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Accipiter hawks (Accipitridae) confirmed as definitive hosts of Sarcocystis turdusi, Sarcocystis cornixi and Sarcocystis sp. ex Phalacrocorax carbo.

Mayr SL1, Maier K2, Müller J2, Enderlein D2, Gruber AD3, Lierz M2.
Parasitology research.Parasitol Res.2016 Aug;115(8):3041-7. doi: 10.1007/s00436-016-5059-5. Epub 2016 Apr 16.
Sarcocystis is a large genus of protozoan parasites with complex heteroxenous life cycles. For many species, either the intermediate or the definitive host is still unknown. In this study, 116 Accipiter hawks (Eurasian sparrowhawks and northern goshawks) were investigated for the presence of Sarcocy
PMID 27083188

Disease surveillance of Atlantic herring: molecular characterization of hepatic coccidiosis and a morphological report of a novel intestinal coccidian.

Friend SE1, Lovy J, Hershberger PK.
Diseases of aquatic organisms.Dis Aquat Organ.2016 Jul 7;120(2):91-107. doi: 10.3354/dao03016.
Surveillance for pathogens of Atlantic herring, including viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV), Ichthyophonus hoferi, and hepatic and intestinal coccidians, was conducted from 2012 to 2016 in the NW Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey, USA. Neither VHSV nor I. hoferi was detected in any sample. Goussia
PMID 27409233

Trypanosomatids (Protozoa: Kinetoplastida) in three species of Armored Catfish from Mogi-Guaçu river, Pirassununga, São Paulo, Brazil.

Molina JP1, Madi RR2, Solferini VN3, Ceccarelli PS4, Pinheiro HP5, Ueta MT1.
Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinária = Brazilian journal of veterinary parasitology : Órgão Oficial do Colégio Brasileiro de Parasitologia Veterinária.Rev Bras Parasitol Vet.2016 Jun 7;25(2):131-41. doi: 10.1590/S1984-29612016027.
Trypanosome infections have been reported in several species of fish, in majority of cases described on the basis of morphological characteristics. Trypanosomes in fish are heteroxenous and transmitted by hirudineans. This study aims to evaluate the prevalence and density of infections by Trypanosom
PMID 27334813