Experimental infection in chickens with larvae of Baylisascaris transfuga (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea).
The larvae of Baylisascaris transfuga (Rudolphi, 1819) were able to penetrate the liver, lungs, carcass and brain of infected chickens, but a great number of larvae accumulated in the liver. No clinical signs were seen. Birds may serve as paratenic hosts of the parasite, but B. transfuga seems not to be a possible agent of avian cerebrospinal nematodosis.
Papini
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Dipartimento di Patologia Animale, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Pisa, Italia.
Cavicchio
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Casarosa
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D000818:Animals; D017191:Ascaridida Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001199:Ascaridoidea / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002645:Chickens / Q000469:parasitology*; D007814:Larva / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008297:Male; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*