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Experimental infection of chickens with Ancylostoma caninum: migration and distribution of larvae in tissues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

R. K. Agarwal  and
G. N. Johri
R. K. Agarwal
Affiliation:
Helminthology-Immunology Laboratory, School of Studies in Zoology, Vikram University, Ujjain MP India
G. N. Johri
Affiliation:
Helminthology-Immunology Laboratory, School of Studies in Zoology, Vikram University, Ujjain MP India
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Abstract

Two hundred one-day-old male white leghorn chikens (Gallus domesticus) divided into 4 groups were inoculated with a single dose of 500, 1000, 2000 or 4000 filariform larvae of Ancylostoma caninum. Larval recoveries were made from different tissues at intervals from 4 hours to 72 hours after infection. Larval migration in the heart took place within 4 hours in all the groups except group A with 500 larvae and in thoracic muscle at 8 hours. Larvae also migrated into liver, lungs and neck muscle within 12 hours and into leg muscle at 18 hours. No larvae were recovered from the muscles after 72 hours of infection. Larvae did not migrate into kidney, spleen and central nervous system throughout the experimental period.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , June 1980 , pp. 109 - 115
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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