Table 1.
The Syrian hamster is more permissive to O. ochengi mf than BALB/c mice
| Animal | Sex (M/F) | Amount of O. ochengi mf injected | Percentage viability of mf at time of injection | Duration between mf injection and sacrifice (days) | No of mf in fore limbs | No of mf in hind limbs | No of mf in ear lobes | No of mf in tail | No of mf in head | No of mf in the trunk | Total mf recovered (% recovered) | % mf recovered in ear lobes relative to total recovery | Tissue and whole body pathology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamster 1 | M | 12,558 | 100 % | 21 | 7 | 7 | 60 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 81 (0.65) | 74.07 | None observed |
| Hamster 2 | M | 44,100 | 88 % | 21 | 125 | 100 | 600 | 67 | 117 | 130 | 1039 (2.36) | 57.75 | None observed |
| Hamster 3 | M | 25,000 | 100 % | 30 | 27 | 7 | 353 | 0 | 67 | 53 | 507 (2) | 69.63 | None observed |
| BALB/c 1 | M | 25,000 | 100 % | 15 | 120 | 20 | 390 | 20 | 610 | 180 | 1340 (5.36) | 29.10 | None observed |
| BALB/c 2 | M | 25,000 | 100 % | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | None observed |
| BALB/c 3 | M | 25,000 | 100 % | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | None observed |
| BALB/c 4 | M | 25,000 | 100 % | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | None observed |
| BALB/c 5 | F | 25,000 | 100 % | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 0 | None observed |
Different numbers of O. ochengi mf isolated from cattle skin on different days were injected subcutaneously at the nape of different animal types and the animals were sacrificed on indicated days and analyzed for O. ochengi mf (n = 3–5/group)