Light microscopic and ultrastructural studies on Sarcocystis spp. infection in Philippine water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

• Main Authors: Claveria, Florencia G., Flores, Mary Jane C.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 1999
• Subjects: Sarcocystis; Water buffalo—Parasites—Philippines; Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5121
• Institution: De La Salle University

In a survey for sarcocysts in muscle tissues obtained from 142 water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis）, 92(64.8%) carcasses had sarcocysts. Macroscopic and two forms of microscopic cysts, the spindle-shaped or fusiform cysts commonly occurring in the muscles of the esophagus, throat and limbs, and the glo...