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Two types of ovine Sarcocystis macrocysts distinguished by periodic acid-Schiff staining of the cyst walls

Authors: Moore S
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 28, Issue 5, pp 101-102, May 1980
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant, Sheep
Subject Terms: Diagnostic procedures, Muscle/myology, Disease/defect, Parasites - internal, Protozoa, Infectious disease, Species description
Article class: Scientific Article

Abstract: Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) applied to histological sections of ovine muscles, infected naturally with sarcocysts, showed that only macroscopic “fat” Sarcocystis tenella had PAS-positive secondary cyst-walls after fixation only. Macroscopic “thin” S. medusiformis and microscopic S. ovicanis sarcocysts had cystwalls that were not positive despite fixation.

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