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Host specificity in eimerian coccidia: development of Eimeria vermiformis of the mouse, Mus musculus, in Rattus norvegicus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

M. Elaine Rose  and
B. J. Millard
M. Elaine Rose
Affiliation:
Houghton Poultry Research Station, Houghton, Huntingdon, Cambs. PE17 2DA
B. J. Millard
Affiliation:
Houghton Poultry Research Station, Houghton, Huntingdon, Cambs. PE17 2DA
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The ability of Eimeria vermiformis, a coccidium which normally parasitizes the mouse, to develop in rats was investigated. The Rowett strain (Lac: RNU) rats were euthymic (rnu/+), treated or untreated with cortisone acetate, and athymic (rnu/rnu). E. vermiformis completed its development only in rnu/rnu rats, which passed small numbers of oocysts capable of sporulating and infecting C57BL/6 mice. In the rnu/+ rats, irrespective of cortisone treatment, development appeared to terminate with the completion of the asexual (schizogonic) stages since no gametocytes were recognized in the tissues and no oocysts were detected in the faeces. The findings are discussed with reference to the factors which govern host specificity.

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Parasitology , Volume 90 , Issue 3 , June 1985 , pp. 557 - 563
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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