| morphology of the advanced-stage larva of eustrongylides wenrichi canavan 1929, occurring encapsulated in the tissues of amphiuma in louisiana. | larval nematodes identified as eustrongylides wenrichi canavan 1929, from cysts in the tissues of amphiuma means tridactylum cuvier in louisana were redescribed. the extent of differentiation of the sex organs was found to be greater than that of 3rd-stage dioctophyma renale, or of the infective stage of trichinella spiralis, and comparable with the late 4th-stage larva of secernentean (phasmid) nematodes. | 1979 | 448605 |
| prevalence of trichinosis in southern louisiana swine. | after an outbreak of human trichinosis in louisiana involving 45 cases and 1 death in 1979 and 1980, a survey of pigs killed in 21 selected small slaughterhouses in southwestern louisiana was conducted from november 1980 to september 1981. the sera from 1,225 pigs were examined for trichinella antibodies using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa); 1,223 diaphragms were subjected to peptic digestion and examined for the presence of trichinella spiralis larvae. one diaphragm (0.08%) was fo ... | 1985 | 3994113 |