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A NEW SPECIES OF EIMERIA SCHNEIDER, 1875 FROM THE SERRA DOS ÓRGÃOS NATIONAL PARK, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, WITH NOTES ON ITS ENDOGENOUS DEVELOPMENT IN THE MONTANE GRASS MOUSE, AKODON MONTENSIS THOMAS, 1913 (RODENTIA: SIGMODONTINAE)
Coccidia
Akodonmontensis
Atlantic Forest
Histopathology
Cricetidae
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
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A total of 53 specimens of the montane grass mouse, Akodon montensis Thomas, 1913 were collected in the Serra dos Órgãos National Park (SONP) in November 2014 and July 2015. The fecal material was analyzed, and a prevalence of 7.5% was recorded for a new coccidian species of the genus Eimeria Schneider, 1875, with part of its endogenous development recorded in the small intestine. The oocysts of a new coccidian species of genus Eimeria are ellipsoidal to subspherical. The wall is bi-layered, c. 1.5 μm (1.3-1.6 μm) thick, outer layer rough. Oocyst (n = 126) mean length is 25.3 μm (21.0-28.0 μm), with a width of 20.2 μm (17.0-22.0 μm) and mean length/width (L:W) ratio of 1.3 (1.2-1.4). Polar granule is present, with the oocyst residuum as a large spherical to subspherical globule. Sporocyst shape (n = 126) is ellipsoidal, with a mean length of 11.8 μm (9.3-14.4 μm), width of 7.9 μm (6.7-9.3 μm), and mean L:W ratio of 1.5 (1.4-1.7). Sporocysts with nipple-like Stieda body and sub-Stieda body are absent. A sporocyst residuum formed by several globules, usually along the sporocyst wall. This is the first record of Eimeria in the montane grass mouse from Brazil.
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RodentsCoccidia
Akodonmontensis
Atlantic Forest
Histopathology
Cricetidae
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
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