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dc.contributor.author | Turner, Wendy C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Penzhorn, Barend Louis | |
dc.contributor.author | Getz, Wayne Marcus | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-22T05:56:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-09-22T05:56:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.description | This research was conducted as part of a Ph.D. dissertation at the University of California, Berkeley. | en_ZA |
dc.description.abstract | We document morphological descriptions for 3 newly described Eimeria spp. that infect springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis). Eimeria antidorcasi n. sp. oocysts are ovoid, with average size (n 5 346) 26.2 6 18.8 (19.2–33.5 6 13.1– 26.5) mm, a length/width ratio of 1.4 (1.2–2.0), a micropyle, and a polar granule sometimes present. Sporocysts are ovoid (n 5 336), 11.3 6 7.3 (6.0–14.6 6 5.2–9.8) mm, with a length/width ratio of 1.5 (1.1–2.0), a Stieda body, a prominent, ovoid sporocyst residuum, and one refractile body per sporozoite. Eimeria versfeldi n. sp. oocysts are ellipsoid (n 5 136), 38.9 6 26.6 (27.8–48.2 6 21.2–31.0) mm, with a length/width ratio of 1.5 (1.2–2.0), a micropyle cap with submicropylar material, and 2–4 polar granules. Sporocysts are elongate-ovoid (n 5 132), 18.3 6 9.2 (13.2–22.8 6 6.8– 11.2) mm, with a length/width ratio of 2.0 (1.3–2.5), a Stieda body, a small sporocyst residuum present, and an evident nucleus and two refractile bodies per sporozoite. Eimeria gasawayi n. sp. oocysts are subspheroid (n 5 87), 14.8 6 13.6 (11.5–20.0 6 11.1–18.2) mm, with a length/width ratio of 1.1 (1.0–1.2), and no micropyle. Sporocysts are elongate-ovoid (n 5 82), 9.0 6 4.6 (5.5–12.5 6 3.6–6.4) mm, with a length/width ratio of 2.0 (1.3–2.4), a small Stieda body, and an irregularly shaped sporocyst residuum present. These are the first Eimeria spp. described from springbok. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Veterinary Tropical Diseases | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | am2016 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | A Fulbright fellowship, Andrew and Mary Thompson Rocca Scholarships, the Professor Earl Storie Memorial Scholarship, the G. Fitzgarrald Martin Scholarship, and a grant from the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management to W.C.T., and National Institutes of Health grant GM83863 to W.M.G. | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.bioone.org/loi/copa | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Turner, W.C,. Penzhorn, B.L. & Getz, W.M. 2016, 'Description of 3 new species of Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) in Namibia', Comparative Parasitology, vol. 83, no. 2, pp. 202-211. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1525-2647 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1938-2952 (online) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56782 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Helminthological Society of Washington | en_ZA |
dc.rights | Helminthological Society of Washington | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Antidorcas marsupialis | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Antilopini | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Bovidae | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Coccidia | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Eimeria sp. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Eimeriidae | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Etosha National Park | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Namibia | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Springbok | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Taxonomy | en_ZA |
dc.title | Description of 3 new species of Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) in Namibia | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |