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Factors influencing the metacercarial intensity in ants and the size of Dicrocoelium dendriticum metacercarial cysts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

R. Schuster
R. Schuster
Affiliation:
Institute of Parasitology, Veterinary Faculty, Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany
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Abstract

During the 1990 grazing season, ants found attached to plants were collected from sheep pastures at monthly intervals and examined for Dicrocoelium metacercariae. The species Formica pratensis and F. rufibarbis showed average metacercarial intensities of 76 and 38 respectively. In addition to the ant species, the intensity of infection was found to be dependent on the length of the ant. The volume of metacercarial cysts was influenced by the intensity per ant relative to ant length but not by the ant species or the time of ant collection.

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Dicrocoelium dendriticumFormica pratensisFormica rufibarbismetacercaria

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 65 , Issue 4 , December 1991 , pp. 275 - 279
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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