Blood Parasites of Mammals in New Zealand
Summary
Summary
The morphology of Trypanosoma lewisi (Kent) from introduced rats in New Zealand is compared with that of the same flagellate from rats in England; and Hepatozoon musculi (Porter) is recorded from mice, Mus musculus Linnaeus, the locality record for the latter parasite being new. The post-mortem invasion of the blood of rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus), by yeast-like vegetable cells of intestinal origin is discussed, and the possibility suggested that the organism concerned may be identical with that described by Sangiorgi as Hepatozoon cuniculi. Anaplasma-like bodies are recorded from cattle and from the Australian grey opossum, Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr).