Identification of Trichinella isolates from naturally infected stray dogs in Egypt

Larvae of Trichinella species recovered from the diaphragms of 2 stray dogs killed during a governmental antirabies campaign in Cairo, Egypt, were fed to white mice for production of adult worms and larvae for morphological and isoenzyme studies. Comparisons were made with reference species of Trichinella spiralis, Trichinella nelsoni, Trichinella nativa, and Trichinella pseudospiralis. Results indicated that the 2 Trichinella specimens from the dogs were morphologically and biochemically identical with T. spiralis.