title: Hypoglycaemia in experimental canine trichinellosis.
abstract: This paper studies changes in serum glucose levels in dogs experimentally infected with Trichinella spiralis, and the histological causes of those changes. Hypoglycaemia is evident in 100% of experimental animals, and can be attributable to three factors: the reduced absorptive capacity of the intestine due to lesions (catarrhal and desquamative enteritis), high glucose consumption by parasites, or histopathological changes in the liver (glycogenic degeneration).
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reina
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Habela
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Navarrete
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martínez-Gómez
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000097:blood* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D004386:Duodenum / Q000473:pathology; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D007583:Jejunum / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014235:Trichinellosis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose