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Longevity of Echinostoma caproni in Balb/c mice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2008

B. Fried  and
R.C. Peoples
B. Fried*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042, USA
R.C. Peoples
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042, USA
*
*E-mail: friedb@lafayette.edu
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Abstract

This study used Balb/c mice to examine the longevity of Echinostoma caproni. Five mice each exposed to 75 encysted metacercariae (cysts) were necropsied at 23 weeks postinfection (PI) (160 days PI). Two of the 5 were infected with a total of 33 worms; 23 in one mouse and 10 in the other. Body and organ area measurements showed that these worms were robust and normal in appearance. No signs of atrophy of any of the genital structures were observed. The mean ± SE of eggs/uterus per worm (n = 10) was 243 ± 6. This strain of mouse will be suitable to study the effect of long-term survival on the host–parasite relationship of E. caproni in Balb/c mice.

Type
Research Note
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 82 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 95 - 96
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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