Verster, AnnaSouth Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical ServicesDe Lange, M.Reinecke, R.K.Walker, Jane B.De Kock, V.E.Howell, P.G.2015-11-302015-11-3020151971Verster, A 1971, 'Preliminary report on the golden hamster as a definitive host of Taenia solium Linnaeus, 1758 and Taenia saginata Goeze, 1782’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 63-4.http://hdl.handle.net/2263/50974The journals have been scanned in colour with a HP 5590 scanner; 600 dpi. Adobe Acrobat v.11 was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.Injections of an immunosuppressant drug, methyl prednisolone acetate, increase the susceptibility of golden hamsters to the adult stage of Taenia solium Linnaeus, 1758. At dosage rates of 10, 5, 2 and 1 mg per week, 73,9, 80,0, 64,3 and 25 per cent respectively of the hamsters became infested. Both male and female genitalia develop but egg production does not occur. When hamsters are treated with 10 mg of the drug 25 per cent became infested with the adult stage of Taenia saginata Goeze, 1782.en©South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services (original). ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineSouth AfricaVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaArticle