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Stage-specific development of a filarial nematode (Dipetalonema dracunculoides) in vector ticks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

A.S. Olmeda-García  and
J.A. Rodríguez-Rodríguez
A.S. Olmeda-García
Affiliation:
Departamento Patología Animal I (Sanidad Animal), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avda. Puerta de Hierro, 28040 Madrid, Spain
J.A. Rodríguez-Rodríguez
Affiliation:
Departamento Patología Animal I (Sanidad Animal), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Avda. Puerta de Hierro, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Abstract

This paper reports the development of the canid filarial worm, Dipetalonema dracunculoides, in the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus by determining whether development is similar within larval, nymphal and adult stages of infected ticks. This study demonstrates that only infected nymphal ticks can support the complete development of the filarial worm. Infected larval ticks are not suitable intermediate hosts, nor are infected adults. Development depends on some stage-specific property of the vector, and the maturation to the infective stage is stimulated during the course of the nymphal-adult moult.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 68 , Issue 3 , September 1994 , pp. 231 - 235
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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