Publications

attempted infection of calves with taenia crocutae cysticerci and their subsequent serological response.	the susceptibility of naive cattle to infection with cysticerci of taenia crocutae was tested using three six- to nine-month-old ayrshire bull calves, previously unexposed to infection with taeniid eggs. one calf was given 10,000 t crocutae eggs orally, another 5000 hatched unactivated oncospheres orally and the third 5000 hatched and activated oncospheres by intravenous injection. none of the calves contained viable cysticerci at post mortem examination 15 to 17 weeks later. all three calves co ...	1985	4012042
phylogenetic characterisation of taenia tapeworms in spotted hyenas and reconsideration of the "out of africa" hypothesis of taenia in humans.	the african origin of hominins suggests that taenia spp. in african carnivores are evolutionarily related to the human-infecting tapeworms taenia solium, taenia saginata and taenia asiatica. nevertheless, the hypothesis has not been verified through molecular phylogenetics of taenia. this study aimed to perform phylogenetic comparisons between taenia spp. from african hyenas and the congeneric human parasites. during 2010-2013, 233 adult specimens of taenia spp. were collected from 11 spotted hy ...	2014	24815426