Folia Parasitologica 48[1] 11-14 (2001) | DOI: 10.14411/fp.2001.003

Experimental transmission of Caryospora kutzeri (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) by rodent hosts

Jiří Volf1, David Modrý1,2, Břetislav Koudela1,2
1 Department of Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno, Palackého 1-3, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic
2 Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic

Four laboratory-hatched European kestrels Falco tinnunculus L. were fed on laboratory mice and common voles Microtus arvalis Pallas previously inoculated with different doses of sporulated oocysts of Caryospora kutzeri Böer, 1982. Two kestrels that were fed infected mice shed C. kutzeri oocysts 6 days after ingesting murine tissues. To compare direct and indirect transmissions, two of the kestrels were subsequently directly inoculated with 105 sporulated C. kutzeri oocysts and became patent on days 8 and 9 and shed caryosporan oocysts up to day 25 post inoculation. Additionally, four mice were inoculated with 106 oocysts in order to examine mouse tissues for the presence of developmental stages of C. kutzeri. No coccidian stages were found in the tissues of inoculated mice. The experiment showed that developmental stages of C. kutzeri are able to survive in mouse tissues and cause infection of suitable host after their ingestion.

Keywords: Coccidia, Eimeriidae, Caryospora kutzeri, Falco tinnunculus, transmission, paratenic host

Received: April 3, 2000; Accepted: August 3, 2000; Published: March 1, 2001  Show citation

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Volf, J., Modrý, D., & Koudela, B. (2001). Experimental transmission of Caryospora kutzeri (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) by rodent hosts. Folia Parasitologica, 48(1), 11-14. doi: 10.14411/fp.2001.003
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