Duszynski D W, Wattam A R
Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 87131.
J Protozool. 1988 Feb;35(1):55-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1988.tb04076.x.
Moles from Japan were examined for coccidian oocysts, and 67 of 77 (87%) hosts were infected including 8 of 11 (73%) Euroscaptor mizura, 31 of 36 (86%) Mogera kobeae, 17 of 17 M. tokudae, and 11 of 13 (85%) M. wogura. Of 67 infected hosts, 57 (85%) had multiple infections representing 2-5 coccidian species when examined. All oocysts in the infected fecal samples remained unsporulated and the absence of sporulation may be the result of storing feces from Japanese moles in 2% aqueous H2SO4. Five structurally distinct forms of unsporulated oocysts were found in E. mizura, and five distinct forms of unsporulated oocysts were also seen in Mogera spp. Two of the forms from E. mizura were similar to forms from Mogera spp., and the five forms from Mogera were shared freely between the three Mogera species. This is the first systematic survey of Japanese moles for coccidia.
对来自日本的鼹鼠进行了球虫虫卵囊检查，77只宿主中有67只（87%）受到感染，其中包括11只水鼩鼹中的8只（73%）、36只日本鼩鼹中的31只（86%）、17只德岛鼩鼹中的17只以及13只长尾大麝鼩中的11只（85%）。在67只受感染的宿主中，57只（85%）存在多重感染，检查时发现其感染了2至5种球虫。感染粪便样本中的所有虫卵囊均未孢子化，未出现孢子化可能是由于将日本鼹鼠的粪便保存在2%的硫酸水溶液中所致。在水鼩鼹中发现了5种结构不同的未孢子化虫卵囊形态，在日本鼩鼹属中也观察到了5种不同的未孢子化虫卵囊形态。水鼩鼹中的两种形态与日本鼩鼹属中的形态相似，日本鼩鼹属的5种形态在三种日本鼩鼹属物种中均可自由共享。这是首次对日本鼹鼠进行的球虫系统调查。
