Issue |
Parasite
Volume 5, Number 1, March 1998
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Page(s) | 23 - 26 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1998051023 | |
Published online | 23 September 2014 |
Note de recherche
Schellackia calotesi n. sp. from agamid lizards of the genus Calotes in Thailand
Schellackia calotesi n. sp. chez le lézard du genre Calotes en Thaïlande
Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
* Correspondence : llan Paperna. Fax : 972 8 465763 E-mail : Paperna@agri.huji.ac.il
Received:
10
June
1997
Accepted:
19
July
1997
Schellackia calolesi n. sp. is described from the Thai agamids Calotes mystaceus and C. versicolor. Schellackia-type sporozoites were recovered from blood and liver of one C. versicolor from Kon Kaen North-East Thailand and two C. mystaceus from Chiang Mai, North Thailand. Specimens of both species were fed on sporozoite infected blood, of these only one C. mystaceusdeveloped endogenous infection in the anterior intestine. Description, from histological material includes early and dividing meronts, micro and macrogamonts and non sporulated oocysts.
Résumé
Schellackia caloseti n. sp. est décrit chez les lézards thaïlandais Calotes mystaceus et C. versicolor. Des sporozoïtes de type Schellackiaont été retrouvés dans le sang et le foie d'un C. versicolor de la région de Kon Kaen, au nord-est de la Thaïlande, et de deux C. mystaceusde Chiang Mai, en Thaïlande du nord. Des spécimens de chacune de ces deux espèces nourris de sang infesté de sporozoïtes, seul un C. mystaceus a développé une infection au niveau de l'intestin antérieur. La description à partir de coupes histologiques concerne des mérontes jeunes et en cours de division, des micro- et macrogamontes et des oocystes non sporulés.
Key words: Schellackia calotesi / meronts / microgamonts / macrogamonts / oocysts sporozoites / gut / liver / blood / Calotes mystaceus / Calotes versicolor / Thailand
Mots clés : Schellackia caloseti / mérontes / microgamontes / macrogamontes / oocystes / sporozoïtes / intestin / foie / sang / Calotes mystaceus / Calotes versicolor / Thaïlande
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