RADIOLABELED ADULT HAEMONCHUS-CONTORTUS OBTAINED FROM EGGS VOIDED IN THE FECES OF A SHEEP INJECTED WITH FE-59

Authors
VANWYK JA TITOY GAP
Citation
Ja. Vanwyk et Gap. Titoy, RADIOLABELED ADULT HAEMONCHUS-CONTORTUS OBTAINED FROM EGGS VOIDED IN THE FECES OF A SHEEP INJECTED WITH FE-59, Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research, 63(3), 1996, pp. 263-264
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00302465
Volume
63
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
263 - 264
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-2465(1996)63:3<263:RAHOFE>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The infective larvae of Haemonchus contortus (L3) obtained from an art ificially infected sheep injected with 125 mu Ci of Fe-59, incorporate d the isotope and retained ii in sufficient quantities to be detectabl e by autoradiography in the adult worms which developed. This is appar ently the first report of incorporation of Fe-59 into adult helminths, of which the L3 originated from an animal that was injected with the isotope.