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Eimeria weybridgensis sp. nov. and Eimeria ovina from the domestic sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

C. C. Norton ,
L. P. Joyner  and
Janet Catchpole
C. C. Norton
Affiliation:
Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, Surrey
L. P. Joyner
Affiliation:
Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, Surrey
Janet Catchpole
Affiliation:
Central Veterinary Laboratory, Weybridge, Surrey
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Eimeria weybridgensis sp.nov. is described from pure infections in experimental lambs. The characters by which it can be distinguished from E. ovina and E. crandallis, which it resembles, are described. Cross-infection experiments confirmed its distinction from E. ovina. Oocysts of E. weybridgensis are the same size as those of E. crandallis, measuring 24 × 17 μm. The prepatent period of E. weybridgensis, however, is much longer and the morphology of the sporocysts of the two species is different.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 69 , Issue 1 , August 1974 , pp. 87 - 95
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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