THE LIGHT MICROSCOPY AND ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SARCOCYSTIS FUSIFORMIS INFECTING BUFFALOES IN IRAQ | ||||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 50, Issue 2, August 2020, Page 235-241 PDF (1.11 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2020.113002 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| NAKSHEEN M. ARDALAN | ||||
| Department of Biology, College of Science for Woman, University of Baghdad, Al-Jadirya St, Baghdad, Iraq | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Samples from fresh muscles of 2-12 years old buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) from Al-Shuala, Baghdad were examined for Sarcocystis infection. Macroscopic ovoid Sarcocystis embedded in the muscle tissues of the examined buffalo were detected, they measured 150- 223 (209+7) μm length and 35-130 (85+3) μm width. Esophagus was the highly infected organ followed by diaphragm, tongue while the heart muscles were the lowest infected part. The cyst cavity was compartmentalized by septa derived from the ground substance located under the primary cyst wall. By TEM, the primary cyst wall bordered sarcocysts, 0.08-0.22 μm in thickness, raised from the parasitophorous vacuolar membrane and surrounded by a secondary cyst wall of host origin. The primary cyst wall had irregular wall folds with numerous cauliflower projections of variable size and shape accompanied with a knob-like electron dense elevation. The interior of the cyst contained merozoites consisted of the structural elements of the Apicomplexa, polar rings, micronemes, conoid and rhoptries. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Bubalus bubalis; Sarcocystis fusiformis; light and electron microscopy | ||||
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