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Parasites induce behavioral changes in the host and obesity is a health problem affecting different animal species. Cysticercosis caused by Taenia pisiformis affects some behavior of rabbits and reproductive behavior of does. Rabbits do not escape from metabolic disorders, being long-live animals
OBJECTIVE
To review the incidence and pathologic findings of cysticercosis diagnosed at autopsies, with emphasis on the most common organs affected.
METHODS
Reports of 1.596 autopsies performed between 1974 and 1997 at a school hospital in Uberaba, MG, Brazil were studied. The following data were
The topics in this review are the usefulness of immunodeficient and inbred mice for studies of developmental biology, drug efficacy and host specificity in cysticercosis and echinococcosis. In non-obese diabetic severe combined immunodeficiency (NOD/Shi-scid) mice of both sexes, in vitro hatched
The major three species of human taeniid cestodes, Taenia solium, T. saginata and T. saginata asiatica (= T. asiatica) which require humans as the definitive host are still not rare in developing countries. Among these, T. solium is the most serious with medical and economic importance.