The prevalence and identity of Sarcocystis in beef cattle in New Zealand

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Title The prevalence and identity of Sarcocystis in beef cattle in New Zealand
Publication Type Journal Article
Year of Publication 1987
Authors Böttner, A. , Charleston W.A.G. , Pomroy W.E. , and Rommel M.
Journal Veterinary Parasitology
Volume 24
Issue 3-4
Pagination 157 - 168
Date Published 1987
ISBN Number 03044017 (ISSN)
Keywords animal , animal disease , article , cat , Cats , cattle , cattle disease , Cattle Diseases , Coccidiosis , disease transmission , electron microscopy , human , isolation and purification , Microscopy, Electron , Microscopy, Electron, Scanning , New Zealand , parasitology , Sarcocystis , Sarcocystosis , scanning electron microscopy , Support, Non-U.S. Gov't , ultrastructure
Abstract

Muscle tissue from the oesophagus and diaphragm of 500 beef cattle slaughtered in New Zealand was examined for Sarcocystis infection by microscopic examination of cysts isolated from muscle samples. All cattle were infected with Sarcocystis; based on light microscopy of cysts, 98% had thin-walled Sarcocystis cruzi cysts and 79.8% had thick-walled (Sarcocystis hirsuta/Sarcocystis hominis) cysts. Cysts were also collected for electron microcopy and transmission experiments. Thick-walled cysts could not be distinguished as S. hirsuta or S. hominis by light or electron microscopy. Thick-walled cysts were fed to three cats and one human volunteer; one cat shed sporocysts but not the human volunteer. Electron microscopy of the cysts revealed many features that have not been described previously. © 1987.

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