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Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 28(2), 1992, pp. 326-329
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Testicular myxosporidiasis in the flat-backed toad, Bufo maculatus (Amphibia: Bufonidae), from Cameroon, Africa

SJ Upton, PS Freed, DA Freed, CT McAllister, and SR Goldberg


ABSTRACT

Macroscopic cysts measuring less than or equal to 860 x 500 microns were found in the testes of a flat-backed toad, Bufo maculatus, collected in Cameroon, West Africa. On histologic examination, the cysts contained numerous spores of a Myxobolus sp. (Myxozoa: Myxobolidae). Spores in fixed tissues measured 9.2 microns long, 8.9 microns wide, and 4.0 microns thick; the range of values for length, width, and thickness were 8.8 to 9.6 microns, 8.6 to 9.4 microns, 3.6 to 4.4 microns, respectively (n = 20). The shape index (length/width) was 1.03, and ranged from 1.00 to 1.09. Pathology was limited to a slight constriction of adjacent seminiferous tubules by the cysts. No host inflammatory response was noted. This myxozoan is distinct from all other members of the genus infecting anurans and is assigned the name Myxobolus bufonis sp. n.





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