Schistosoma mansoni: on the possibility of Indian buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) being experimentally infected

Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho; Walter S. Lima; Raimundo H. G. Nogueira

DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86821989000300008

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ABSTRACT

Male Indian buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) calves were submitted to Schistosoma mansoni infection by percutaneous, oral and subcutaneous routes. No worms or eggs were found in four of the animals tested. Bubalus bubalis appears to be refractory for S. mansoni.

Keywords: Schistosoma mansoni. Indian buffalo. Experimental infection. Bubalus bubalis.

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 Adress to correspondence:
Prof. Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho.
GIDE/ICB/UFMG
CP: 2486
30161
Belo Horizonte, MG.

 

 

Recebido para publicação em 26/5/89.

 

 

Departamento de Parasitologia do Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e Departamento de Patologia da Escola de Veterinária da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.
This study was supported by FINEP and CNPq, Brazil.