Table 2.

The identified Sarcocystis spp. targeting the 18S rRNA and 28S rRNA genes compared with other Sarcocystis DNA sequences available in the GenBank^® database

Animals	Tissue samples	Species detected	Accession numbers	Partial genes	Identity (%)
Sheep	Esophagus	S. gigantea	ON533766	28S rRNA	100
Sheep	Diaphragm	S. gigantea	ON533737	28S rRNA	100
Sheep	Abdominal muscle	S. medusiformis	ON533601	28S rRNA	100
Sheep	Abdominal muscle	S. medusiformis	ON548923	28S rRNA	100
Sheep	Esophagus	S. gigantea	ON564602	18S rRNA	100
Sheep	Diaphragm	S. medusiformis	ON548424	18S rRNA	100
Sheep	Abdominal muscle	S. medusiformis	ON548179	18S rRNA	100
Sheep	Abdominal muscle	S. moulei	ON544011	18S rRNA	99.48
Goat	Esophagus	S. gigantea	ON533883	28S rRNA	100
Goat	Diaphragm	S. gigantea	ON533889	28S rRNA	100
Goat	Abdominal muscle	S. moulei	ON548922	28S rRNA	100
Goat	Esophagus	S. gigantea	ON564594	18S rRNA	100
Goat	Esophagus	S. gigantea	ON596941	18S rRNA	100
Goat	Diaphragm	S. gigantea	ON548140	18S rRNA	100
Goat	Diaphragm	S. moulei	ON564624	18S rRNA	100