Wild Rodents as Experimental Intermediate Hosts of Lagochilascaris minor Leiper, 1909

A total of 25 specimens of Cavia porcellus (guinea pig), 5 Dasyprocta agouti (agouti), and 22 Calomys callosus (vesper mice) were inoculated with infective eggs of Lagochilascaris minor. The inoculum was prepared with embryonated eggs and orally administered to each individual animal through an esop...

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Main Authors: Julieta Machado Paçô, Dulcinéa Maria Barbosa Campos, Jayrson Araújo de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1999-07-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761999000400003