Experimental infection with Baylisascaris potosis in chickens

Volume 57 (2020): Issue 4 (December 2020)

By:

K. Taira, M. Ueda and H. K. Ooi

Open Access

|Nov 2020

Figures & Tables

Number of larvae recovered from 3 week-old chickens (n=6/group) inoculated with 3,000 Baylisascaris potosis eggs/chick_

Days PI¹⁾	Mean number of larvae recovered					Recovery (%)³⁾
	Liver	Lungs	Breast muscles	Others²⁾	Total
1	0.17	0.17	0	0	0.34	0.011
2	0.17	0	0	0	0.17	0.006
3	0.33	1.33	0	0	1.66	0.055
7	0.17	0.67	0.17	0	1.01	0.034
30	0.17	0	0	0	0.17	0.006
90	0	0	0	0	0	0

Number of larvae recovered from mice inoculated with 2,000 Baylisascaris potosis eggs/mouse_

Mouse ID	Days PI¹⁾	Recovered larvae	Recovery (%)²⁾
1	28	181	9.1
2		363	18.2
3		437	21.9
4	60	135	6.8
5		104	5.2
6		378	18.9
7		704	35.2
Mean (n=7)		328.9	16.4

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2020-0047 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605

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Language: English

Page range: 384 - 387

Submitted on: Apr 29, 2020

Accepted on: Jul 17, 2020

Published on: Nov 19, 2020

Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Mathematical Institute

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 times per year

Keywords:

Paratenic hosts

Related subjects:

Life sciences, other,

Clinical medicine,

Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

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