Toxocara cati larvae persist and retain high infectivity in muscles of experimentally infected chickens

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 180, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 287-291

  Taira, Kensuke ^a   Saitoh, Yasuhide ^a   Kapel, Christian M O ^b  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Food borne; Larva migrans; Poultry; Toxocara cati; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

PEPSIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN MUSCLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHICKEN; CHICKEN MEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; DUODENUM MUSCLE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HEART MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; INTESTINE MUSCLE; LEG MUSCLE; LIVER; LIVER MUSCLE; LUNG; LUNG MUSCLE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PECTORAL MUSCLE; RED MEAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; WHITE MEAT;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; LIVER; LUNG; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POULTRY DISEASES; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

GALLUS GALLUS; MUS; TOXOCARA CATI;

EID: 79960844249     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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