Zeynab Askari, Alireza Sazmand, Gholamreza Mowlavi, Frank Rüehli, Saied Reza Naddaf, Mostafa Rezaeian, Thomas Stöllner, Abolfazl Aali, Niloofar Paknezhad, Domenico Otranto
OBJECTIVE: This study reports coccidian oocysts in an equid coprolite dated to the Sassanid Empire (2nd-6th century CE) recovered in Chehrabad Salt Mine archaeological site, Iran. METHODS: Between 2015 and 2017, an archaeoparasitological investigation led to the discovery of an equid coprolite in the Chehrabad Salt Mine archeological site, (Douzlakh), western Iran. Samples were rehydrated using trisodium phosphate solution and were examined by light microscopy. RESULTS: Seven oocysts of Eimeria leuckarti (Flesch, 1883) were identified; they were in various stages of sporulation...
December 2, 2023: International Journal of Paleopathology