Hypoglycaemia in experimental canine trichinellosis.

This paper studies changes in serum glucose levels in dogs experimentally infected with Trichinella spiralis, and the histological causes of those changes. Hypoglycaemia is evident in 100% of experimental animals, and can be attributable to three factors: the reduced absorptive capacity of the intestine due to lesions (catarrhal and desquamative enteritis), high glucose consumption by parasites, or histopathological changes in the liver (glycogenic degeneration).