Samples from the tongue, heart, oesophageal and skeletal muscles were collected from 100
cow and 100 buffalo from Sohag slaughterhouses. Macroscopic examination for sarcocysts
was followed by microscopic ones on impression smears and compressed muscles.
Histological sections and transmission electron microscope (TEM) studies were done on
positive cases. Sarcocystis infection rate of cows were 84%. Two species of Sarcocystis
were detected: 1-S. cruzi with a membrane provided with hair-like villar protrusions folded ...