Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Letter
  • Published:

Limitations of the Periodic Acid–Schiff Technique for the Demonstration of Stages of Eimeria in Tissues

Nature volume 192, pages 1315–1316 (1961)Cite this article

Abstract

IN a recent communication, Jennings1 suggested that the periodic acid–Schiff technique is useful for the demonstration of all stages in the life-cycles of four species of coccidia occurring in the intestine of the fowl. These species were Eimeria acervulina, E. maxima, E. necatrix and E. tenella.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Jennings, J. B., Nature, 192, 473 (1961).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Lillie, R. D., J. Lab. Clin. Med., 32, 76 (1947).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Cheissin, E., Arch. Protistenk., 102, 265 (1958); Proc. Fifteenth Int. Cong. Zoology, Sect. 9, 713 (1958).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Pattillo, W. H., and Becker, E. R., J. Morph., 96, 61 (1955).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Gill, B. S., and Ray, H. N., Ind. J. Vet. Sci., 24, 223 and 229 (1954). Ray, H. N., and Gill, B. S., ibid., 25, 17 (1955).

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Tsumoda, K., and Itikawa, O., Government Experimental Station for Animal Hygiene, Japan, Exp. Rep. 29, 73 (1955).

  7. Hotchkiss, R. D., Arch. Biochem., 16, 131 (1948).

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Long, P. L., and Rootes, D. G., Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg., 53, 308 (1959).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Houghton Poultry Research Station, Houghton, Huntingdon

    P. L. LONG, D. G. ROOTES & C. HORTON-SMITH

Authors
  1. P. L. LONG
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. D. G. ROOTES
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. C. HORTON-SMITH
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

LONG, P., ROOTES, D. & HORTON-SMITH, C. Limitations of the Periodic Acid–Schiff Technique for the Demonstration of Stages of Eimeria in Tissues. Nature 192, 1315–1316 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1921315b0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/1921315b0

This article is cited by

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing