Abbas B, Post G, Marquardt W C
Vet Parasitol. 1987 Apr;24(1-2):1-5. doi: 10.1016/0304-4017(87)90124-5.
Eimeria mccordocki and E. madisonensis oocysts were isolated from feces of 21 of 40 captive mule deer in Fort Collins, Colorado. The two species were separated from each other by infecting one mule deer fawn, and the life cycle of E. mccordocki was studied for the first time. Four to six-weeks-old mule deer fawns were inoculated orally with E. mccordocki and killed 9, 13 and 15 days after infection. Asexual and sexual stages of life cycle developed in the ileum of mule deer, only in the surface epithelial cells of the villi. The asexual stages consisted of two generations of meronts.
从科罗拉多州柯林斯堡40只圈养骡鹿中的21只粪便中分离出了麦科多克艾美球虫和麦迪逊艾美球虫的卵囊。通过感染一只骡鹿幼崽将这两个物种区分开来，并首次对麦科多克艾美球虫的生命周期进行了研究。给4至6周龄的骡鹿幼崽口服接种麦科多克艾美球虫，并在感染后9天、13天和15天处死。生命周期的无性和有性阶段在骡鹿的回肠中发育，仅在绒毛的表面上皮细胞中。无性阶段由两代裂殖体组成。
