Isospora vanriperorum Levine, 1982 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in the green-winged saltator, Saltator similis (Passeriformes: Cardinalinae) in southeastern Brazil

Rev Bras Parasitol Vet. 2007 Oct-Dec;16(4):211-4. doi: 10.1590/s1984-29612007000400006.

Abstract

Isospora vanriperorum from the green-winged saltator (Saltator similis) is described in Southeastern Brazil. Oocysts are spherical to subspherical, 19.4-26 by 18.3-26 micro (23.1 by 22.4 micro), shape index 1.04 with a single layered wall, fine, smooth and yellowish. Micropyle and residuum are absents, but one elliptical polar granule is present. Sporocysts are ovoid, 14.5-20.2 by 8.1-12.5 micro (16.3 by 10.8 micro), shape index 1.53 with prominent Stieda body, barely discernible substieda body and residuum centered and granulated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brazil
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Isospora / physiology*
  • Oocysts
  • Passeriformes / parasitology*