Differences in Lipid Granulation as the Basis for a Morphologic Differentiation between Third-Stage Larvae of Uncinaria stenocephala and Ancylostoma caninum

1985 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
pp. 745 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Hill ◽  
Edward L. Roberson
Parasitology ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Hawdon ◽  
S. W. Volk ◽  
R. Rose ◽  
D. I. Pritchard ◽  
J. M. Behnke ◽  
...  

SUMMARYThe feeding behaviour of parasitic 3rd-stage larvae (L3) of the hookworms Ancylostoma caninum, A. ceylanicum and Necator americanus was examined. Less than 11% of A. caninum L3 recovered from the small intestines of dogs infected orally were feeding at 4–48 h post-infection (p.i.). and none of the A. ceylanicum L3 recovered from the intestines of orally infected hamsters had resumed feeding. All L4 of both species recovered at 36 and 48 h p.i. had resumed feeding. On the other hand, approximately 16% of the A. ceylanicum L3 recovered from the skin of percutaneously infected hamsters at 18 h were feeding, and the percentage feeding increased to nearly 58% at 44 h p.i. Necator americanus L3 recovered from the skin of percutaneously infected neonatal hamsters resumed feeding at 6–12 h p.i. and reached 90–94% by 18 h. Feeding began to decline at 66 h, and reached 29% at 120 h p.i. This decrease was associated with the migration of larvae from the skin to the lungs. By 192 h p.i. over 95% of the larvae had reached the small intestine, and all had moulted to the L4. The results indicate that parasitic L3 resume feeding in the skin during percutaneous infections, and suggest that feeding by hookworm L3 correlates with the resumption of development.


2008 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 755-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. R. Kopp ◽  
A. C. Kotze ◽  
J. S. McCarthy ◽  
J. M. Morton ◽  
G. T. Coleman

1985 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 307-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. M. Bhopale ◽  
B. S. Bhatnagar

ABSTRACTThe efficacy of eight anthelmintics against Ancylostoma caninum larvae in the skeletal muscles of mice was evaluated. Levamisole (5 × 40 mg kg), thiabendazole (5 × 400mg kg), oxfendazole (5 × 100mg kg), albendazole (5× 1OOmg kg), flubendazole (5 × 200 mg kg), benacil (5 × 200 mg kg) and phenacizole (5 × 200mg kg) showed marked larvicidal activity (98 to 99%). Sch 18099 did not show larvicidal activity even at 5×400 mg kg.


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