Gjerde B
Acta Vet Scand. 1984;25(3):419-24. doi: 10.1186/BF03547256.
A raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides; Family: Canidae), was given cardiac muscle of reindeer infected with S. grueneri, and started shedding Sarcocystis sporocysts 10 days post feeding. The sporocysts measured 13.9 (12.4–15.7) × 10.1 (9.2–11.2) µm, and were excreted for at least 16 days. The raccoon dog is thus an additional definitive host for S. grueneri (Yakimoff & Sokoloff, 1934) Gjerde, 1984. Another raccoon dog was given skeletal muscle infected with 4 species of Sarcocystis, none of which was S. grueneri. The raccoon dog started shedding Sarcocystis sporocysts on day 10 post feeding, and excreted sporocysts for at least 16 days. The sporocysts measured 14.0 (12.3–15.6) × 10.1 (9.2–11.2) µm, and are considered to be sporocysts of S. tarandivulpes Gjerde, 1984. This is the first record of the raccoon dog as an experimental definitive host for Sarcocystis.
一只貉（Nyctereutes procyonoides；犬科）被投喂了感染格鲁内氏肉孢子虫的驯鹿心肌，在投喂后10天开始排出肉孢子虫孢子囊。孢子囊大小为13.9（12.4 - 15.7）×10.1（9.2 - 11.2）µm，且排出至少持续了16天。因此，貉是格鲁内氏肉孢子虫（亚基莫夫和索科洛夫，1934年）（杰尔德，1984年）的另一种终末宿主。另一只貉被投喂了感染4种肉孢子虫的骨骼肌，其中没有格鲁内氏肉孢子虫。这只貉在投喂后第10天开始排出肉孢子虫孢子囊，且排出孢子囊至少持续了16天。孢子囊大小为14.0（12.3 - 15.6）×10.1（9.2 - 11.2）µm，被认为是1984年杰尔德描述的塔拉氏肉孢子虫的孢子囊。这是貉作为肉孢子虫实验性终末宿主的首次记录。
