Resumen

SOARES, CLEBER O et al. PARASITISMO DE LEUCOCITOS Y TROMBOCITOS DE Gallus gallus L. POR Plasmodium (Novyella) juxtanucleare (APICOMPLEXA: PLASMODIIDAE). Parasitol. día [online]. 1999, vol.23, n.1-2, pp. 44-47. ISSN 0716-0720.  doi: 10.4067/S0716-07201999000100008.

PARASITISM OF LEUKOCYTES AND THROMBOCYTES OF Gallus gallus L. BY Plasmodium (Novyella) juxtanucleare (APICOMPLEXA: PLASMODIIDAE) A research about parasitism of the Plasmodium juxtanucleare in crossbred fowls from Seropédica municipality, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, were done. Blood smear were done, and stained by Giemsa stain diluted in sorensen buffer pH6.8. The hemoscopical exam of fowls with high parasitaemia (>10%) showed trophozoite and meront forms in the cytoplasm of leukocytic cells; and trophozoite forms in the cytoplasm of the thrombocytic cells. These observation do conclude that P. juxtanucleare strain from Seropédica produce phanerozoic meronts. This report constitutes the first finding of P. juxtanucleare forms in the leukocytes.

Palabras clave : Plasmodium juxtanucleare; Gallus gallus; Phanerozoic merogony; Leukocyte; Thrombocytes.