Post-cyclic transmission in Acanthocephalus tumescens (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae)

Title:

Post-cyclic transmission in Acanthocephalus tumescens (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchidae)

Creator:

Rauque, Carlos A., Semenas, Liliana G., and Viozzi, Gustavo P.

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:ab62deaf-1f62-4b99-9d99-f3fb58c90b9c
uuid:ab62deaf-1f62-4b99-9d99-f3fb58c90b9c
doi:10.14411/fp.2002.023

Subject:

post-cyclic transmission, Acanthocephalus tumescens, Oncorhynchus mykiss, and Galaxias maculatus

Type:

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Format:

bez média and svazek

Description:

The aim of this study was to investigate the post-cyclic transmission of Acanthocephalus tumescens (von Linstow, 1896) from Galaxias maculatus Jenyns to Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum). Wild G. maculatus naturally infected with A. tumescens were fed to cultured rainbow trout, which were sacrificed at the second, third and fourth weeks post infection. Normally attached male and female acanthocephalans were recovered alive from the intestine of rainbow trout. Parasites survive at least four weeks post infection, growing and attaining full sexual maturity. Prevalence and mean intensity generally decreased after infection. A. tumescens is the eighth acanthocephalan species in which post-cyclic transmission has been proven.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
policy:public

Coverage:

127-130

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 2002 Volume:49 | Number:2

Harvested from:

CDK

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