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Table 1 Morphology of Sarcocystis spp. in South American camelids

From: Sarcocystosis in South American camelids: The state of play revisited

Species of Sarcocystisa

Type of tissue cyst

Host

Size of tissue cyst (mm)

Bradyzoite/ merozoite (μm)

Reference

S. aucheniae

Macroscopic

Llama

4–5

na

[38]

Alpaca, llama, guanaco

2–7

13–18 × 3–5

[14]

Guanaco

2–7

13–18 × 3–5

[13]

Llama

na

17.7 × 3.6

[16]

Alpaca

8 × 3

na

[18]

Sarcocystis sp.

Alpaca

0.4–0.8

2–4

[17]

S. masoni

Microscopic

Alpaca, llama, guanaco

0.8 × 0.035–0.095

11–14 × 2–3.5

[14]

  1. Abbreviation: na not available
  2. aThe name used by the authors