EGG-LAYING IN-VITRO OF ECHINOSTOMA-CAPRONI (TREMATODA) IN NUTRITIVE AND NONNUTRITIVE MEDIA

Authors
REDDY A FRIED B
Citation
A. Reddy et B. Fried, EGG-LAYING IN-VITRO OF ECHINOSTOMA-CAPRONI (TREMATODA) IN NUTRITIVE AND NONNUTRITIVE MEDIA, Parasitology research, 82(5), 1996, pp. 475-476
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Parasitology research → ACNP
ISSN journal
09320113
Volume
82
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
475 - 476
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0113(1996)82:5<475:EIOE
Abstract
Egg laying in vitro was studied in Echinostoma caproni adults placed i n 10 ml of nutritive or nonnutritive media for 48 h in petri-dish cult ures maintained at 37 degrees C in an atmosphere containing 7.6% CO2. Maximal egg laying occurred within 24 h in the defined medium RPMI 164 0. Egg laying was significantly greater in this medium than in McCoy's or Locke's solution. Eggs re leased into the RPMI medium were capable of producing miracidia that were infective to Biomphalaria glabrata s nails.