| clinicopathological features and histopathology of experimental hepatic capillariasis in muskrats (ondatra zibethicus). | ten muskrats (ondatra zibethicus) each were infected with 17,000 eggs (long-term study) and eight muskrats each were infected with 8,000 eggs (short-term study) of capillaria hepatica (nematoda). food intake, body weight, and selected clinicopathological parameters were measured every 2 days for 28 days in the short-term study and every 14 days for 184 days in the long-term study. muskrats in the short-term study had moderate to severe necrotizing granulomatous hepatitis associated with mild ano ... | 1997 | 9027699 |
| an overview of the host spectrum and distribution of calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica): part 1-muroidea. | calodium hepaticum (syn. capillaria hepatica) is a worldwide-distributed species of zoonotic nematodes with a high affinity to the liver. several rodent species of the superfamily muroidea serve as main hosts for this pathogen. c. hepaticum has been found in muroidean hosts in more than 60 countries in europe; north, central, and south america; asia; africa; and oceania. c. hepaticum was documented in more than 90 muroidean rodent species (murinae, deomyinae, arvicolinae, neotominae, cricetinae, ... | 2014 | 24248632 |