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Recovery of Trichinella Spiralis Larvae From Frozen Muscle Samples

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 19, pages 607–608 (1978)Cite this article

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Demonstration of Trichinella spiralis in suspensions of digested muscle tissue has until now mainly been based on methods utilizing the coiling and/or the motility of the living larvae. Considering this, Jackson (1977) estimated that, compared to the number observed by examination of corresponding unfrozen samples, 78 % of larvae in frozen samples would be lost, when an ordinary pepsin-HCl digestion technique was used.

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The author wishes to thank Mr. L. Eiersted for valuable technic assistance.

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Henriksen, S.A. Recovery of Trichinella Spiralis Larvae From Frozen Muscle Samples. Acta Vet Scand 19, 607–608 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03547601

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