SARCOCYSTIS SP. IN WADING BIRDS (CICONIIFORMES) FROM FLORIDA

@inproceedings{Spalding1994SARCOCYSTISSI,
  title={SARCOCYSTIS SP. IN WADING BIRDS (CICONIIFORMES) FROM FLORIDA},
  author={Marilyn G. Spalding and Carter T. Atkinson and Rene{\'e} E. Carleton},
  booktitle={Journal of Wildlife Diseases},
  year={1994}
}
Sarcocysts were found in striated muscle of 21 adult wading birds among 145 examined grossly and 70 examined histologically (calculated prevalence = 24%), and in none of 332 immature wading birds examined from Florida (USA). Six of 12 species of ciconiforms were infected (Ardea herodias, Casmerodius albus, Egretta caerulea, Nyctanassa violacea, Butorides striatus, Eudocimus albus). Cysts were filamentous, usually extended the entire length of the muscle fiber, and were visible grossly in 33% of… 
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