Table 2.

Species of Sarcocystis schizonts cultivated in vitro^*.

Host	Species	Type of cells successful	Type of cells unsuccessful	Schizonts days	References
Ox	S. cruzi	BM, CPA	Mouse macrophages	18-1, 320	(Andrews et al., 1990; Speer and Burgess, 1988; Speer et al., 1986b)
Ox	S. hirsuta	BPE	BM	14-62	(Cawthorn et al., 1990)
Rat	S. singaporensis	Rat brain endothelial cells, rat pneumonocytes	Hepatoma, fibroblats, myoblasts	3-18	(Jäkel et al., 1997; Jäkel et al., 2001)
Sheep	S. tenella	BM, CPA	MDBK, OM	14-50	(Speer et al., 1986a)
Goat	S. capracanis	BM	MDBK, OM, CPA	60-100	(Speer et al., 1986a)
Budgerigar-Didelphis virginiana	S. falcatula	BT	-	3-4	(Lindsay et al., 1999)
Budgerigar-Didelphis albiventris	S. falcatula	BM	-	7	(Dubey et al., 1999)
Budgerigar-Didelphis marsupialis	S. falcatula	CV-1, BT	EK	4	(Dubey et al., 2001)
Budgerigar-Didelphis albiventris	S. falcatula	BT, Vero	ED, Hep-2	4-6	(Elsheikha et al., 2003b) (510)
Budgerigar-Didelphis albiventris	S. lindsayi	EK, BT, CV-1	-	2-3	(Dubey et al., 2000b)
Mouse-Didelphis virginiana	S. speeri	BM, EK	CV-1	3	(Dubey et al., 2000c)
Mouse-Didelphis marsupialis	S. speeri	BT	-	15	(Dubey et al., 2000a)

BM: bovine monocytes; BPE: bovine pulmonary endothelial; BT: bovine turbinates; CPA: cardiopulmonary endothelial cells; CV-1: African green monkey kidney; ED: equine dermal; EK: equine kidney; Hep-2: human hepatocytes; MDBK: Madin-Darby bovine kidney.

^*Unlike these species S. neurona schizonts have been cultivated in many cell lines and from many hosts (Reviewed in Dubey et al., 2015).