Marine fish from the coastal areas of the Chukotka Peninsula as a mechanical transmitters of Trichinella spp. larvae

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Marine fish from the coastal areas of the Chukotka Peninsula as a mechanical transmitters of Trichinella spp. larvae 

L.A. Bukina

 

It has been established that marine fish can directly or indirectly maintain the trichinellosis cycle, as they play a role of mechanical transmitters of the disease. While passing through the gastrointestinal tract of fish, larvae remained viable and infective 49 hours after ingestion.  

Keywords: trichinellosis, trophic chains, mechanical transmitters, marine fish, Chukotka.