Toxocara vitulorum infection in a cohort of beef calves in Iowa
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- 作者：Jeba Jesudoss Chelladurai
- 关键词：Toxocarosis ; Bovine toxocarosis ; Bovine parasitism
- 刊名：Veterinary Parasitology
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：30 November 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：214
- 期：1-2
- 页码：96-99
- 全文大小：1072 K
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- <p id="par0005">Necropsy of an Iowa beef calf revealed a mass of large nematodes in the small intestine.p>
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- <p id="par0010">Gross morphological and histological features of the nematodes recovered from the calf were consistent with features of the family Ascarididae.p>
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- <p id="par0015">Sequencing of 18S rDNA, partitial Internal Transcribed Spacer 1, complete 5.8S rRNA, and partial Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 genes revealed that the nematodes recovered were Toxocara vitulorum.p>
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- <p id="par0020">40% of calves in the herd were shedding Toxocara vitulorum eggs in the feces.p>