Mice serve as paratenic hosts for the transmission of Caryospora duszynskii (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) between snakes of the genus Elaphe

Title:

Mice serve as paratenic hosts for the transmission of Caryospora duszynskii (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) between snakes of the genus Elaphe

Creator:

Modrý, David, Šlapeta, Jan R., and Koudela, Břetislav

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:cdb05ee2-dee6-4317-be69-9c9490382ab4
uuid:cdb05ee2-dee6-4317-be69-9c9490382ab4
doi:10.14411/fp.2005.027

Subject:

Coccidia, Eimeriidae, Caryospora duszynskii, transmission, and paratenic host

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Description:

Caryospora duszynskii Upton, Current et Barnard, 1984 was successfully transmitted to snakes of the genus Elaphe by feeding them previously infected mice. Fifty thousand oocysts were orally administered to two mouse strains, BALB/c and Crl:CD-1(ICR)BR, which were subsequently fed to captive-born coccidia-free Elaphe guttata (L.) in two respective independent experiments. Both E. guttata expelled C. duszynskii oocysts in their faeces, beginning on day 18 and 26 post infection (p.i.) and shed oocysts continuously through the end of the experiment, day 230 and 135 p.i., respectively. There were no parasitic stages or lesions in mice, as revealed by histological examination. Experiments proved that rodents serve as paratenic hosts for C. duszynskii. In summary we discuss the life-cycle strategies of Caryospora spp. in reptiles and present three general modes of their development.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Coverage:

205-208

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2005 Volume:52 | Number:3

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