring gull; Species differentiation

Birds of the family Laridae have not been intensively examined for infections with Sarcocystis spp. To date, sarcocysts of two species, S. lari and S. wobeseri, have been identified in the muscles of gulls. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the species richness of Sarcocystis in the herri...