Larval recovery of Toxocara cati in experimentally infected Rattus norvegicus and analysis of the rat as potential reservoir for this ascarid
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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104(6): 933-934, Sept. 2009. tab
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ABSTRACT
Toxocara cati is a common feline parasite transmitted by the ingestion of embryonated eggs, by the transmammary route or by predation of paratenic hosts harbouring third-stage larvae in their bodies. In the present study, the larval distribution of T. cati in tissues and organs of Rattus norvegicus experimentally infected with 300 embryonated eggs was analysed. Third-stage larvae were recovered from livers, lungs, kidneys, eyes, brains and carcasses of infected rats, following tissue digestion with HCl 0.5 percent for 24 h at 37°C. Some differences from the known larval distribution of Toxocara canisin the same rodent species were found.
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Main subject:
Toxocara
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Disease Reservoirs
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Toxocariasis
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
2009
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo/BR
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Universidade Guarulhos/BR
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