EFFECT OF DIFFERENTIAL PERMEABILITY TO PLASMA-PROTEINS ON LOCALIZATION OF LEPTORHYNCHOIDES-THECATUS (ACANTHOCEPHALA) IN GREEN SUNFISH, LEPOMIS-CYANELLUS (CENTRARCHIDAE)

Citation
Cc. Leadabrand et Bb. Nickol, EFFECT OF DIFFERENTIAL PERMEABILITY TO PLASMA-PROTEINS ON LOCALIZATION OF LEPTORHYNCHOIDES-THECATUS (ACANTHOCEPHALA) IN GREEN SUNFISH, LEPOMIS-CYANELLUS (CENTRARCHIDAE), Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 61(2), 1994, pp. 245-246
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
ISSN journal
1049233X
Volume
61
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
245 - 246
Database
ISI
SICI code
1049-233X(1994)61:2<245:EODPTP>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
An Evans blue dye injection technique was employed to compare vascular leakage into various regions of the alimentary canal of uninfected an d Leptorhynchoides thecatus-infected green sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus. Results revealed no significant difference in permeability to dye amo ng cecal, between cecal, and intestinal regions. Additionally, L. thec atus appeared to have neither a systemic nor local effect on mucosal p ermeability as there was no significant difference in leakage between infected and uninfected fish or between occupied and unoccupied ceca w ithin infected fish. Consequently, differential permeability of mucosa l regions to plasma proteins is unlikely to be a factor in the localiz ation of L. thecatus in green sunfish.