Prevalence and Phylogenetic Analyses of Trichuris suis in Pigs in Hunan Province, Subtropical China.
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SUBMITTER: Tan L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6243179 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
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Prevalence and Phylogenetic Analyses of Trichuris suis in Pigs in Hunan Province, Subtropical China.
Tan Lei L Wang Aibing A Yi Jing J Liu Yisong Y Li Jiayu J Liu Wei W
The Korean journal of parasitology 20181031 5
Trichuris suis infection in pigs is ubiquitous in intensive and extensive farms, which causes potential threat to human health. The objective of this research was to investigate the prevalence of T. suis in pigs in Hunan province. Total 2,267 fresh fecal samples distributed in 28 pig farms from 7 different administrative regions (Hunan province) were evaluated for the existence of T. suis eggs using saturated NaCl floating method. The average infection rate of T. suis in pigs was 8.91% in Hunan ...[more]
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