Isolation of Besnoitia wallacei in Kenya.
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1994-04Author
Ng'ang'a, C J
Kanyari, P W
Munyua, W K
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The development of Besnoitia wallacei was studied in 13 cats fed on tissues of mice and rats previously infected with B. wallacei. The cats were serially killed between Day 1 and Day 16 of infection, and histological sections from the liver and intestines were examined. Asexual stages were seen in both the small intestines and the liver between Day 6 and Day 16 post-infection. Mature microschizonts in intestinal epithelial cells measured 22.6 microns x 14.7 microns (n = 15). Macroschizonts in intestinal lamina propria measured 66.6 microns x 50.3 microns (n = 25). Those in the liver measured 70.9 microns x 55.0 microns (n = 5). Sexual stages were seen in epithelial cells of the small intestines only
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/16364
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Veterinary Parasitology 52( 3-4)203-6, 1994Publisher
Department of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Nairobi
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