Inflammatory reaction caused by larvae of Gnathostoma sp (nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) in muscles of fish-eating birds in Mexico

Luis Jorge García Márquez; Sylvia Paz Díaz Camacho; David Osorio Sarabia

2001, Number 4

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Vet Mex 2001; 32 (4)

Inflammatory reaction caused by larvae of Gnathostoma sp (nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) in muscles of fish-eating birds in Mexico

García MLJ, Díaz CSP, Osorio SD

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ABSTRACT

The objective of this work was to determine the species of fish-eating birds, especially those that spread gnathostomosis, and to describe the injury caused by this larvae in muscles, where this injury frequently occurs. Twenty-five birds belonging to four families from six locations were studied. Fifteen advanced third-stage larvae (L3 A) of the genus Gnathostoma were recovered from skeletal musculature of six fish-eating birds by artificial digestive methods. Portions of infected musculature were fixed in a 10% formalin solution in order to obtain histological information. The evidence shows, that larvae of Gnathostoma occurring in musculature of birds causes an inflammatory reaction of a granulomatous nature.

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