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Genetic variability of Schistosoma bovis cercarial production according to miracidial dose

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

A. Mouahid  and
C. Combes
A. Mouahid
Affiliation:
Département de Biologie animale, U.A., n°698, Université, avenue de Villeneuve, F 66025 Perpignan Cedex, France
C. Combes
Affiliation:
Département de Biologie animale, U.A., n°698, Université, avenue de Villeneuve, F 66025 Perpignan Cedex, France
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Abstract

Cercarial production related to miracidial dose variation with Schistosoma bovis strains from Sudan and Spain in Bulinus truncatus from Tunisia was studied. Results showed that an increase in the miracidial dose proposed to the host-mollusc (1 and 5 miracidia) gave rise to a decrease in cercarial productivity of Sudanese S. bovis and to an increase for Spanish s. bovis. It is concluded that this response difference tothe miracidial dose variation depends on genetic characters peculiar to the parasite strain and represents a new aspect of genetic variability of schistosome populations.

Keywords

Schistosoma bovisBulinus truncatusSpainSudancercarial productiongenetic variability
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 61 , Issue 1 , March 1987 , pp. 89 - 94
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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