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Mechanisms for the Dispersal of Parasitic Nematode Larvae 2. Rats as potential paratenic hosts for Oesophagostomum (Strongyloidea)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2009
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0·15% of Oesophagostomum larvae fed to laboratory rats became encapsulated in the intestinal mucosa. The juvenile nematodes were able to continue their development when the infected rat tissue was eaten by pigs.
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