Recovery of Toxocara canis larvae from mouse tissue

Authors

  • Cáris Maroni Nunes Universidade Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Odontologia, Departamento de Apoio, Produção e Saúde Animal, Araçatuba, SP
  • Saemi Ogassawara Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal, São Paulo, SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2318-3659.v34i1p41-43

Keywords:

Toxocara canis, Larva migrans visceral, Larvae, Mouse, Animal tissues, Recovery, Techniques

Abstract

Two techniques, peptic digestion and homogenization, were tested for the recovering of Toxocara canis larvae from mice tissue. Twenty mice were fed 1.000 embryonated eggs, and after 44-46 hours the animals were euthanised and liver and lungs were evaluated for the presence of larvae. Recovery rate from liver was greater than from lungs. Homogenization technique resulted in better percentage of larvae recovered, regardless of the organ evaluated.

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Published

1997-02-01

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 1 (1997)

Section

PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE

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Nunes CM, Ogassawara S. Recovery of Toxocara canis larvae from mouse tissue. Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci. [Internet]. 1997 Feb. 1 [cited 2026 Oct. 5];34(1):41-3. Available from: https://revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/50236