Schistosoma mansoni: Natural Infection of Cattle in Brazil

16 November 1962

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 138 (3542) , 831
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.138.3542.831

Abstract

In an area in Brazil where schistosomiasis has long been endemic, examination of cattle which were slaughtered for food disclosed the presence of adult Schistosoma mansoni in the mesenteric veins of four animals. Eggs of S. mansoni were found in the feces and rectal mucosa of one animal.