title: Hepatic lesions caused by migrating larvae of Ascaris suum in chickens.
abstract: Group A consisted of chickens infected with a single dose of Ascaris suum and group B of chickens infected with two successive doses. At days 1, 3, 7, 14 and 21 after the first or second infection dose, six chickens from each group were sacrificed. In both groups, larvae were recovered from the livers on days 1, 3, and 7 and lungs on days 3 and 7. No larvae were detected in chickens on day 14. Clear white lesions were noticed only on the livers from chickens of group B at day 7 but had disappeared at day 14. A comparison with group B showed mild histological changes that developed relative to the livers from group A.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Animal Science in Biochemistry and Toxicology, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshihara
authors.forename: Jyunko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishizono
authors.forename: Ayano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Kana
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimozaki
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: Naotoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hirayama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017165:Ascaris suum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002645:Chickens; D006651:Histocytochemistry / Q000662:veterinary; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*