caa a22 4500 388112395 CHVBK 20180307125357.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199903 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022149X99000360 doi S0022149X99000360 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022149X99000360 Predilection sites of Trichinella spiralis larvae in naturally infected horses [Elektronische Daten] A total of 120 muscle tissues from three horses naturally infected with Trichinella spiralis were examined. The head was the most infected site. In particular, the muscles harbouring the highest number of larvae were: musculus buccinator (12, 411 and 1183 larvae g-1), the tongue (11, 615 and 1749 larvae g-1), m. levator labii maxillaris (17, 582 and 1676 larvae g-1), and the masseter (4.9, 289 and 821 larvae g-1). Compared with the diaphragm, the number of larvae per gram was from 3.5 to 6.8 times higher in the tongue, from 3.5 to 6.5 higher in m. levator labii maxillaris, and from 2.5 to 4.6 higher in m. buccinator. Of the examined muscles, the diaphragm had from the 6th to the 15th highest level of infection (3.1, 166 and 256 larvae g-1). Published data from experimentally infected horses confirm these results, suggesting that efforts to detect predilection sites should focus on the head muscles. Cambridge University Press Pozio E. Istituto Superiore di Sanità, viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy Paterlini F. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Brescia, Italy Pedarra C. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e Basilicata Foggia, Italy Sacchi L. Department of Animal Biology University of Pavia, Piazza Botta 9, 27100 Pavia, Italy Bugarini R. Istituto Superiore di Sanità, viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy Goffredo E. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e Basilicata Foggia, Italy Boni P. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Brescia, Italy Journal of Helminthology Cambridge University Press 73/3(1999-03), 233-237 0022-149X 73:3<233 1999 73 JHL https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X99000360 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X99000360 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pozio E. Istituto Superiore di Sanità, viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Paterlini F. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Brescia, Italy NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pedarra C. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e Basilicata Foggia, Italy NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sacchi L. Department of Animal Biology University of Pavia, Piazza Botta 9, 27100 Pavia, Italy NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bugarini R. Istituto Superiore di Sanità, viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Goffredo E. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e Basilicata Foggia, Italy NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Boni P. Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia Brescia, Italy NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Helminthology Cambridge University Press 73/3(1999-03), 233-237 0022-149X 73:3<233 1999 73 JHL CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge