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The respiratory metabolism of parasitic nematodes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

W. P. Rogers
W. P. Rogers
Affiliation:
Division of Animal Health and Production, McMaster Animal Health Laboratory, Sydney
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1. Qo2 values for Haemonchus contortus egs varied between − 9·7 and − 12·6 according to the degree of development of the embryos. The r.q. was in the region of 0·6.

2. Young infective larvae of Nippostrongylus muris had a high Qo2 (−18·4), which fell as the larvae aged. Third stage Haemonchus contortus larvae gave similar results. The respiration was not affected by exsheathment.

3. Adult parasites gave Qo2 values as follows: Ascaridia galli, − 2·5; Nematodirus spp., − 5·1; Nippostrongylus muris, − 6·8; Neoaplectana glaseri, − 12·6. When calculated on a surface area basis, Ascaridia galli had an oxygen uptake which was much higher than that of the other organisms.

4. Qco2 values were small. The r.q. of infective larvae, which contain fat as reserve material, was about 0·72. The other forms which contained much glycogen as well as fat had r.q. values between 0·6 and 0·7. A. galli was an exception in that an r.q. of about 0·95 was obtained.

5. Potassium cyanide inhibited respiration in all the forms examined.

The author is indebted to Dr R. W. Glaser for supplying a strain of Neoaplectana glaseri.

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Parasitology , Volume 39 , Issue 1-2 , July 1948 , pp. 105 - 109
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1948

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