Zasukhin D N, Gadaev A
Parazitologiia. 1978 Mar-Apr;12(2):97-100.
To establish the circulation of bovine sarcosporidia among wild animals of Uzbekistan foxes and young wolves were fed with bovine hearts and oesophaguses containing cysts of Sarkocystis bovicanis (= S. fusiformis). These animals were proved to be the final hosts of this species in nature. The prepatent period of S. bovicanis was found to be 7-8 and 7-9 days in foxes and young wolves, respectively and the patent one 33 and 28-34 days, respectively.