The organism Sarcocystis has an obligatory two-host life cycle—an intermediate host and definitive host. The sporocysts found in a stool specimen, which measure 9 to 16 µm, are broadly oval with slightly ___________ ends
a. blunt
b. tapered
c. rounded
d. flattened
B
Sarcocystis has an obligatory two-host life cycle. Intermediate hosts, such as herbivores and om-nivores, become infected through the ingestion of sporocysts excreted in the feces of definitive hosts, such as carnivores and omnivores. The sporocysts found in the stool are broadly oval, slightly tapered at the ends, measure 9 to 16 µm, and contain four mature sporozoites and the residual body
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