Further evaluation of a perfusion technique for the recovery of Dictyocaulus viviparus from bovine lungs.
A further modification of a lung perfusion technique was evaluated by examining the recovery rate of 14-day-old Dictyocaulus viviparus worms from the excised lungs of 15 dead bovine calves. Up to 89% of the total number of worms found in 12 l of perfused fluid was recovered in the first 4 l collected. The application of this observation will increase the efficiency of the routine laboratory diagnosis of D. viviparus infection.
Andrews
S J
SJ
Pitman-Moore Ltd, Harefield, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England.
James
F M
FM
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D004021:Dictyocaulus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004022:Dictyocaulus Infections / Q000469:parasitology*; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology*; D010477:Perfusion / Q000662:veterinary