Effect of chemotherapy and ultra-violet irradiation on embryonation and infectivity of Toxocara canis eggs by using murine model [electronic resource].

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The present study aimed to investigate the in vivo effect of albeudazole, ivermectin and UV irradiation on subsequent embryonation and infectivity of Toxocara canis eggs. For this propose, nine naturally infected puppies with Toxocara caniS of two months old from the same environmental condition were allocated into three equal groups in separate cages. GroupI was received albendaxole orally at a dose of 100 mglkg b.w.; groupII was sic iujected with ivermectin at a dose of 0.3mg/kg. Group III was kept without treatment as coutrol. Faecal samples were collected 3 times daily for 7 days post-treatment and the expelled T. canis worms were collected. At 7th day posttreatment, necropsy of all puppies was carried out and the adult T. canis worms were collected from their intestine, coecum and colon. The collected female worms from puppies groups I and II were dissected for preparation of eggs for embryonatiou. Eggs from worms of the third group (control group) were divided into 3 groups; one group (subgroup III a) was exposed to UV irradiatiou for 30 minutes before incubation, while the other two subgroups (subgroup Illb & subgroup IIIc) were incubated till emberyonation. After embryonation, (subgroup III b) was exposed to irradiation for 30 , minutes while the other group (subgroup IIIc) was kept without irradiation as a control non treated and non irradiated group. Embryonation was evaluated micro-scopically at 20th day. The infectivity of embryonatcd T. canis eggs was tested by mouse. The present data showed a rapid expulsion of worms iu ivermectiu treated puppies (48-120 hr. posttreatment) compared to (48-160 hr post- treatment) in puppies treated byalbendazole. The lowest percentage of embryouation (35%) was recorded in albendazole treated group followed by (42%) in irradiated fertilized eggs ( subgroup IlIa) as 65% and 58% of eggs cultures respectively were arrested at one cell stage, irregular cell division and a typical blastomeres and gastrulae. Normal embryonation was recorded in (subgroups III b, c) and ivermectin treated groups. Comp3ratively lower mortalities were recorded in mice group inoculated with irradiated eggs containing second larval stage (subgroup III a). Lower number of larvae was detected from the liver of mice groups inoculated with irradiated larvae. Stained tissue section slides revealed that 20- 25 cross section of encapsulated T. canis larvae in mice belonged to group IV at 80th day post inoculation compared to 2-3 cross section of T. canis larvae in mice belonged to other mice groups. It was concluded that albendazole and UV irradiation showed an ovicidal effect against T. canis eggs and consequently reduce the occurrence of infective eggs in the environment UV irradiation of embryonated eggs resulted in lower infectivity and mortality in inoculated mice compared to other groups.

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