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Effect of oral administration of Kudoa septempunctata genotype ST3 in adult BALB/c mice.
Parasite (Paris, France) - 1 Jan 2015
Ahn Meejung, Woo Hochoon, Kang Bongjo, Jang Yeounghwan, Shin Taekyun
Abstract excerpt
Kudoa septempunctata (Myxozoa: Multivalvulida) infects the muscles of olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus, Paralichthyidae) in the form of spores. To investigate the effect of K. septempunctata spores in mammals, adult BALB/c mice were fed with spores of K. septempunctata genotype ST3 (1.35 × 10(5) to 1.35 × 10(8) spores/mouse). After ingestion of spores, the mice remained clinically normal during the 24-h...
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