Experimental Infection of Laboratory Animals and Sheep with Gongylonema pulchrum in Japan
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- KUDO Noboru
- Department of Veterinary Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University
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- KONEGUCHI Tooru
- Mizusawa Livestock Hygiene Service Center
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- IKADAI Hiromi
- Department of Veterinary Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University
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- OYAMADA Takashi
- Department of Veterinary Parasitology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University
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Abstract
Japanese White rabbits, Wistar rats, ddY mice, Suffolk sheep, and a domestic cat were each orally inoculated with 20-140 third-stage larvae (L3) of Gongylonema pulchrum, isolated from naturally infected dung beetles captured in Aomori Prefecture. Worm recovery rates were 40.0-72.0% in rabbits at 7, 14, and 19 weeks post-infection (PI) and 3.3-25.0% in rats at 19 weeks PI. Those in 2 sheep at 7 weeks PI showed 53.6% and 29.3%. No worms were recovered from the mice and the cat. In the susceptible animals, many worms were found in the esophagus, and a few were present in the pharyngeal mucosa, tongue, buccal mucosa, and cardiac portion of the stomach wall. No distinct morphological differences were observed in the worms from rabbits and sheep. These results indicate that rabbits are very suitable experimental definitive hosts for G. pulchrum.<br>
Journal
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- Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
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Journal of Veterinary Medical Science 65 (8), 921-925, 2003
JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001206426350592
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- NII Article ID
- 110003886282
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- NII Book ID
- AA10796138
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- COI
- 1:STN:280:DC%2BD3svhtFyjsw%3D%3D
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- ISSN
- 13477439
- 09167250
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- NDL BIB ID
- 6685915
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- PubMed
- 12951427
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- PubMed
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- Disallowed