Extraintestinal sporozoites of chickenEimeria in chickens and turkeys |
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| Authors: | M. H. Kogut P. L. Long |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, 30602 Athens, GA, USA;(2) Present address: Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama School of Medicine, 36688 Mobile, AL, USA |
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| Abstract: | Oocysts were found in the feces of chickens (recipients) dosed orally with whole blood, liver, lung, or heart homogenates from chickens and turkeys (donors) inoculated 3 and 4 days previously with a mixture of 3.5×106 oocysts of chickenEimeria. No oocysts were found in the feces of recipients given spleen homogenates from these same chickens and turkeys and none were found in the feces of recipients given similar material from uninoculated donors. Intracellular sporozoites were found in the peripheral blood of a turkey inoculated with chickenEimeria. The results indicate that a small number of sporozoites are capable of invading and surviving for at least 4 days in the peripheral blood of chickens and turkeys.Supported by State and Hatch funds allocated to the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations of the University of Georgia |
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