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Infection of the Chinese hamster with Trichinella pseudospiralis
1Department of Biology, University of Texas Arlington 76019.
The Journal of Parasitology
|December 1, 1989
Abstract:
A mean of 2,862 muscle larvae was recovered on day 45 postinfection (PI) from the total body musculature of Chinese hamsters infected with 498 Trichinella pseudospiralis. Infection of the Chinese hamster with 494 Trichinella spiralis resulted in recovery of a mean of 225 muscle larvae on day 45 PI. The reproductive capacity index for T. pseudospiralis was 5.74, whereas that for T. spiralis was 0.46 in this host species.