Development of Microphalloides japonicus (Osborn, 1919) metacercariae in vitro (Trematoda: Microphallidae)
- 5 June 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Helminthology
- Vol. 51 (2) , 125-129
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x00007367
Abstract
Metacercariae of the trematode Microphalloides japonicus (Osborn, 1919) were cultivated in various media to gravid adults, and the results were compared with those in vivo. A few eggs were produced in the uterus even in balanced salt solution, although cultivation in Eagle's MEM and NCTC 109 media was much better. Addition of heat-inactivated serum resulted in even better development. Encysted metacercariae also produced eggs in some media, but most of them were incomplete and without shells.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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