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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-7-8
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this study was to examine interactions between Ascaris suum and Oesophagostomum dentatum infections in pigs with regard to population dynamics of the worms such as recovery, location and length; and host reactions such as weight gain, pathological changes in the liver and immune response. Seventy-two helminth-naïve pigs were allocated into four groups. Group A was inoculated twice weekly with 10000 O. dentatum larvae for 8 weeks and subsequently challenge-infected with 1000 A. suum eggs, while Group B was infected with only 1000 A. suum eggs; Group C was inoculated twice weekly with 500 A. suum eggs for 8 weeks and subsequently challenge-infected with 5000 O. dentatum larvae, whereas Group D was given only 5000 O. dentatum larvae. All trickle infections continued until slaughter. Twelve pigs from Group A and B were slaughtered 10 days post challenge infection (p.c.i.) and the remaining 12 pigs from the each of the four groups were slaughtered 28 days p.c.i.. No clinical signs of parasitism were observed. The total worm burdens and the distributions of the challenge infection species were not influenced by previous primary trickle-infections with the heterologous species. Until day 10 p.c.i. the ELISA response between A. suum antigen and sera from the O. dentatum trickle infected pigs (Group A) pigs were significantly higher compared to the uninfected Group B. This was correlated with a significantly higher number of white spots on the liver surface both on Day 10 and 28 p.c.i. in Group A compared to Group B. The mean length of the adult O. dentatum worms was significantly reduced in the A. suum trickle infected group compared to the control group. These results indicate low level of interaction between the two parasite species investigated.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0304-4017
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
221-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Antibodies, Helminth, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Ascariasis, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Ascaris suum, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Feces, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Intestine, Large, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Intestine, Small, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Oesophagostomiasis, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Oesophagostomum, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Parasite Egg Count, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Swine, pubmed-meshheading:10348102-Swine Diseases
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Concurrent Ascaris suum and Oesophagostomum dentatum infections in pigs.
pubmed:affiliation
Danish Centre for Experimental Parasitology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen. abh@kvl.dk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't