The absence of Trypanosoma congolense from the lymph of an infected sheep.
The lymph draining the prefemoral lymph node of a sheep infected with Trypanosoma congolense was examined over a period of 10 days. Only six trypanosomes were detected in 1500 ml of this fluid during this time, in spite of the animal having about 65,000 organisms/ml in its blood. It is concluded that the suggestion that T congolense is a strict plasma parasite is essentially proven for this specific situation.
D000818:Animals; D008196:Lymph / Q000469:parasitology*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*