Experimental studies on the transmission of gapeworm ( Syngamus trachea ) by earthworms
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- 29 March 1934
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character
- Vol. 115 (791) , 18-29
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1934.0027
Abstract
Eisenia foetida seems to be the important intermediate host, having infected chickens with S. trachea from pheasants, partridges, rooks, and chickens, and also with S. merulae. Lumbricus terres-tris also acts as intermediate host but is less important. The 3rd stage larva of S. trachea encysts in the muscles of the body wall of these earthworms and may remain dormant there until taken in by a chicken or other suitable host. The larvae in the earthworm can be differentiated from those of Rhabditis pellio by the characteristic shaped buccal rods and the absence of any cuticular valved apparatus in the oesophageal bulb.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- A Synopsis of the Families and Genera of NematodaJournal of Parasitology, 1926