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A novel method for the recovery of Toxocara canis in mice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Wang Guang Xi
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, West China University of Medical Sciences, 610041 Sichuan, People's Republic of China
Luo Zhong Jin
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, West China University of Medical Sciences, 610041 Sichuan, People's Republic of China

Abstract

Acid-isolating and acid digestion techniques were used to recover the larvae of T. canis from the tissues of mice and the acid-isolating technique in particular proved to be an effective method.

Type
Research Note
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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