| parasites of domestic and wild animals in south africa. vii. helminths in pigs slaughtered at the pretoria municipal abattoir. | a total of 52 pigs slaughtered at the pretoria municipal abattoir over a period of 1 year was examined for parastitic helminths. twenty-six of these pigs were marketed by farmers and 26 by speculators. of the pigs marketed by farmers 73,1% were found to be infested:--30,8% with ascaris suum, 65,4% with ascarops strongylina, 3,8% with metastrongylus apri, 26,9% with oesophagostomum spp., 15,4% with trichostrongylus colubriformis and 15,4% with trichuris suis. all the pigs marketed by speculators ... | 1978 | 568230 |
| immunological studies on metastrongylus apri infection. iv. influence of whole body x-irradiation or anti-guinea pig thymocyte serum injection on acquired immunity in thymectomized guinea pigs. | | 1976 | 1087673 |
| [immunological studies on metastrongylus apri infection. iii. migratory behavior in the guinea pig of 5 times 10(4) r x-irradiated m. apri larvae used as attenuated larval vaccine (author's transl)]. | | 1975 | 1237056 |
| influence of immune treatments against dirofilaria immitis infection in dogs. | mongrel dogs were inoculated with two kinds of antigenic substances. the first was a phosphate buffered saline extract of whole dirofilaria immitis mixed with aluminum hydroxide gel (group 1), and the second was an orally administered live metastrongylus apri infective larvae (l3) (group 2). both groups were then infected with d. immitis l3. indirect hemagglutination (iha) tests showed that the antibody was produced by these inoculations before the infection was introduced, even in dogs inoculat ... | 1989 | 2761146 |
| efficacy of flubendazole against gastrointestinal and lung nematodes in pigs. | three trials were carried out on landrace pigs of various ages to assess the anthelmintic efficacy of flubendazole. the pigs were either artificially infected with metastrongylus apri or naturally or artificially infected with the gastrointestinal nematodes ascaris suum, oesophagostomum dentatum or hyostrongylus rubidus. for mass medication of young pigs and fatteners a dose regimen of 30 ppm flubendazole in the feed for 10 consecutive days was 100 per cent effective against the four nematode sp ... | 1988 | 3195017 |
| visceral helminth communities of an insular population of feral swine. | nine species of helminths, all nematodes, were recovered from the viscera of 48 feral swine (sus scrofa) from cumberland island, georgia. both the overdispersed frequency distributions and the abundances of the four common species of helminths (stephanurus dentatus, metastrongylus apri, m. pudendotectus and gongylonema pulchrum) did not vary significantly across the main and interactive effects of host sex and/or seasons. whether or not the present low population densities of feral swine on cumb ... | 1988 | 3352080 |
| [immunological studies on metastrongylus apri infection. ii. evaluation of effects of various inoculation dosages and oral or subcutaneous inoculation of x-irradiated larval vaccine]. | | 1973 | 4799969 |
| [infectivity and migratory behavior of metastrongylus apri in the guinea pig]. | | 1973 | 4799970 |
| a positive correlation between population size and egg-content in metastrongylus apri (gmelin, 1790). | | 1971 | 5129800 |
| [virulence differences of genus metastrongylus elongatus (dujardin, 1845) and m. pudendotectus (wostokow, 1905) in sus scrofa (javanica)]. | | 1968 | 5691498 |
| lungworms of feral swine in florida. | metastrongylus apri, m salmi, and m pudendotectus were found in 94%, 76%, and 64%, respectively, of 90 feral swine from a study area in southern florida. the mean number of worms per infected animal was 155, with a range of 1-1,980 (1 or more species). metastrongylus apri was found singly or in combination with 1 or both of the other species. single or concurrent infections of m salmi and m pudendotectus were not found. male hogs had significantly (p less than 0.05) higher intensities of m apri ... | 1982 | 7174442 |
| flubendazole: dose range and efficacy studies against common internal parasites of swine. | the anthelmintic spectrum of activity and efficacy of flubendazole, using pigs naturally infected with helminth parasites, were determined in 4 experiments, using 157 pigs. flubendazole (1.5 mg/kg of body weight) mixed in feed or top-dressed on feed for 5 consecutive days was highly effective as an anthelmintic. this dosage level indicated 100% efficacy against mature ascaris suum, oesophagostomum dentatum, trichuris suis, and metastrongylus apri. there was 88% efficacy against strongyloides ran ... | 1983 | 6881670 |
| isolation of the leukocyte chemotactic factors in the extract of adult metastrongylus apri. | | 1984 | 6482130 |
| [an epidemiological study on zoonoses in korea] | helminthic zoonoses are of significant importance to the public health and to the socioeconomic consequences especially in lost-meat, animal products and animal labor. for past several decades in korea, it has been recognized that endoparasitic infections among domestic animals are extremely common and many of the helminth parasites of man have been acquired from, or are shared with domestic animals. however, there was no survey of a nationwide scale on the prevalence of animal helminthiasis; an ... | 1981 | 12902720 |
| anthelmintic evaluation of tetramisole against the swine lungworm, metastrongylus apri. | | 1967 | 5624864 |
| [studies on the metabolism of hog lung-worm (metastrongylus elongatus). i. metabolic pathway to nitrogen compounds in lung-worm]. | | 1961 | 14038140 |
| [a case of triple infestation of the body with parasites: metastrongylus elongatus, taenia saginata and enterobius vermicularis]. | | 1963 | 14052185 |
| metastrongylus apri the pig lungworm. observations on the free-living embryonated egg and the larva in the intermediate host. | | 1959 | 14438840 |
| [passive cutaneous sensitization by means of immune rabbit sera against metastrongylus elongatus]. | | 1970 | 5461927 |
| [studies in lungworm diseases of swine. 2. course and effects of metastrongylus inoculation in domestic pigs with special reference to the life expectancy of metastrongylus apri]. | | 1969 | 5397198 |
| intrapulmonary lymphoid tissue of pigs exposed to aerosols of carbon particles, of salmonella oranienburg, of mycoplasma granularum, and to an oral inoculum of larvae of metastrongylus apri. | | 1971 | 5090884 |
| antibody-dependent adherence of guinea pig eosinophils to the third-stage larvae of metastrongylus apri. | | 1986 | 3735894 |
| [lactate dehydrogenase, succinate dehydrogenase and cytochrome oxidase activity as the indicator of general metabolic processes in metastrongylus elongatus (dujardin 1845) railliet and henry, 1911]. | | 1987 | 2841808 |
| isolation of specific antigens from angiostrongylus cantonensis. 1. preparative flatbed isoelectric focusing. | electrophoresis on sds gel and analytical isoelectric focusing showed that a crude extract of angiostrongylus cantonensis consisted of at least 40 protein components with molecular weights ranging from 13 000-70 000 and isoelectric points of pi values ranging from 3.7-10.0. crossed-immunoelectrophoresis with a hyperimmune antiserum to a. cantonensis showed at least 40 different antigenic components in the crude worm extract which were cross-reactive with those of ascaris suum, metastrongylus apr ... | 1985 | 2417425 |
| [helminth infections in wild boars in enclosures in southern germany: species spectrum and infection frequency]. | to determine the helminth fauna of wild boars, stomachs and intestines of 124, lungs of 62, and livers of 39 animals from 5 enclosures in southern germany were examined. the evaluation of the species composition revealed at least 13 species: metastrongylus apri, m. salmi, m. pudendotectus, physocephalus sexalatus, hyostrongylus rubidus, globocephalus longemucronatus, ascaris suum, trichuris suis, oesophagostomum dentatum, o. quadrispinulatum, fasciola hepatica, c. tenuicollis and capillaria. the ... | 1990 | 2264058 |
| fatal bronchopneumonia in a metastrongylus elongatus and porcine circovirus type 2 co-infected pig. | porcine circovirus type 2 (pcv2) infection is distributed worldwide and pcv2-associated disease (pcvad) is considered among the most economically relevant ones to the global swine industry. pcv2 is known to play a causal role in the porcine respiratory disease complex, usually in close association with a large plethora of other biologic agents. we describe herein a case of fatal parasitic bronchopneumonia by metastrongylus elongatus in a pcv2-infected pig. metastrongylosis may still represent a ... | 2011 | 21669448 |
| characterization of monoclonal antibodies against eosinophil chemotactic factors from young adult worms of angiostrongylus cantonensis. | two kinds of igg1 monoclonal antibodies against eosinophil chemotactic factors (ecfs) derived from angiostrongylus cantonensis young adult worms (ya) were established. western blot analyses demonstrated that one monoclonal antibody recognized a 16.1 kd component of ya-whole worm extract, and the other an 85 kd component. these antibodies did not show any cross reactions against several helminth antigens, as assessed by elisa. the chemotactic activity of ya-whole worm extract for guinea-pig-eosin ... | 1992 | 1281918 |
| experimental and field studies with thiophanate in pigs. | thiophanate, administered at a dosage of 50 mg per kg to artifically infected pigs, removed 96 to 99 per cent of adult oesophagostomum spp, hyostrongylus rubidus and trichuris suis. activity was also high against larval stages of these nematodes, except for 26-day-old t suis. thiophanate also showed ovicidal and larvicidal activity against h rubidus and oesophagostomum spp. at 50 mg per kg thiophanate administered alone was inactive against ascaris suum and metastrongylus apri, the former specie ... | 1976 | 969196 |
| [adaptations of the genital system of metastrongylus elongatus in relation to the conditions of postembyonic development]. | a topography of the genital system of metastrongylus elongatus is described in comparison with the genital system of dictyocaulus viviparus. it is established that in these species of helminths the genital tubes have a similar location but in metastrongylus elongatus takes place an uterus lenthening caused by the transference of the genital orifice to the hind end of the body. its total length is 2.5 as long as the body length of the worm. this phenomenon is regarded as an adaptation providing t ... | 1976 | 958719 |
| localization of larvae of metastrongylus apri (gmelin, 1790) vostokov, 1905, the lungworm of pigs, in the annelid eisenia foetida savigny, 1826. | the first stage larvae of metastrongylus apri could be recovered from the crop of eisenia foetida after 24 hours of their infection. these were found invading the calciferous glands of the annelid as early as 48 hours post-infection. the larvae were subsequently found localized in the calciferous glands. hearts, dorsal vessel, anterior part of crop and part of the oesophagus anterior to the calciferous glands of the annelid. in general, the larvae had a preference for the circulatory vessels of ... | 1978 | 655034 |
| [parasites in the gdr.1. studies on helminths occurrence in european wild pigs (sus scrofa)]. | in two different hunting-grounds in the north-eastern part of the gdr from november 1972 to march 1974 the authors tested a series of 102 killed wild boars, aged mostly from 7 month to 3 years by means of helminthological dissection and by coprological methods for helminthic stages. from more than 30 well known species of helminths the following 10 species were found: cysticercus tenuicollis, echinococcus hydatidosus, ascaris suum, ascarops strongylina, physocephalus sexalatus, globocephalus uro ... | 1978 | 646175 |
| dose titration of oxfendazole against common nematodes of swine. | oxfendazole, a benzimidazole carbamate, was administered as a 0.5% feed additive to 88 pigs naturally infected with two to four nematode species. dose rates of 1.5 mg/kg of body weight, 3.0 mg/kg, 3.75 mg/kg, 4.5 mg/kg, 6.75 mg/kg, or 9.0 mg/kg were 100% efficacious against oesophagostomum dentatum and 99.2% to 100% effective against ascaris suum. dose rates of 4.5 mg/kg, 6.75 mg/kg, and 9.0 mg/kg were 92.7%, 98.9%, and 99.5% effective, respectively, against mixed populations of metastrongylus a ... | 1979 | 464370 |
| immune response of guinea-pigs to chemically abbreviated prepatent metastrongylus apri infection. | the effect of chemical abbreviation of the primary infection dose (pid) of 160 infective larvae of metastrongylus apri on the immune status of the guinea-pig host was studied. the criteria used for assessing the status of immunity consisted of clinical manifestations following administration of a challenge infection dose (cid) of 800 infective larvae of m. apri, the rate of worm recovery 15 days post-cid and the rate of mortality following administration of cid. among the guinea-pigs of the main ... | 1976 | 56737 |
| kinetic properties of the cholinesterase in metastrongylus apri (nematoda): substrate hydrolysis and reaction with organophosphorus compounds. | | 1978 | 28886 |
| spontaneous liberation of infective larvae from the earthworm, eisenia foetida, infected with metastrongylus apri. | | 1966 | 5962749 |
| prevalence and distribution of pig helminths in the dongting lake region (hunan province) of the people's republic of china. | the prevalence of helminths in pigs was investigated in five rural communities situated on the embankment of dongting lake in zhiyang county, hunan province, people's republic of china, in an area known to be endemic for schistosoma japonicum. the helminth prevalences identified on the basis of faecal egg count analysis were: oesophagostomum spp. (86.7%), ascaris suum (36.7%), metastrongylus spp. (25.8%), strongyloides spp. (25.8%), trichuris suis (15.8%), globocephalus spp. (6.7%), gnathostoma ... | 2000 | 10831052 |
| efficacy of moxidectin 0.5% pour-on against swine nematodes. | forty pigs with induced infections of ascaris suum, trichuris suis, metastrongylus spp., oesophagostomum dentatum and o. quadrispinulatum were assigned to five-dose groups of moxidectin 0.5% pour-on with eight pigs per dose group. the doses were: moxidectin, 0 (vehicle control), 0.75, 1.00, 1.25, and 1.50 mg/kg(-1) body weight. worm egg counts (epg) were made from fecal samples collected on day 2 pretreatment and on day 14 or 15 post-treatment. animals were ranked according to the descending ord ... | 1999 | 10628698 |
| evolutionary relationships among the protostrongylidae (nematoda: metastrongyloidea) as inferred from morphological characters, with consideration of parasite-host coevolution. | the phylogeny of nematodes in the family protostrongylidae (nematoda: metastrongyloidea) was reconstructed by cladistic analysis of 28 binary and multistate characters derived from comparative morphology. analyses were hierarchical, and examined (1) relationships among genera, including 13 ingroup taxa and metastrongylidae as an outgroup (single tree, 78 steps, consistency index [ci] = 0.705); and (2) relationships among genera and species groups, including 21 ingroup taxa and metastrongylus apr ... | 1999 | 10461943 |
| production specific antigens from trichinella spiralis using a continuous elution method and isoelectric focusing. | immunodominant antigens of 45-53 kda (one band per fraction) were obtained from excretory/secretory (e/s) and somatic products of infective-larvae of trichinella spiralis using a continuous-elution method. they were further resolved by isoelectric focusing into different isoforms (45 kda: pi4.47, 5.09, 5.47 and 5.86; 47 kda: pi4.72 and 4.97; 53 kda: pi4.86, 5.11, 5.44 and 5.78). in immunoblotting, the isoforms of pi 5.09, 5.86, 4.97, 5.44 and 5.78 did not cross-react with antisera against trichu ... | 1997 | 9656358 |
| use of body fluid of adult female ascaris suum as an antigen in the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) for diagnosis of swine ascariosis. | the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) was used to detect ascaris suum antibodies in swine sera with adult body fluid (abf) as an antigen. the assay was standardized with respect to the antigen concentration and serum and conjugate dilutions. cross reaction was found between the antigen and the sera from the swine infected with metastrongylus apri. the elisa was more sensitive than the complement fixation test. five protein peaks were obtained from abf by gel filtration on sephacryle s-30 ... | 1993 | 8132972 |
| anthelmintic activity of albendazole against adult metastrongylus apri in artificially infected swine. | three groups of five pigs experimentally infected with lungworm larvae (metastrongylus apri) were treated with albendazole at 5, 7.5 or 10 mg/kg body weight at 35 days postinfection. the albendazole was administered in the feed. anthelmintic efficacy, as determined by comparison of postmortem lungworm counts for the treated animals and five infected, untreated controls, was 32.6% at 5 mg/kg, 44.3% at 7.5 mg/kg and 60.7% at 10 mg/kg. the 60.7% reduction in lungworms was statistically different at ... | 1981 | 7341616 |
| pathways of purine ribonucleotide biosynthesis in the adult worm metastrongylus apri (nematoda: metastrongyloidea) from pig lung. | the pathways of purine ribonucleotide synthesis and interconversion that are operative in the intact adult pig lung worm metastrongylus apri were identified by radioisotope tracing. the rate of [14c]glycine incorporation into purines was low but sufficient to demonstrate synthesis de novo. radioactively labelled adenine, hypoxanthine and guanine were readily taken up and converted to the corresponding mononucleotides. most of the amp and gmp formed were phosphorylated to the triphosphates. these ... | 1981 | 7242568 |
| helminth parasites of the wild boar, sus scrofa, in luristan province, western iran and their public health significance. | seven helminth species were obtained from 12 wild boars (sus scrofa) during a survey from 2000 to 2001 in luristan province, western iran. these species include the cestode larvae cysticercus tenuicollis (25%), c. cellulosae (8.3%), the nematodes metastrongylus apri (41.6%), m. pudendotectus (16.6%), m. salmi (8.3%), trichuris suis (8.3%) and the acanthocephalan macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus (41.6%). no trematodes were found. seven wild boars (58.3%) were identified as having at least one hel ... | 2003 | 12895286 |
| leukocyte chemotactic factors in soluble extracts of metastrongylus apri at different stages. | | 1983 | 6686982 |
| [case of triple infection with metastrongylus elongatus, thaeniarhynchus saginatus and enterobius vermicularis]. | | 1956 | 13433513 |
| lesions in the liver of guinea-pigs infected with the swine lungworm, metastrongylus apri. | clear spot lesions were formed on the liver surface in guinea-pigs repeatedly infected with swine lungworm, metastrongylus apri. the largest lesion, measuring 0.25 cm in diameter, was hard and yellow and showed a large granuloma in the lobule. the nematode larva was located at the centre of the lesion. this finding is likely to be an example of erratic parasitism in guinea-pigs with metastrongylidiasis. | 2004 | 15469636 |
| evidence of interaction between ascaris suum and metastrongylus apri in experimentally infected pigs. | a study has been carried out with the aim to determine possible interactions between ascaris suum and metastrongylus apri under experimentally infected pigs. twenty-eight iberian pigs were allocated into four groups. group 1 was inoculated with 5000 infective a. suum eggs; group 2 received concurrently 5000 infective a. suum eggs and 5000 infective m. apri larvae; group 3 received 5000 infective m. apri larvae; group 4 served as uninfected controls. in each group, pigs were necropsied on day 7 ( ... | 2004 | 15710530 |
| isolation of a 14 kda antigen from taenia solium cyst fluid by hplc and its evaluation in enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of porcine cysticercosis. | a fraction with a major band of 14kda was obtained from crude cyst fluid of taenia solium cysticerci by 2-step chromatography. a first fraction isolated by gel filtration (sephacryl s-300 high resolution) was purified using an anion exchange column (mono q hr 5/5) on high performance liquid chromatography. evaluation of the analytic sensitivity of this fraction (f3) was carried out in an antibody enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ab-elisa-f3) using serum samples from pigs experimentally infecte ... | 2007 | 17101161 |
| concurrent infection with trichinella spiralis and other helminths in pigs. | the aim of this study was to investigate possible influence of different helmintosis in the development of trichinella spiralis in experimental infected pigs. forty-two iberian pigs were allocated to six groups. three groups were single inoculated with ascaris suum, metastrongylus apri or t. spiralis, respectively. two groups were co-infected with t. spiralis and a. suum or t. spiralis and m. apri, respectively, while the last group included uninfected control pigs. clinical signs were only obse ... | 2007 | 17400390 |
| visceral helminths of wild boars (sus scrofa leucomystax) in japan, with special reference to a new species of the genus morgascaridia inglis, 1958 (nematoda: schneidernematidae). | twenty-nine japanese wild boars (sus scrofa leucomystax), collected during the hunting seasons of 2005 and 2006 in the western part of the mainland of japan (honshu), were examined for their visceral helminths. eighteen helminth parasites were prevalent in them, including 17 nematoda species (metastrongylus elongatus, metastrongylus salmi, metastrongylus asymmetricus, metastrongylus pudendotechus, stephanurus dentatus, gnathostoma doloresi, physocephalus sexulata, ascarops strongylina, capillari ... | 2008 | 18328113 |
| lung worm (metastrongylus elongatus) infection in wild boars (sus scrofa) of the demilitarized zone, korea. | | 2010 | 20688722 |
| helminth infections of wild boars ( sus scrofa) in the bursa province of turkey. | the present study aimed to investigate the status of helminth infections in wild boars in the bursa province of turkey. for this purpose, during 2007-2008, 27 wild boars were necropsied and examined for helminths. individual samples of tongue and diaphragm from 27 necropsied wild boars and an additional 22 tongue and diaphragm samples provided by hunters were examined by trichinoscopy and artificial digestion for trichinella spp. larvae. twenty animals (74%) were identified as being infected wit ... | 2010 | 21114894 |
| localization of eosinophil chemotactic factors in adult worms and third-stage larvae of metastrongylus apri. | | 2013 | 3553689 |
| parasites of the respiratory tract of sus scrofa scrofa (wild boar) from commercial breeder in southern brazil and its relationship with ascaris suum. | this study aimed to identify the species of helminths infecting the respiratory tract of sus scrofa scrofa from commercial breeding and check the existence of a possible antagonistic relationship of these species with ascaris suum. forty wild boars were analyzed, and the genus metastrongylus was recorded in the bronchi and bronchioles of 60 % of these, with the occurrence of the species metastrongylus apri, metastrongylus salmi, and metastrongylus pudendotectus. the highest prevalence found was ... | 2013 | 23224612 |
| lung parasites of the genus metastrongylus molin, 1861 (nematoda: metastrongilidae) in wild boar (sus scrofa l., 1758) in central-italy: an eco-epidemiological study. | the respiratory tracts of 57 wild boars (sus scrofa l. 1758) hunted in central italy during the 2011/2012 hunting season were examined to detect the presence of lung worms. fifty-five out of 57 animals (96,5%) were positive. five species of metastrongylus were detected and their prevalence was as follows: metastrongylus asymmetricus noda, 1973 (91.2%), metastrongylus confusus jansen, 1964 and metastrongylus salmi gedoelst, 1923 (87.7%), metastrongylus apri gmelin, 1790 (80.7%), metastrongylus pu ... | 2016 | 26827860 |
| an identification key for the five most common species of metastrongylus. | species of the metastrongylus genus, the lung nematodes of pigs that require an intermediate host (earthworm) to complete their cycle, pose a potential risk to both livestock and humans. this parasite which can result in lung pathology and mixed infections with other pathogens (e.g. viruses) can be fatal to pigs. although this genus is distributed worldwide, there are no classification keys for identifying this common parasite species. in this work, we take advantage of parasitological surveys o ... | 2014 | 25060317 |
| epidemiologic study of lung parasites (metastrongylus spp.) in wild boar (sus scrofa) in southwestern spain. | we analyzed 927 wild boars (sus scrofa) in southwestern spain during the hunting seasons of 2004/2005 to 2008/2009. respiratory tracts were examined for lung nematodes (metastrongylus spp.). the prevalence of metastrongylus spp. was 41.1%. the most frequently isolated species were metastrongylus apri (71.4%), metastrongylus pudendotectus (28.0%), and metastrongylus salmi (0.6%). prevalence and infection intensity were greater in young animals (<1 yr old) than in older animals. there were no sign ... | 2013 | 23307382 |
| leukocyte chemotactic factors in adult metastrongylus apri extract. | | 1982 | 7161995 |
| in vitro cultivation of metastrongylus apri. | the 3rd stage larvae of metastrongylus apri were successfully cultured in vitro to the nearly maturity adult worms which possessed the sperm and immature eggs, though the worms were smaller in size than those grown in vivo. the most excellent medium for the development was relatively simple and consisted of chemically defined nctc 109 supplemented with 20% calf serum, penicillin (200 unit/ml) and streptomycin (100 micrograms/ml). standing culture with a larval concentration of 100 to 200 worms p ... | 1980 | 7009926 |