Morphologic identification of a new Sarcocystis sp. in the common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) (Aves: Gruiformes: Rallidae) from Brolos Lake, Egypt

Molecular Characterization of Sarcocytis Fusiformis and Sarcocystis Buffalonis Infecting Water Buffaloes (Bubalus Bubalis) From Egypt

“…sheep, S. capricanis in goats and S. miescheriana in swine (Dubey et al, 1989;El-Morsey, 2010;El-Morsey et al, 2014). Macroscopic visible cysts, like S. fusiformis, S. buffalonis and S. gigantea, also may render meat unaesthetic and thus lead to condemnation of infected carcasses (Dubey et al, 1989;Yang et al, 2000;Hilali et al, 2011).…”

“…Depending on the main fact that the morphometric characteristics of the cyst wall are the basic criteria for identification of different Sarcocystis species within the same intermediate host (Dubey et al, 1989;Xiang et al, 2010;El-Morsey et al, 2014). Moreover, Xiang et al, (2010) stated that light microscopy might be used to demonstrate the occurrence of sarcocysts in mammalian tissues and could be employed to discriminate among some parasite species based on the cyst wall structure as well as the size of the sarcocysts.…”

Sarcocystis chloropusae (protozoa: Sarcocystidae) n. sp. from the common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) from Egypt

“…Same material described by El-Morsey et al . (2014) was used here for morphological description. For molecular characterization sarcocysts had been preserved in 70% ethyl alcohol and stored frozen at −20 °C.…”

“…Recently we described a species of Sarcocystis in the common moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus ) from Egypt (El-Morsey et al . 2014). We have now molecularly characterized this parasite and propose a new name Sarcocystis chloropusae .…”

Sarcosporidiosis as a Neglected Disease Between Carcasses and Slaughter House Workers

“…The members of the genus Sarcocystis (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae) are intracellular protozoan parasites that infect a wide range of domestic and wild animals, birds as well as man, resulting in economic losses in production animals worldwide (Saeed et al, 2018). In Egypt infection was reported in aquatic birds (El-Morsey et al, 2014), water buffaloes (Ashmawy et al, 2014) and man as final and intermediate host for sarcosporidiosis (Shaapan, 2016). Its sexual stages are in the intestine of a carnivore (final host) while the asexual stages are in the vascular system and musculature of the animals and man as intermediate host (Fayer et al, 2015) causing weight loss, anorexia, anemia, abortion, debilitation and mortality (Badawy et al, 2012).…”