J Vet Sci.  2006 Mar;7(1):59-61. 10.4142/jvs.2006.7.1.59.

Some observations on the adaptation of Eimeria tenella (local isolates) sporozoites on chicken embryos through chorioallantoic membrane

• Hafeez MA
• Akhtar M
• Ayaz MM

• KMID: 1103555
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4142/jvs.2006.7.1.59

Abstract

Eimeria (E.) tenella (local isolate) sporozoites were adapted on the chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) of 10-12 days chicken embryos and completed its life cycle in 6~7 days at 39 degrees C and 70 per cent humidity. Only 23 embryos (4.6%) were found dead from 1~4 day post inoculation of sporozoites with mild lesions on CAM with no gametocytes but few sporozoites in chorioallantoic fluid (CAF). On 5~7 day post inoculation, 432 embryos (86.4%) were found dead with severe haemorrhages on CAM and CAF contained uncountable number of gametocytes. After seven days post inoculation, 45 embryos (9%) were found to be alive. Some oocysts were also detected in the CAF on 6~7 days post inoculation. In the histological sections of the CAM, there were abundant small dark colored rounded bodies of gametes; distributed extensively in tissues of CAM on 5~7 days post inoculation of sporozoites. In some cases, cluster of small mature and immature relatively large bodies were seen in increasing numbers on 5~6 days post inoculation.

Keyword

Eimeria tenella; chorioallantoic membrane; adaptation; chicken embryos

MeSH Terms

Animals
Chick Embryo
*Chickens
Chorioallantoic Membrane/*parasitology
Coccidiosis/parasitology/*veterinary
Eimeria tenella/*growth&development
Histocytochemistry
Poultry Diseases/*parasitology

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