Eimeria branchiphila sp.nov. sporulating in the gill filaments of roach, Rutilus rutilus L. |
| |
| Authors: | IVA DYKOVÁ JI&#;Í LOM GINKA GRUPCHEVA |
| |
| Institution: | Institute of Parasitologv, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. Prague. Czechoslovakia;Zoological Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Sofia. Bulgaria |
| |
| Abstract: | Abstract. Eimeria branchiphila sp. nov. is described from the roach, Rutilus rutilus L., collected in Bulgaria. Sporulated oocysts were found in gill secondary lamellae and less frequently were associated with melano-macrophage centres in the spleen and in kidney interstitial tissue. In the gills, parasite cells identified as zygotes and sporulation stages were also encountered. This unusual site of sporulation represents a mechanism of sporocyst dispersal previously not recorded in fish coccidia. |
| |
| Keywords: | |
|
|
