title: [Establishment of an animal model of Capillaria hepatica].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish an animal model of Capillaria hepatica.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixteen rats and two cats were infected with the embryo eggs of Capillaria hepatica through mouth.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 16 infected rats, 2 were negative, 14 were positive with Capillaria hepatica. 2 cats were negative.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Rats could be used as an animal model of Capillaria hepatica.
authors.affiliation: Fujian Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Fuzhou 350001.
authors.forename: F Z
authors.initials: FZ
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: X H
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Z P
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Tu
authors.forename: Y Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002195:Capillaria; D002415:Cats; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D017189:Enoplida Infections / Q000469:parasitology*; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley