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Sarcocystis sp. in the Red-legged Partridge, Alectoris rufa, and the Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus

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A RED-LEGGED partridge, Alectoris rufa, was sent to this laboratory from Norfolk for post-mortem examination. It was an old cock which had died of a heavy infestation of Syngamus trachea, but it was also parasitized with a species of Sarcocystis.

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CLAPHAM, P. Sarcocystis sp. in the Red-legged Partridge, Alectoris rufa, and the Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus. Nature 180, 1294 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801294a0

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