INFECTIVITY FOR RECEIVER SWISS MICE OF TRICHINELLA-BRITOVI (TRICHINELLIDAE, NEMATODA) ENTERIC LARVAE COLLECTED FROM SWISS DONOR MICE

Authors
CASAROSA L FAVATI V LOPICCOLO MS CASCELLA A
Citation
L. Casarosa et al., INFECTIVITY FOR RECEIVER SWISS MICE OF TRICHINELLA-BRITOVI (TRICHINELLIDAE, NEMATODA) ENTERIC LARVAE COLLECTED FROM SWISS DONOR MICE, Helminthologia, 33(2), 1996, pp. 77-79
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology,Zoology
Journal title
Helminthologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
04406605
Volume
33
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
77 - 79
Database
ISI
SICI code
0440-6605(1996)33:2<77:IFRSMO>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
The infectivity of enteric Trichinella britovi larvae transferred from donor mice to receiver mice was investigated. Larvae collected by pep sin-HCl in vitro digestion from the small intestine of donor Swiss mic e, orally infected 4 h before, developed to sexually mature and prolif ic adult helminths when orally given to noninfected receiver Swiss mic e.