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Survival of shelled acanthors of Moniliformis moniliformis (Acanthocephala) under laboratory conditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

S. E. Arnold  and
D. W. T. Crompton
S. E. Arnold
Affiliation:
The Molteno Institute, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EE
D. W. T. Crompton
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ
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Abstract

Shelled acanthors (=eggs) of two isolates of Moniliformis moniliformis (Acanthocephala) were tested for their capacity to respond to a hatching stimulus in vitro and for their retention of infectivity to a natural intermediate host (Periplaneta americana). The shelled acanthors were stored for more than 120 weeks (Australian isolate) and for 104 weeks (Texan isolate) together with rat faeces in an incubator maintained at 22·2±0·1°C. In both cases, infectivity to P. americana was shown to have been retained. In vitro tests of the hatching response were carried out on many occasions during this period of faecal storage. Shelled acanthors continued to respond and no differences were detected either between isolates or within an isolate through time.

Keywords

Moniliformis moniliformishatchingsurvivaleggsacanthorsPeriplaneta americana
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 61 , Issue 4 , December 1987 , pp. 306 - 310
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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