Biomaterial Database

Ultrastructural morphology of sarcosporidiosis in alpine ibex (Capra ibex). 1998

E Cornaglia, and A R Giaccherino, and V Peracino

Dipartimento Patologia Animale, University of Turin, Italy.

The authors describe the ultrastructural morphology of the cyst wall of sarcocysts in the muscles from Ibex, found dead and sent to this department to be examined. Several samples of the diaphragm were taken from 52 Ibex of different age and sex, one Hispanic and the others from the Gran Paradiso National Park (GPNP). The samples were prepared for electron microscopy after testing for sarcocystiosis through extemporaneous microscopic examination. Eighty-six percent were positive. The morphology of the cyst wall led to the identification of three types of sarcocysts in the Ibex of the GPNP and a further type in the Hispanic one. The morphology of the sarcocysts wall is similar to the wall of the species described in the domestic ruminants from several authors.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007558	Italy	A country in southern Europe, a peninsula extending into the central Mediterranean Sea, northeast of Tunisia. The capital is Rome.	Sardinia
D008297	Male		Males
D005260	Female		Females
D006041	Goats	Any of numerous agile, hollow-horned RUMINANTS of the genus Capra, in the family Bovidae, closely related to the SHEEP.	Capra,Capras,Goat
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000835	Animals, Wild	Animals considered to be wild or feral or not adapted for domestic use. It does not include wild animals in zoos for which ANIMALS, ZOO is available.	Animals, Nondomestic,Animals, Nondomesticated,Animals, Feral,Stray Animals,Animal, Feral,Animal, Nondomestic,Animal, Nondomesticated,Animal, Stray,Animal, Wild,Animals, Stray,Feral Animal,Feral Animals,Nondomestic Animal,Nondomestic Animals,Nondomesticated Animal,Nondomesticated Animals,Stray Animal,Wild Animal,Wild Animals
D000836	Animals, Zoo	Animal population groups or individual animals that reside in captivity at a zoological park.	Animal, Zoo,Zoo Animal,Zoo Animals
D012522	Sarcocystis	A genus of protozoa found in reptiles, birds, and mammals, including humans. This heteroxenous parasite produces muscle cysts in intermediate hosts such as domestic herbivores (cattle, sheep, pigs) and rodents. Final hosts are predators such as dogs, cats, and man.	Sarcosporidia,Sarcocysti,Sarcosporidias
D012523	Sarcocystosis	Infection of the striated muscle of mammals by parasites of the genus SARCOCYSTIS. Disease symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, muscle weakness, and paralysis are produced by sarcocystin, a toxin produced by the organism.	Sarcosporidiosis,Sarcocystoses,Sarcosporidioses
D015511	Goat Diseases	Diseases of the domestic or wild goat of the genus Capra.	Caprine Diseases,Caprine Disease,Disease, Caprine,Disease, Goat,Diseases, Caprine,Diseases, Goat,Goat Disease