Infectivity of Toxocara canis larvae from Japanese quails in mice.
Two hundred Toxocara canis larvae derived from Japanese quail liver were given orally to each of 50 8-week-old ddY mice and parasitism of the larvae was examined during 6 hr and 120 days after inoculation. Although there were no clinical signs in infected mice, larvae were recovered from the liver (21.5 +/- 16.3 larvae), lung (5.1 +/- 6.0 larvae), kidney (0.7 +/- 1.1 larvae), small intestine (1.0 +/- 2.0 larvae), mesentery (1.6 +/- 3.1 larvae), and brain (7.8 +/- 6.8 larvae).
Maruyama
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Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University, Kanagawa, Japan.
Yamamoto
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Katsube
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D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D003370:Coturnix / Q000469:parasitology*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D007814:Larva; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008643:Mesentery; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D017166:Toxocara canis / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014120:Toxocariasis / Q000473:pathology*