Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
- 제39권3호
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- Pages.227-232
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- 2001
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- 2982-5164(pISSN)
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- 1738-0006(eISSN)
Experimental induction of the two-host life cycle of Sarcocystis cruzi between dogs and Korean native calves
- Wee, Sung-Hwan (National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service, MAF) ;
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Shin, Sung-Shik
(College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University)
- 발행 : 2001.09.01
초록
Eight dogs were experimentally infected with Sarcocystis by oral inoculation of cardiac muscle from naturally infected cattle. The infected dogs commenced discharging of sporocysts in the feces after 10 to 12 days of inoculation, and continued until 20 and 35 days after inoculation. Three dogs were reinfected with cardiac muscle from the naturally infected cattle. Sporocysts reappeared in the feces on 12 to 13 days after reinfection. Sarcosystis sporocysts collected from the experimentally infected dogs were fed to each of the two 30-day-old Korean native calves. The infected calves remained clinically normal, except for the high fever (