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Eimeria spp. from the chicken: from merozoites to oocysts in embryonated eggs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2011

M. W. Shirley ,
V. McDonald  and
S. Ballingall
M. W. Shirley
Affiliation:
Houghton Poultry Research Station, Houghton, Huntingdon, Cambs. PE17 2DA
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Summary

Merozoites of 5 species of Eimeria from the chicken were recovered from this host and inoculated into the allantoic cavity of embryonated chicken eggs. The merozoites developed into sexual stages in the chorio-allantoic membranes, and oocysts of all the species which were tested — E. acervulina, E. brunetti, E. maxima, E. necatrix and E. praecox — were recovered. Many of the oocysts of E. maxima and E. necatrix, and a few of those of E. brunetti, sporulated and were found to be infective for chickens.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 83 , Issue 2 , October 1981 , pp. 259 - 267
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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