Modry et al from the department of Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic have discovered a new Coccidian parasite from pygmy chameleons. In their study, the investigators searched the stools of 10 pygmy chameleons, Rampholeon temporalis, endemic to the Usambara Mountains region in northeastern Tanzania, for coccidian parasites.



The investigators have named the new species as Eimeria hajeki. They describe the sporulated oocysts of Eimeria hajeki n. sp. to be oval with a shape index (length/width) of 1.3 (1.2-1.4) and a 2-microm-thick rough, bilayered wall. The investigators have further reported the micropyle and polar granule to be absent in E.hajeki.



I hope this doesn't have anything to do with our forum pygmy problems....needs more research....I think coccidia are water-borne. Need to find out the symtoms of it. May be natural for the little guys to have them, hmmmmmmmmm. Does anyone know if stool checks include coccidia?

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