Abstract
The distribution of T. canis larvae and pathological chantes caused by them were studied in Japanese quails orally inoculated with 1, 5000, 4, 000 or 15, 000 embryonated eggs. Larvae were distributed mainly in the liver and, to lesser extent, in the muscles, bfain, eyes and othdr organs. The number of larvae varied from 7 to 3, 346, and from 1 to 288 in the liver and muscles (breast and legs), respectively. A small number of larvae were also recovered from the heart, gizzard, brain and eyes. In thd groups of quails inoculated With 4, 000 or 15, 000 eggs, small white foci were observed on the surface of the liver 6 or 12 hr after inoculation. Histopathological exdminations fevealed necrotic lesions, leukocytic infiltration, granuloma and nodular lesions. The pathological changes became more serious with the large size of inoculum and days after inoculation.
