Mice as paratenic hosts of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus

Parasites & Vectors

Table 3 Study 2. Number of A. abstrusus third-stage larvae (L3) recovered from organs of mice 9 days after inoculation with various numbers of A. abstrusus L3 and percentage rate of recovery

No. of L3 inoculated per mouse	No. of L3 recovered from two mice (mean ± standard deviation)				Mean total % recovery rate^c
No. of L3 inoculated per mouse	GIT organs	Internal organs^a	Skeletal muscles	Total^b	Mean total % recovery rate^c
~50	2 ± 1.4	2 ± 1.4	2 ± 2.8	6 ± 2.8	12
~150	4 ± 5.7	18 ±7.1	14 ± 4.2	36 ± 2.8	24
~300	39 ± 12.7	79 ± 9.9	13.5 ± 9.2	131.5 ± 6.4	44
~600	23 ± 17.0	70 ± 49.5	10 ± 8.5	103 ± 41.0	17

^aCombined brain, lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, spleen, and diaphragm
^bCombined GIT organs, internal organs and skeletal muscles
^cMean total % recovery rate = 100 × total mean number of A. abstrusus L3 recovered/number of A. abstrusus L3 inoculated
Abbreviation: GIT gastrointestinal tract

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