Sporocyst output in dogs fed sarcocysts of Sarcocystis Levinei of the buffalo (Bubalus bubalis).

Four dogs shed 21 35 900, 49 32 600, 29 59 800 and 37 57 200 sporocysts between 15 and 74 days after being fed bubaline oesophagus which was naturally infected with Sarcocystis Levinei.

Development of sarcocysts of Sarcocystis levinei in water buffalo infected with sporocysts from dogs.

Half a million sporocysts of Sarcocystis levinei obtained from experimentally infected dogs were fed to a buffalo calf, and sarcocysts of this species were recovered from its oesophageal muscles when the animal was killed on the 62nd day of inoculation, thus establishing a buffalo-dog-buffalo cycle.