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Abnormal spicule development in a laboratory strain of Trichostrongylus vitrinus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

E.A. Roy  and
I. Beveridge
E.A. Roy
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3052, Victoria, Australia
I. Beveridge
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3052, Victoria, Australia
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Abstract

The occurrence of specimens in a laboratory strain of Trichostrongylus vitrinus exhibiting unusual spicules resembling those of T. minor and T. angistris is reported and the abnormal spicules described. The specimens include individuals with one spicule typical of T. vitrinus and the other spicule of the abnormal type. Possible reasons for the occurrence of such abnormalities are discussed.

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Research Note
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 71 , Issue 4 , December 1997 , pp. 359 - 362
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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