Sarcosporidia of the cloven-hoofed game. III. Sarcosporidia in red deer and fallow deer]

The incidence of Sarcosporidia among red-deer and fallow-deer was investigated. The fallow-deer is less discussed because the low number of investigations. The red-deer shows with 15% the lowest incidence among the red-deer, fallow-deer and wild-boar investigated. The Sarcosporidia of the red-deer are smaller than those of the roe, therefore the identification in the trichinoscopic picture is more difficult. With regard to this it is recommended to name the Sarcosporidia of the red-deer Sarcocystis cervi (VON HESSLING, 1854), because their form is more similar to the cattle and not those of the roe. To be sure a greater number of investigations is necessary to detect all connections.