title: The effect of Syphacia muris on nutrient digestibility in laboratory rats.
abstract: This study was carried out to investigate how pinworm infection in rats affects nutrient digestibility in the hosts. Twenty-four male outbred Wistar rats were randomly divided into two groups of 12 rats each. The rats from the first group (GI) were kept in cages with bedding containing pinworm eggs, and the second (control) group (GII) were kept in a separate room in clean, uncontaminated filter-top cages. The animals were put into individual metabolic cages later. Metabolic trials lasted five days and records of animal weight, food ingestion, and faecal weight were taken daily. Based on laboratory analysis of the feed and faecal nutrient content, digestibility values were determined. On day 15 of the experiment, the animals were euthanized. Although Syphacia muris were found in all rats from the GI group, animals exhibited no clinical signs. In our experiment, S. muris infection reduced the overall digestibility of all measured nutrients (P < 0.01). The most significant differences in digestibility were observed in the case of crude fibre and mineral matter (P < 0.01).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Plachý
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Animal Breeding and Hygiene, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Litvinec
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic langrova@af.czu.cz.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Langrová
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Horáková
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sloup
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jankovská
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vadlejch
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Čadková
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Fisheries, Hydrobiology and Apiculture, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Borkovcová
mesh_terms: D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D000830:Animals, Laboratory; D004063:Digestion; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D008297:Male; D010123:Oxyuriasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D010124:Oxyuroidea / Q000502:physiology*; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012376:Rodent Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*
keywords: Syphacia muris; digestibility; infection; laboratory rat; nutrient