Experimental Trypanosoma brucei infection at immediate post partum period:effects on dam and the offspring

作     者：Izuchukwu S Ochiogu Chukwuka N Uchendu John I Ihedioha 

作者机构：Department of Veterinary Obstetrics and Reproductive DiseasesUniversity of NigeriaNsukkaEnugu StateNigeria Department of Veterinary Physiology and PharmacologyUniversity of NigeriaNsukkaEnugu StateNigeria Department of Veterinary Pathology and MicrobiologyUniversity of NigeriaNsukkaEnugu StateNigeria 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》 (亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2010年第3卷第7期

页      面：531-534页

核心收录：

学科分类：1001[医学-基础医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100103[医学-病原生物学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Trypanosoma brucei Post-partum Infection Litter Parasitaemia. 

摘      要：Objective:To investigate the effects of immediate post-partum infection with Trypanosoma brucei（***） on dam and ***:Sixty female Albino rats（Rattus norvegicus） weighing between 130-170 g were used as animal *** animals were divided as follows: 25 infected between 1-5 days post partum;10 infected unbred as positive controls;and 25 uninfected as negative *** following parameters were evaluated:packed cell volume （PCV）,level of parasitaemia,survival time,litter size and litter weight at birth and on days 7, 14 and 21 post delivery,using conventional *** trans-mammary transmission of infection to litter through milk was also ***:The results showed a comparatively （Pst *** time in the infected groups were *** evidence of trans-mammary transfer of infection was ***:*** infection during immediate post partum period is detrimental to the dam and impairs growth of the offspring.