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Experimental transmission of sarcocysts from cattle to mice

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A survey of sarcosporidiosis made in healthy cattle slaughtered at Omdurman Central Abattoir gave an infestation rate of 98 per cent. Transmission of sarcocysts from cattle to mice was accomplished thus confirming the absence of host specificity.

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  1. Veterinary Research Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Khartoum, Sudan

    Izzel Din Afaf & A. M. Shommein

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Afaf, I.D., Shommein, A.M. Experimental transmission of sarcocysts from cattle to mice. Trop Anim Health Prod 6, 58–59 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02380751

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