Table 3 Size of developmental stages of Cryptosporidium ornitophilus n. sp. obtained from the colon of an experimentally infected chicken (Gallus gallus f. domestica) with 200,000 oocysts and sacrificed 20 days post-infection

Oocyst

5.24–6.74 (6.13 ± 0.34)

4.71–5.48 (5.21 ± 0.23)

Sporozoite

5.47–6.57 (6.07 ± 0.32)

0.54–0.63 (0.59 ± 0.02)

Trophozoite

2.56–6.40 (4.36 ± 1.16)

2.16–5.50 (3.90 ± 1.05)

Early Type I meront

4.95–6.54 (5.96 ± 0.57)

4.00–5.79 (5.12 ± 0.64)

Late Type I meront

6.66–8.94 (7.50 ± 0.84)

5.72–7.11 (6.40 ± 0.44)

Type II meront

6.60–6.78 (6.67 ± 0.10)

6.37–6.54 (6.48 ± 0.10)

Merozoite

4.61–5.41 (5.05 ± 0.11)

0.62–0.95 (0.77 ± 0.33)

Macrogamont

5.29–8.87 (6.70 ± 0.97)

4.32–8.13 (6.10 ± 1.09)

Microgamont

6.14–6.92 (6.54 ± 0.23)

6.02–6.73 (6.39 ± 0.23)

Zygote

5.56–6.83 (6.14 ± 0.45)

4.19–5.79 (5.20 ± 0.62)