Microscopic and Molecular Identification of Sarcocystis Species in Wild Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Lithuania and Latvia.

Sarcocystis is a genus of heteroxenous, globally distributed apicomplexan parasites found in reptiles, birds, and mammals. Typically, sarcocysts develop in muscles of intermediate hosts, and oocysts sporulate in intestines of definitive hosts. The pa…

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