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The Fowl (Gallus domesticus) and a lepidopteran (Setomorpha rutella) as experimental hosts for Tetrameres mohtedai (Nematoda)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

C. W. Lim
C. W. Lim
Affiliation:
Veterinary Laboratory, 40 Kampong Java Road, Singapore 9, Republic of Singapore
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The life-cycle of Tetrameres mohtedai in the fowl involving a hitherto unknown intermediate host, Setomorpha rutella, is described and methods for laboratory demonstration are given. Development to infectivity in the intermediate host took less than 2 weeks under laboratory conditions. Infections could be established using infective larvae dissected from the intermediate host. The pre-patent period in the fowl averaged 36 days. Experimental evidence is given for infection of the final host by ingestion of either infected adult or infected larval Setomorpha. Development of the parasite to the infective stage does not depend on metamorphosis of the intermediate host.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 70 , Issue 1 , February 1975 , pp. 143 - 148
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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