Cryptosporidium infection in beech martens (Martes foina).

Temporary episodes of diarrhea in captive beech martens (Martes foina) were accompanied by shedding of Cryptosporidium oocysts. Oocysts were detected in fecal samples by flotation and in acid-fast-stained smear preparations. The oocysts were 3-5 microns, which is consistent with C.

Three new Sarcocystis species, Sarcocystis giraffae, S. klaseriensis, and S. camelopardalis (Protozoa: Sarcocystidae) from the giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) in South Africa.

Three new Sarcocystis species recovered from muscle fibers of the skeletal musculature of a giraffe in South Africa are described based on light and electron microscopy. Sarcocystis giraffae n. sp.

Sarcocystis kirmsei in the brain of a hill mynah (Gracula religiosa).

Cysts of Sarcocystis kirmsei were found in the brain of an exotic bird. The morphological appearance of this protozoon and the changes in the brain tissue are described. This is the second report of S.

Sarcocystis dubeyella n. sp. and Sarcocystis phacochoeri n. sp. (Protozoa: Sarcocystidae) from the warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) in South Africa.

Sarcocystis dubeyella n. sp. and S.

Antelopes (Bovidae) kept in European zoological gardens as intermediate hosts of Sarcocystis species.

Four different forms of sarcocysts from the zoo-kept antelopes Addax nasomaculatus. Antilope cervicapra, Taurotragus oryx and Boselaphus tragocamelus (Bovidae) were investigated by light and transmission electron microscopy, in special consideration of the cyst wall. The sarcocysts found in Addax (born in a zoo) were not distinguishable from Sarcocystis medusiformis of Australasian sheep by their morphology and would be the first indication for the occurrence of this species in Europe.