TABLE 1.
T. canis larvae recovered from tissues of IL-5 transgenic and nontransgenic mice infected with 500 eggs per os 28 days previously
| Mouse group | No. of larvae recovered from
|
Total no. of larvae recovered | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liver | Brain | Muscle | ||
| Nontransgenic | 25 ± 1a | 84 ± 19 | 52 ± 5 | 160 ± 16 |
| Tg5C1 | 20 ± 3 | 76 ± 7 | 58 ± 1 | 154 ± 10 |
| Tg5C2 | 19 ± 5 | 85 ± 31 | 38 ± 11 | 142 ± 40 |
a
Values are means ± standard errors of the means for seven mice/group. No statistically significant differences in the number of larvae recovered from transgenic mice compared to those from nontransgenic mice (P < 0.05) were found.