The genus Sarcocystis is composed of about 130 species of heteroxenous cyst-forming
coccidia with differences in life cycle and pathogenicity. Pathogenic Sarcocystis spp. can …

Sarcocystis cruzi, S. hirsuta and S. hominis are apicomplexan parasites that affect cattle
worldwide with variable prevalence. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the …

In the mid-1970s, it was established through transmission experiments and ultrastructural
studies of sarcocysts by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) that cattle was the …

About 200 individual sarcocysts were excised from 12 samples of cattle beef from five
countries (Argentina, Brazil, Germany, New Zealand, Uruguay) and tentatively identified to …

Cattle are intermediate hosts of Sarcocystis cruzi, Sarcocystis hirsuta and Sarcocystis
hominis which use canids, felids or primates as definitive hosts (DH), respectively, and in …

It has been suggested that Sarcocystis species are associated with bovine eosinophilic
myositis (BEM). To date, parasite identification in this myopathy has been based on …

Background Sarcocystis species are obligatorily heteroxenous parasites, of which some are
zoonotic, representing a public health and economic impact. This study investigated the …

Sarcocystis hominis, one of the three species of Sarcocystis that cause muscular cysts in
cattle, is a protozoan parasite that can infect the human intestinal tract. The objective of the …

Sarcocystis is a genus of eucoccidian parasites, which globally infects humans and various
animals. In addition to economic losses in livestock industries, the parasite is a zoonosis that …

A survey of Sarcocystis infection was conducted in Mongolia between June 1998 and July
1999. Samples of muscle were taken from the diaphragm, heart, tongue, esophagus, and …