Bovine sarcocystosis: Sarcocystis species, diagnosis, prevalence, economic and public health considerations, and association of Sarcocystis species with …

JP Dubey, BM Rosenthal - International Journal for Parasitology, 2023 - Elsevier
Infections by Sarcocystis in cattle are ubiquitous worldwide. There is considerable debate
concerning the identity of Sarcocystis spp. in cattle. Proper diagnosis of Sarcocystis spp. is …

Toxoplasma gondii as a Parasite in Food: Analysis and Control

DE Hill, JP Dubey - Preharvest Food Safety, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Common parasitic protozoal infections are frequently transmitted by food containing fecally
contaminated soil or water, which may carry the environmentally resistant oocyst stage of the …

The European Union summary report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents and food‐borne outbreaks in 2015

European Food Safety Authority… - EFSA …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This report of EFSA and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control presents
the results of the zoonoses monitoring activities carried out in 2015 in 32 European …

Molecular identification of four Sarcocystis species in cattle from Lithuania, including S. hominis, and development of a rapid molecular detection method

P Prakas, Ž Strazdaitė-Žielienė, V Januškevičius… - Parasites & vectors, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Six Sarcocystis species are known to use cattle (Bos taurus) as the
intermediate host, two of which, S. hominis and S. heydorni, are zoonotic. There is a need for …

Molecular characterisation of Sarcocystis bovifelis, Sarcocystis bovini n. sp., Sarcocystis hirsuta and Sarcocystis cruzi from cattle (Bos taurus) and Sarcocystis sinensis from …

B Gjerde - Parasitology Research, 2016 - Springer
About 200 individual sarcocysts were excised from 12 samples of cattle beef from five
countries (Argentina, Brazil, Germany, New Zealand, Uruguay) and tentatively identified to …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of Sarcocystis hominis, Sarcocystis bovifelis, Sarcocystis cruzi, Sarcocystis hirsuta and Sarcocystis sigmoideus sp. nov. in carcasses affected by …

S Rubiola, G Moré, T Civera, A Hemphill… - Food and waterborne …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bovine eosinophilic myositis is an inflammatory myopathy characterized by multiple focal or
diffuse grey to green patches leading to condemnation of affected carcasses. Although its …

Molecular detection of cattle Sarcocystis spp. in North-West Italy highlights their association with bovine eosinophilic myositis

S Rubiola, T Civera, F Panebianco, D Vercellino… - Parasites & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Cattle are intermediate hosts of six Sarcocystis species, among which
Sarcocystis hominis and Sarcocystis heydorni can infect humans through the consumption …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular identification targeting cox1 and 18S genes confirms the high prevalence of Sarcocystis spp. in cattle in the Netherlands

BJA Hoeve-Bakker, JWB Van der Giessen… - International journal for …, 2019 - Elsevier
The reported prevalence of Sarcocystis infection in cattle in Europe ranges between 66 and
94%. Although in the Netherlands a prevalence of 100% was reported in 1993, this study …

Sarcocystis species in bovine carcasses from a Belgian abattoir: a cross-sectional study

H Zeng, I Van Damme, TW Kabi, B Šoba, S Gabriël - Parasites & vectors, 2021 - Springer
Background Sarcocystis species are obligatorily heteroxenous parasites, of which some are
zoonotic, representing a public health and economic impact. This study investigated the …

Screening of bat faeces for arthropod-borne apicomplexan protozoa: Babesia canis and Besnoitia besnoiti-like sequences from Chiroptera

S Hornok, P Estók, D Kováts, B Flaisz, N Takács… - Parasites & …, 2015 - Springer
Background Bats are among the most eco-epidemiologically important mammals, owing to
their presence in human settlements and animal keeping facilities. Roosting of bats in …