Biometrical alterations of Trypanosoma evansi isolate in laboratory rodents.
Biometrical alterations in a horse Trypanosoma evansi isolate were observed when passaged in laboratory rodents. The major parasite transformation observed was the increase in the total length as a consequence of an increase in some parasite measurements. These transformations probably occurred as a consequence of a host change from horse to rodents. No kinetoplastic forms were observed.
Dávila
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AM
Laboratory of Animal Health, Centro de Pesquisa Agropecuaria do Pantanal, EMBRAPA, Corumbá, MS, Brazil. amrdavila@hotmail.com
Ramirez
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Silva
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D000818:Animals; D006734:Horse Diseases; D006736:Horses; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D014345:Trypanosoma / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D014352:Trypanosomiasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary*