Studies on Sarcocystis species. IV: A species infecting dogs and goats; development in goats

Authors: Collins GH, Charleston WAG
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 27, Issue 12, pp 260-262, Dec 1979
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Companion animal, Dog, Goat, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant
Subject Terms: Disease transmission, Epidemiology, Muscle/myology, Disease/defect, Parasites - internal, Protozoa, Infectious disease
Article class: Scientific Article

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Abstract: The development of a dog:goat species of Sarcocystis was studied experimentally in goats. Schizogony in vascular endothelium at 18 and 19 days after infection was associated with pyrexia, anaemia, anorexia, depression and death. Clinical signs were dose-related and doses of 6 x 10⁵ or more sporocysts were fatal. Muscle invasion took place before 34 days. At 129 days, sarcocysts were infective for dogs and the life cycle was completed. Sporocysts of this dog:goat species were not infective for sheep.

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