title: Diarrhoea in piglets and monkeys experimentally infected with Balantidium coli isolated from human faeces.
abstract: Ten piglets and four monkeys free from Balantidium were dosed with human faecal homogenate which contained 1.2 x 10(4)-4.8 x 10(4) B. coli cysts. The infection resulted in severe diarrhoea in piglets 1-6 and hydrocortisone-treated monkeys 1-2, moderate diarrhoea in piglets 7-10 and a subclinical infection in monkeys 3-4. In piglets 1-3 and monkeys 1-2, heavy infection of the intestinal mucosa extended from the terminal ileum to the rectum and the mucosa was severely damaged. In piglets 4-10, infection was heavy in the large intestine with moderate mucosal damage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Medicine, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001447:Balantidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000469:parasitology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000469:parasitology