Helminth parasites of conventionally maintained laboratory mice--II. Inbred strains with an adaptation of the anal swab technique

Gonçalves, Lucineide; Pinto, Roberto Magalhães; Vicente, J. Julio; Noronha, Dely; Gomes, Delir Corrêa

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GONÇALVES, Lucineide et al. Helminth Parasites of Conventionally Maintained Laboratory Mice - II. Inbred Strains with an Adaptation of the Anal Swab Technique. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 93, n. 1, p. 121-126, Jan./Feb. 1998.

0074-0276

https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/36697

10.1590/s0074-02761998000100023

1678-8060

https://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8856904

Autor

Gonçalves, Lucineide

Pinto, Roberto Magalhães

Vicente, J. Julio

Noronha, Dely

Gomes, Delir Corrêa

Institución

Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica em Saúde (Brasil)

Resumen

Worm burdens recovered from inbred mice strains, namely C57Bl/6, C57Bl/10, CBA, BALB/c, DBA/2 and C3H/He, conventionally maintained in two institutional animal houses in the State of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, were analyzed and compared, regarding their prevalences and mean intensities. Three parasite species were observed: the nematodes Aspiculuris tetraptera, Syphacia obvelata and the cestode Vampirolepis nana. A modification of the anal swab technique is also proposed for the first time as an auxiliary tool for the detection of oxyurid eggs in mice.