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Experimental infection of an isolate of Taenia solium from Hainan in domestic animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

P.C. Fan
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, National Yangming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
W.C. Chung
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Taipei Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
J.C. Wu
Affiliation:
Hainan Provincial Institute of Tropical Diseases, Haikou, Hainan, People's Republic of China

Abstract

The present study was designed to determine the susceptibility of domestic animals to an isolate of Taenia solium from Hainan Province, People's Republic of China. A total of 162 cysticerci were recovered from two pigs and 21 from two dogs after experimental inoculation. Cats, goats and a calf were not susceptible to T. solium. Cysticerci were recovered mainly from muscles of the pigs and all were alive. The remainder were in the liver and only one was alive. In the dog, all cysticerci were recovered from the muscles and all were alive.

Type
Research Note
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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