Infectivity of Trichinella papuae for experimentally infected red foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

TY - JOUR

T1 - Infectivity of Trichinella papuae for experimentally infected red foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

AU - Webster, P.

AU - Malakauskas, A.

AU - Kapel, C. M O

PY - 2002/5/2

Y1 - 2002/5/2

N2 - To evaluate infectivity for carnivores as well as other biological characteristics of the newly described Trichinella papuae, eight red foxes were experimentally infected with the parasite. Five weeks after inoculation, T. papuae larvae were recovered from nine different muscle types. The larvae recovered from muscle tissue were shown to be infective to mice, to have a very low tolerance to freezing, and to survive longer than the other Trichinella genotypes in decaying tissue up to 5 weeks after infection.

AB - To evaluate infectivity for carnivores as well as other biological characteristics of the newly described Trichinella papuae, eight red foxes were experimentally infected with the parasite. Five weeks after inoculation, T. papuae larvae were recovered from nine different muscle types. The larvae recovered from muscle tissue were shown to be infective to mice, to have a very low tolerance to freezing, and to survive longer than the other Trichinella genotypes in decaying tissue up to 5 weeks after infection.

KW - Experimental infection

KW - Infectivity

KW - Red fox

KW - Trichinella papuae

KW - Vulpes vulpes

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037007524&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00022-5

DO - 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00022-5

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 11934461

AN - SCOPUS:0037007524

SN - 0304-4017

VL - 105

SP - 215

EP - 218

JO - Veterinary Parasitology

JF - Veterinary Parasitology

IS - 3

ER -