description of pythonella scleruri n. sp. (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) from a brazilian bird rufous-breasted-leaftosser sclerurus scansor, 1835 (passeriformes: furnariidae)
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Abstract
Coccidian oocysts containing 16 sporocysts with 4 sporozoites in each were observed in a faecal sample from Sclerurus scansor collected in the Itatiaia National Park, southeastern region of Brazil. The oocysts are characterized by ellipsoidal shape measuring 42.5 x 32.8 mm, with smooth, thick double-layered wall of a greenish-orange colour. An oocyst residuum of numerous scattered granules among the sporocysts in sporulated ones; 16 round sporocysts, averaging 10.5 x 10 mm each containing four elongated sporozoites; presence of residuum; absence of Stieda body. The presently described coccidian, recorded for the first time in birds, is a new species named P. scleruri.
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| Authors | ;Urara Kawazoe;Hélio Gouvêa |
| Journal | kurdistan journal of applied research |
| Year | 1999 |
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