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Molecular identification of four Sarcocystis species in cattle from Lithuania, including S. hominis, and development of a rapid molecular detection method.
Parasites & vectors - 7 Dec 2020
Prakas Petras, Strazdaitė-Žielienė Živilė, Januškevičius Vytautas, Chiesa Francesco, Baranauskaitė Agnė, Rudaitytė-Lukošienė Eglė, Servienė Elena, Petkevičius Saulius, Butkauskas Dalius
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Six Sarcocystis species are known to use cattle (Bos taurus) as the intermediate host, two of which, S. hominis and S. heydorni, are zoonotic. There is a need for a method that will enable rapid identification of the Sarcocystis species in cattle. METHODS: The diaphragm muscles of 102 cattle from Lithuania were examined for the presence of Sarcocystis spp., using two different methods for species...
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