| infectivity of hymenolepis diminuta for the jird, meriones unguiculatus, and utility of this model for anthelmintic studies. | the jird (meriones unguiculatus) has been shown to be a useful model host for the cestodes taenia crassiceps and echinococcus multilocularis. this report outlines a novel model in which hydrocortisone-treated jirds (0.02% in the feed) are infected with another cestode, hymenolepis diminuta. jirds were inoculated with 5 freshly harvested cysticercoids of h. diminuta prior to (day 0, -1, or -5) or after (day 1 or 5) switching to medicated feed; in some cases, jirds were never medicated. on days 7, ... | 1996 | 8636859 |
| spontaneous lesions and parasites of the mongolian gerbil, meriones unguiculatus. | four-hundred-eighty mongolian gerbils, meriones unguiculatus [uclp:(mon)], most of which were experimentally infected with filarial worms, were examined for spontaneous lesions. previously unrecognized lesions included cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, duodenal adenocarcinoma, malignant blue nevus, hepatic choleangiocarcinoma, malignant hemangiopericytoma of the uterus, ovarian teratoma, chronic interstitial nephritis, renal cortical retention cysts, splenic hemangiomas, and various histologic ... | 1975 | 1207042 |