Species Sarcocystis muris (Railliet, 1886)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Meischeria muris Railliet, A 1886. title not found. Bulletin et Mémoires de la Société Centrale de Médecine Vétérinaire 40: 130.

Generic Combinations

• Sarcocystis muris (Railliet, 1886). —
  Labbé, A. 1899. Sporozoa. pp. 1-180 in Schulze, F.E. & Butschli, O. (eds). Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. Berlin : Friedlander & Sohn Vol. 5.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat (muscle); Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) [MURIDAE] Brown Rat (syn. Rattus decumanus Pallus, 1778, Mus decumanus; muscle); Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Cat (faeces); Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 [MURIDAE] House Mouse (syn. M. domesticus; muscle (exptl. infection))).

Associated Fauna References

Johnston, T.H. 1909/10. Notes and exhibits of entozoa. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 217-219, 412-413, 417-418, 590-591 (Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus)

Johnston, T.H. 1918. Notes on certain entozoa of rats and mice, together with a catalogue of the internal parasites recorded as occurring in rodents in Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 30: 53-78 (Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus)

Johnston, T.H. & Cleland, J.B. 1909. Notes on some parasitic protozoa. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 500-513 (Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus)

Johnston, T.H. & Cleland, J.B. 1910. Protozoal infections. Report of the Government Bureau of Microbiology 1909: 31-46 (Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus)

Mackerras, M.J. 1958. Catalogue of Australian mammals and their recorded internal parasites. Part I. Monotremes and marsupials. Part II. Eutheria. Part III. Introduced herbivora and the domestic pig. Part IV. Man. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 83: 101-160 (Rattus norvegicus; Rattus rattus)

O'Donoghue, P.J., Adams, M., Dixon, B.R., Ford, G.E. & Baverstock, P.R. 1986. Morphological and biochemical correlates in the characterization of Sarcocystis spp. Journal of Protozoology 33: 114-121 (Mus musculus)

Speare, R. 1985. The veterinary aspects of man as an intermediate host for Toxoplasma gondii. Australian Veterinary Practitioner 15: 11-18 (Felis catus)

Tenter, A.M., Johnson, M.R. & Johnson, A.M. 1991. Effect of tryptic or peptic digestion or mechanical isolation on the extraction of proteins, antigens, and ribonucleic acids from Sarcocystis muris bradyzoites. Journal of Parasitology 77: 194-199 (Mus musculus)

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