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Experiments on habitat selection of Heterophyes species in different definitive hosts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Horst Taraschewski
Horst Taraschewski
Affiliation:
Ruhr-Universität-Bochum, Spezielle Zoologie und Parasitologie, D 4630 Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany
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Abstract

Heterophyes heterophyes, H. aequalis and H. dispar showed distinct zonation in the small intestine of different definitive hoste. The flukes were found in their appropriate zone within four to six hours after infection. It appeared that their position shifted posteriorly during their life and that the shift proceeded more rapidly in unsuitable hosts. Hisgological sections revealed that the flukes are not deeply embedded in the host's mucosa.

Keywords

Heterophyes heterophyesHeterophyes aequalisHeterophyes disparecologysite selection
Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 61 , Issue 1 , March 1987 , pp. 33 - 42
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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