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The Role of the Mouse in the Life Cycle of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

John M. Hamilton  and
A. W. McCaw
John M. Hamilton
Affiliation:
Pathology Department, University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Buccleuch Street, Glasgow
A. W. McCaw
Affiliation:
Pathology Department, University of Glasgow Veterinary School, Buccleuch Street, Glasgow
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Two experiments were undertaken to assess the role of the mouse in the life-cycle of Aelurostrongyhis abslrusus. In the first, 18 mice were fed first stage larvae and killed one month later. At post-mortem and histopathological examinations larvae were not demonstrated and attempts to extract larvae from a proportion of the mice were also negative. In the second experiment, 24 mice were fed heavy doses of first stage larvae. Subsequent examinations failed to reveal the presence of larvae and post-mortem and histopathological examinations performed on two cats, each of which had been fed with six of the mice, failed to reveal the presence of lungworms. It is concluded that mice do not act as intermediate host for Aelurostrongyhis abstrusus.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 41 , Issue 4 , December 1967 , pp. 309 - 312
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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