Parasitologia hungarica

Author(s): Irshadullah, K. & Nizami, W. A.
Title: Development of protoscoleces of Echinococcus granulosus from buffalo liver and lung cysts in dogs
Title: Bivalymájból és tüdőből származó Echinococcus granulosus protoskolexek fejlődése kutyákban
Year: 1992
Volume: 25
Pages: 15-22.

Abstract: In Northern India, the buffalo is the principal intermediate host for the larval multiplication of Echinococcus granulosus, and mainly the buffalo/dog cycle is operative for the perpetuation of the parasite’s life cycle. The development of protoscoleces from buffalo liver and lung cysts was compared in dogs. The segmentation and maturation rate of protoscoleces of liver origin was found to be retarded as compared to those of lung origin. It is emphasized that physiological, nutritional or metabolic differences may exist between parasite material from lung and liver. Possibly these differences are either habitat induced or due to strain variation
Keywords: dog, buffalo, Echinococcus granulosus, protoscoleces from liver and lung, developmental biology, strain differences

Journal: Parasitologia Hungarica
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ISSN: 0303-688X
Publisher: Magyar Parazitológusok Társasága, Budapest
Editor(s): K. Murai, É. & Thoma, A.