Abstract

Sporogony of Parahaemoproteus velans (= Haemoproteus velans Coatney and Roudabush) was followed in two Culicoides spp. at intervals after feeding on yellow-bellied sapsuckers (Sphyrapicus varius) harboring gametocytes. Cyclical development of the parasite was completed within 96 h at 20 °C. Mature oocysts were small and contained fewer than 50 sporozoites that arose from a single germinal mass. Sporozoites were infective to two uninfected yellow-bellied sapsuckers.

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