Short Communication

First African record of Leucocytozoon Tawaki (Apicomplexa: Leucocytozoidae) from the Jackass Penguin Spheniscus Demersus

Published in: South African Journal of Zoology
Volume 27 , issue 2 , 1992 , pages: 89–90

DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1992.11448267

Author(s): R.A. Earlé Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Republic of South Africa , G.F. Bennett International Reference Centre for Avian Haematozoa, Department of Biology, Canada , J.J. Brossy Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical School, Republic of South Africa

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Abstract

The occurrence of Leucocytozoon tawaki is recorded from blood smears of the jackass penguin Spheniscus demersus taken along the South African coast. Illese records represent both the first African specimens of this parasite as well as the first records since its description from the Fiordland crested penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus in New Zealand in 1976.

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