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Mechanisms for the Dispersal of Parasitic Nematode Larvae 2. Rats as potential paratenic hosts for Oesophagostomum (Strongyloidea)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

D. E. Jacobs ,
A. M. Dunn  and
J. Walker
D. E. Jacobs
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Glasgow
A. M. Dunn
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Glasgow
J. Walker
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Glasgow
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0·15% of Oesophagostomum larvae fed to laboratory rats became encapsulated in the intestinal mucosa. The juvenile nematodes were able to continue their development when the infected rat tissue was eaten by pigs.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 45 , Issue 2-3 , June 1971 , pp. 139 - 144
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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