Gjerde B
Acta Vet Scand. 1984;25(3):403-10. doi: 10.1186/BF03547254.
Skeletal muscle of 5 wild reindeer was examined for sarcocysts and used for experimental infection of 6 foxes. Skeletal and cardiac muscle of another reindeer were only examined for sarcocysts. The skeletal muscle of all animals was infected with Sarcocystis sp.. In 2 of the animals cysts of S. hardangeri were also present. The single heart examined contained only cysts of S. grueneri. Four foxes given skeletal muscle containing apparently only cysts of Sarcocystis sp., started shedding Sarcocystis sporocysts, measuring on average 13.6×9.8 µm, after a prepatent period of 10–12 days. Two foxes given skeletal muscle containing cysts of both Sarcocystis sp. and S. hardangeri shed similar sporocysts, measuring on average 13.5×9.7 µm, after a prepatent period of 10–12 days. Based on the results from the present and previous investigations, Sarcocystis sp. is considered to have foxes (Vulpes vulpes and Alopex lagopus) and dogs (Ganis familiaris) as definitive hosts, becoming the second species of Sarcocystis with a known reindeer/Canidae life cycle. The name Sarcocystis tarandivulpes n. sp. is proposed as a replacement name for Sarcocystis sp. Gjerde, 1984 from skeletal muscle of reindeer.
对5只野生驯鹿的骨骼肌进行了肉孢子虫检查，并用于对6只狐狸进行实验性感染。另一只驯鹿的骨骼肌和心肌仅进行了肉孢子虫检查。所有动物的骨骼肌均感染了肉孢子虫属。在2只动物中还发现了哈德angeri肉孢子虫的囊肿。检查的唯一一颗心脏仅含有格鲁内肉孢子虫的囊肿。4只狐狸被喂食了显然只含有肉孢子虫属囊肿的骨骼肌，在10-12天的潜伏期后开始排出平均大小为13.6×9.8 µm的肉孢子虫孢子囊。2只狐狸被喂食了含有肉孢子虫属和哈德angeri肉孢子虫囊肿的骨骼肌，在10-12天的潜伏期后排出了类似的孢子囊，平均大小为13.5×9.7 µm。根据本次及以往调查结果，肉孢子虫属被认为以狐狸（赤狐和北极狐）和狗（家犬）为终末宿主，成为第二种具有已知驯鹿/犬科动物生命周期的肉孢子虫。提议将肉孢子虫驯鹿狐新种（Sarcocystis tarandivulpes n. sp.）作为1984年Gjerde从驯鹿骨骼肌中发现的肉孢子虫属（Sarcocystis sp.）的替代名称。
