Table 4 Morphological criteria of recovered ovine Eimeria species
From: Ovine coccidiosis and associated risk factors in Minya, Egypt
Eimeria bakuensis (Fig. 2 a, b) | Eimeria weybridgensis (Fig. 2 c, d) | Eimeria ahsata (Fig. 2 e, f) | Eimeria intricata (Fig. 3a) | Eimeria granulosa (Fig. 3b) | Eimeria faurei (Fig. 3c) | Eimeria ninakohlyakim-ovae (Fig. 3d) | Eimeria coitae-like (Fig. 3 e, f) | Eimeria parva (Fig. 4a) | Eimeria pallida (Fig. 4b) | Eimeria marsica (Fig. 4c) | Eimeria crandallis (Fig. 4d) | Eimeria ovinoidalis (Fig. 4e) | Eimeria arloingi (Fig. 4f) |
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It was ellipsoidal-shaped, measured 26.1 × 15.6 μm, with a smooth thick yellowish-brown outer layer, with a micropyle and a distinct cap. The shape index was 1.6 | It was broad ellipsoidal to spherical in shape, measured 26.1 × 17.4 μm, with a smooth wall, colorless. It had both micropyle and polar cap present. The shape index is 1.5 | It was ellipsoidal in shape, measured 35.7 × 26.8 μm, with a smooth wall, yellowish brown color. It had both micropyle and a distinct polar cap | It was ellipsoidal-shaped, measured 43.4 × 29.6 μm, with a thick and striated wall, bi-layered; the internal layer was more intensely colored and striated than the outer one. The outer layer had an irregularly corrugated outer surface giving a mottled appearance to the wall when dorsally seen. It was yellowish-brown in color, with a micropyle and a distinct polar cap. It had a spherical-shaped sporonot measuring 19–26 μm in diameter. The shape index is 1.46 | The unsporulated oocyst was urn/pyriform in shape, measured 29.5 × 20.9 μm, with broad shoulders, a bi-layered smooth wall, yellowish-brown in color. The micropyle is located at the broad end of the oocyst with a distinct polar cap. It had a spherical sporont with densely granular protoplasm. The shape index was 1.5 | The unsporulated oocyst was egg-shaped, measured 33 × 22.6 μm, with a single smooth membranous outer layer, pale yellowish-brown, with a distinct micropyle, no polar cap. It contained a spherical-shaped sporont measuring 13–20 μm in diameter. The shape index is 1.4 | The unsporulated oocyst was ellipsoidal/ovoid in shape, measured 22.6 × 17.8 μm, with a smooth wall, colorless. Neither micropyle nor polar cap was present. It had a spherical sporont measuring 12–18 μm in diameter. The shape index was 1.3 | It was ovoid/spherical in shape and measured 38.3 × 29.9 μm. The shape index was 1.2 (1.1–1.4). It had two distinct inner layers, both of which was striated and of a yellow brown color. There was neither micropyle nor polar ca | The unsporulated oocyst was spherical/subspherical in shape, measured 20.9 × 15.5 μm, with a smooth wall, colorless. Neither micropyle nor polar cap was present. It had a spherical-shaped sporont measuring 7–14 μm in diameter. The shape index is 1.2. The sporulated oocyst has ovoid sporocyst, each sporozoite has central vacuole | The unsporulated oocyst was ellipsoidal-shaped, measured 13.9 × 11.3 μm, with a very smooth wall, colorless, imperceptible micropyle, no polar cap. It had a spherical-shaped sporont measuring 6–10 μm in diameter. The shape index was 1.2 | It was ellipsoidal-shaped, measured 26.1 × 15.6 μm, with a smooth wall, colorless, inconspicuous micropyle, and no polar cap. The shape index was 1.6 | It was broad ellipsoidal to spherical in shape, measured 22.6 × 17.4 μm, with a smooth wall, pale-yellowish color, with a polar cap and micropyle. The shape index was 1.3. The sporulated oocyst has rounded or ovoid sporocyst and each has two vacuoles | It was ellipsoidal-shaped, measured 26 × 21.4 μm, with smooth wall, colorless to pale yellow, with micropy le and without a polar cap | The unsporulated oocyst was ellipsoidal-shaped, elongated, measured 29.5 × 17.4 μm, pale-yellowish in color, with a distinct micropyle, and the polar cap was a lid-like and easily dislodged. It had a spherical-shaped sporont measuring 11–18 μm in diameter. The shape index was 1.7. The sporulated oocyst has elongated sporocysts and their sporozoite has large vacuole at the broad end |