Redescription of Eimeria dorcadis Mantovani, 1966 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas) in Saudi Arabia

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Eimeria dorcadis Mantovani, 1966 is redescribed from dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas (L.)) from Saudi Arabia.
Oocysts were detected in 7 out of 22 faecal samples (32%) using floatation method. The sporulated oocysts are cylindrical, slightly flattened at the micropylar pole, measure in average 32 × 19 μm (27–36 × 16–24 μm), length/width ratio being 1.7 (1.5–2.1). Oocystwall is 1.2 μm thick, smooth, double-layered; outer layer is slightly thicker, light blue in colour; inner layer brownish, with micropyle
in the inner layer and apparently continual outer one, measures 2.2 μm, but lacks a micropylar cap. The sporocyst elongateellipsoidal, measures 14 × 8 μm (12–17 × 6–9 μm), length/width ratio being 1.8, with sporocyst residuum as circular compact, coarse,refractile granules. Stieda body is present, while substieda body is absent. Sporozoites banana-shaped, measure 11 × 2.5 μm, each with a large spheroidal refractile body at the wider pole. Sporulation time is 2–3 days at 25 ± 2 °C.Eimeria dorcadis Mantovani, 1966 is redescribed from dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas (L.)) from Saudi Arabia.
Oocysts were detected in 7 out of 22 faecal samples (32%) using floatation method. The sporulated oocysts are cylindrical, slightly flattened at the micropylar pole, measure in average 32 × 19 μm (27–36 × 16–24 μm), length/width ratio being 1.7 (1.5–2.1). Oocyst wall is 1.2 μm thick, smooth, double-layered; outer layer is slightly thicker, light blue in colour; inner layer brownish, with micropyle in the inner layer and apparently continual outer one, measures 2.2 μm, but lacks a micropylar cap. The sporocyst elongateellipsoidal, measures 14 × 8 μm (12–17 × 6–9 μm), length/width ratio being 1.8, with sporocyst residuum as circular compact, coarse, refractile granules. Stieda body is present, while substieda body is absent. Sporozoites banana-shaped, measure 11 × 2.5 μm, each with a large spheroidal refractile body at the wider pole. Sporulation time is 2–3 days at 25 ± 2 °C.Eimeria dorcadis Mantovani, 1966 is redescribed from dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas (L.)) from Saudi Arabia. Oocysts were detected in 7 out of 22 faecal samples (32%) using floatation method. The sporulated oocysts are cylindrical, slightly flattened at the micropylar pole, measure in average 32 × 19 μm (27–36 × 16–24 μm), length/width ratio being 1.7 (1.5–2.1). Oocyst wall is 1.2 μm thick, smooth, double-layered; outer layer is slightly thicker, light blue in colour; inner layer brownish, with micropyle in the inner layer and apparently continual outer one, measures 2.2 μm, but lacks a micropylar cap. The sporocyst elongateellipsoidal, measures 14 × 8 μm (12–17 × 6–9 μm), length/width ratio being 1.8, with sporocyst residuum as circular compact, coarse, refractile granules. Stieda body is present, while substieda body is absent. Sporozoites banana-shaped, measure 11 × 2.5 μm, eachwith a large spheroidal refractile body at the wider pole. Sporulation time is 2–3 days at 25 ± 2 °C.Eimeria dorcadis Mantovani, 1966 is redescribed from dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas (L.)) from Saudi Arabia.Oocysts were detected in 7 out of 22 faecal samples (32%) using floatation method. The sporulated oocysts are cylindrical, slightlyflattened at the micropylar pole, measure in average 32 × 19 μm (27–36 × 16–24 μm), length/width ratio being 1.7 (1.5–2.1). Oocystwall is 1.2 μm thick, smooth, double-layered; outer layer is slightly thicker, light blue in colour; inner layer brownish, with micropyle in the inner layer and apparently continual outer one, measures 2.2 μm, but lacks a micropylar cap. The sporocyst elongateellipsoidal,
measures 14 × 8 μm (12–17 × 6–9 μm), length/width ratio being 1.8, with sporocyst residuum as circular compact, coarse,
refractile granules. Stieda body is present, while substieda body is absent. Sporozoites banana-shaped, measure 11 × 2.5 μm, eachwith a large spheroidal refractile body at the wider pole. Sporulation time is 2–3 days at 25 ± 2 °C.