• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
• /
• 제48권1호
• /
• pp.79-80
• /
• 2010

This study was conducted to determine the distribution patterns and duration of stay of Toxocara cati larvae in organs of chickens and to investigate chronic phase and potential zoonotic risk of toxocariasis in chickens. Chickens were orally infected with 1,000 embryonated T. cati eggs and necropsied 240 days post-infection. Organs of the chickens were examined at gross and microscopic levels; tissues were digested to recover larvae. Peribronchiolitis with infiltration of lymphocytes, and hyperplasia of bronchiolar associated lymphatic tissues (BALT) and goblet cells, were evident in the lungs of infected chickens. There were mild hemorrhages and infiltration of lymphocytes and a few eosinophils in the meninges. Larvae were recovered from 30% of the exposed chickens. Larvae recovery indicated that T. cati larvae stay alive for at least 240 days in the chicken brain. Therefore, chickens may potentially act as a paratenic host in nature and transfer T. cati larvae to other hosts.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
• /
• 제46권3호
• /
• pp.426-431
• /
• 1999

저자등은 건성기침을 주소로 내원하여 단순 흉부 방사선 촬영검사 소견상 우측 폐야에 거대종괴가 관찰되어 우하엽 절제술 및 면역조직화학 검사상 T 세포 기원의 혈관중심성 림프종으로 진단받은 1예을 경험하였기에 보고하는 바이다.