Helminth parasites of conventionally mantained laboratory mice

Helminth parasites of conventionally mantained laboratory mice

The spectrum of intestinal parasites present in the SwissWebster, C57B1/6 and DBA/2 mice strains from different animal houses was identified and prevalences compared. Three parasites were observed during the course ofthis study, namely the cestode. Vampirolepis nana (Siebold, 1852) Spasskii, 1954(=H...

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Main Authors: Roberto Magalhães Pinto, J. Julio Vicente, Dely Noronha, L. Gonçalves, Delir Corrêa Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1994-03-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Vamperolepis nana
Hymenolepis
Aspiculuris Tetraptera
Syphacia obvelata
laboratory mice
prevalence
morphometries
Mus musculus
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761994000100007
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Summary:The spectrum of intestinal parasites present in the SwissWebster, C57B1/6 and DBA/2 mice strains from different animal houses was identified and prevalences compared. Three parasites were observed during the course ofthis study, namely the cestode. Vampirolepis nana (Siebold, 1852) Spasskii, 1954(=Hymenolepis nana) and the nematodes Aspiculuris tetraptera (Nitzsch, 1821) Schulz, 1924 and Syphacia obvelata (Rudolphi, 1802) Seurat, 1916. The scope of thisinvestigation has been widened to also include morphometric data on the parasites, to further simplify their identification, since the presence of helminths in laboratory animals is regarded as a restricting factor for the proper attainment of experimental protocols.
ISSN:0074-0276
1678-8060

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