LIGHT AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC STUDIES ON SARCOCYSTIS SPECIES FROM THE STRIPPED SKUNK, MEPHITIS MEPHITIS IN IOWA, U.S.A.

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Sarcocystis sp. have been found naturally in the skeletal muscle of a stripped skunk, Mephitis mephitis captured from Iowa state, U.S.A. Light and electron microscopic appearance of this parasite has been studied. Ultra-structure of the cyst wall as well as the zoites were described, compared and discussed. The present study deals, for the first time, with the fine structure of a Sareocystis species from the stripped skunk, Mephitis mep < /strong>hitis.