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Experimental Infection of the Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus Novemcinctus) with Schistosoma Mansoni (Kenyan Strain)

Jerome H. Smith^*, Barbara Doughty, W. Michael Kemp, Elizabeth J. Browder AND Fulvantiben D. Mistry^*

^* Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine
Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology
Laboratory Animal Resources and Research Facility, College of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Biology, College of Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843

Eleven wild-caught nine-banded armadillos were infected with cercariae of the Kenyan strain of Schistosoma mansoni for 1–25 weeks. Distribution of eggs along and within the gut and liver was similar to that seen in human schistosomiasis. However, egg excretion was poor, eggs were small, rate of infection was low, and the prepatent period was long. From these data it is concluded that Dasypus novemcinctus is an inefficient reservoir host of S. mansoni.

Accepted for publication November 24, 1987.