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Immature and mature meronts were seen together in the same pv; up to eight nuclei were seen in meronts that retained elongated crescent shape; round multinucleated schizonts, seen in other coccidians, were not found. Meronts were up to 25<jats:italic>\u00b5<\/jats:italic>m long and contained up to ten merozoites that were 8\u201311<jats:italic>\u00b5<\/jats:italic>m long. The merozoites and meronts contained PAS-positive granules. Microgamonts (male) contained up to 30 nuclei that were arranged at the periphery and had condensed chromatin; 1\u20133 PAS-positive, eosinophilic, residual bodies were left when microgametes were formed. The microgametes were 4<jats:italic>\u00b5<\/jats:italic>m long and PAS-negative. All stages of macrogamonts, including oocysts were PAS-positive. 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