A preliminary report on Meriones unguiculatus as an experimental host for Taenia saginata metacestodes.
Jirds (Meriones unguiculatus) were treated with dexamethasone and inoculated subcutaneously with 100-300 oncospheres of Taenia saginata. Ten of the jirds received 0.5 mg of the drug per animal twice weekly during the first month after inoculation and then once a week until necropsy and four of these became infected. Up to 20 viable metacestodes were recovered in the subcutaneous tissue at the site of inoculation three months after infection.
D000818:Animals; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005849:Gerbillinae / Q000469:parasitology*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D013621:Taenia / Q000254:growth & development*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*
D003907:Dexamethasone