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 |
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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] |