Observations on a hepatozoon-like parasite in the impala

A previously undescriptionbed Hepatozoon-like parasite is reported in the impala (Aepyceros melampus (Lichtenstein, 1812)) from the Kruger National Park and its association with mild focal disseminated hepatitis and lymphadenitis descriptionbed. The organism' resembled Hepatozoon canis (James 1905) very closely, was invariably intracellular and apparently represented a schizont with a single large merozoite.