The Role of Muscle Larvae of Trichinella spiralis in the Behavioral Alterations of the Mouse Host
- 1 June 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Journal of Parasitology
- Vol. 72 (3) , 464-466
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3281687
Abstract
The effects of early and encysted muscle larvae of Trichinella spiralis on the open-field behavior of CD-1 mice were studied. Chemotherapy with fenbendazole prior to encystment of larvae prevented the development of behavioral changes in mice. The chemotherapeutic destruction of encysted muscle larvae restored the ambulatory activity of mice to normal levels. The study suggests that muscle larvae are the etiological agents of behavioral alterations in the mouse host.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Loss of behavioural dominance in male mice infected with Trichinella spiralisParasitology, 1984
- The open-field behaviour of mice infected with Trichinella spiralisParasitology, 1983