Experimental aspergillosis in the German cockroach Blattella germanica: a histopathological study

Authors
Pathak, SC Kulshrestha, V
Citation
Sc. Pathak et V. Kulshrestha, Experimental aspergillosis in the German cockroach Blattella germanica: a histopathological study, MYCOPATHOLO, 143(1), 1998, pp. 13-16
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences",Microbiology
Journal title
MYCOPATHOLOGIA
ISSN journal
0301486X → ACNP
Volume
143
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
13 - 16
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-486X(1998)143:1<13:EAITGC>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Inoculation of a spore suspension of Aspergillus flavus in the haemocoel of the German cockroach (Blatella germanica) resulted in large-scale invasion of various internal organs as seen in tissue sections stained with a funga l stain. The organs affected were the alimentary canal, fat bodies, muscle fibres, malpighian tubules and the cerebral neurosecretory cells. No invasi on of the trachea and tracheoles was noted.