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LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF MEROGONY OF <i>EIMERIA</i> SP. INFECTING THE MARBLED TEALS (<i>ANAS ANGUSTIROSTRIS</i>)

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Animal Histology
Herpetology and Ornithology
Protozoology and Parasitology

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Two asexual generations were developed before the commencement of the sexual phase. First generation schizont containing 12-16 randomly scattered merozoites masured 19.5 x 16.3 um, supranuclear and ectomerogonic with residual body. Each merozoite being vermiform and measured 7.7 x 2.4 um. The merozoites formation was completed within 48 hours. post-infection (p.i). Meanwhile, mature second generation schizont measured 17.5 x 15 um. It conained 4-20 merozoites, each measured 9.5 x 2.8 um, and the process was completed within 84 hours p.i. The present study showed all changes in the ultrustructural forms associated with the development, starting from uninuclear schizont to multinuclear schizont. The process of merozoite formation, recorded in the present study, termed "ectomerogony" in which the merozoites developed at the periphery of each schizont. This method is common and recorded among many species of Eimeria. The electron microscope study revealed that the pellicle consists of two membranes, an outer thin unit membrane and an inner complex one usually formed of two membranes. During this stage, the merozoites of the first generation invaded new uninfected epithelial cells. The same events, recorded in the formation of the first generation schizonts and merozoites were carried out in the second generation, except that the second has specific arrangement of merozoites, and it was rich with endoplasmic reticulum. The outer pellicular unit membrane of merozoites was continous enclosing the whole merozoite without interruptions except an invagination at the site of micropore.

DOI

10.12816/0001302

Keywords

Merogony, Merozoites, Marbled teals, light and electron microscopy

Authors

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Samir

Last Name

Taha

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A.

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Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Egypt

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Moshen

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Tolba

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R.

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Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Egypt

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Abd-Allah

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A. Al-Hoot

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A.

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Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Egypt

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59

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59

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4412

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2013-06-01

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2013-06-01

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2013-06-01

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21

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38

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1110-6344

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2682-3160

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Egyptian Journal of Zoology

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LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDY OF MEROGONY OF <i>EIMERIA</i> SP. INFECTING THE MARBLED TEALS (<i>ANAS ANGUSTIROSTRIS</i>)

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22 Jan 2023