The influence of the regional basic diet from northeast Brazil on health and nutritional conditions of mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni.
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
; 25(1): 13-20, 1992.
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Protein nutritional status indicators were studied in weanling albino Swiss mice infected with S. mansoni and fed the Regional Basic Diet (RBD) from Northeast Brazil, a multideficient diet of low-protein content. Each mouse was infected percutaneously with 80 cercariae. The experiment lasted 63 days. The growth curve, food consumption, protein intake, weight gain, Protein Efficiency Ratio (PER) and Net Protein Ratio (NPR) were the parameters investigated. RBD-fed mice showed a marked weight loss, a lower food and protein intake, a slower body weight gain and lower rates of food protein utilization when compared to casein-fed animals. Differences between infected and non-infected mice were not consistent. The present results suggest that the effects of RBD-induced malnutrition on health and nutritional conditions of the mice are more severe than those of Manson's schistosomiasis, in the initial phase of the disease.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Esquistossomose mansoni
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Dieta
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Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Nutrição Animal
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
Ano de publicação:
1992
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Brasil