Surgical transfer of the cysticerci of Taenia hydatigena.
Unattached immature cysticerci of Taenia hydatigena were transferred surgically to the peritoneal cavities of 4 sheep. Mature infective cysticerci were recovered from the recipient sheep 3 and 5,8 months later. A fully developed live cysticercus was present in the muscle layers surrounding the scar of the laparotomy site in 2 of the animals.
D000818:Animals; D004463:Ecology; D008297:Male; D012756:Sheep / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D013621:Taenia