Varying infectivity of Taenia taeniaeformis for rats and mice.
Strains of Taenia taeniaeformis were shown to possess markedly differing infectivities for Sprague-Dawley rats and CFI mice. Strains from Scotland, Belgium and Iraq were more infective for mice than rats while this situation was reversed with a Malaysian strain. There were also differences in their ability to infect hosts of different ages within the range 3-12 weeks of age.
D000818:Animals; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000469:parasitology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains / Q000469:parasitology*; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*