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Changes in the somatic musculature of the 4th-stage larvae of Ascaris suum Goeze, 1782 (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea) developing in swine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

R. T. O'Grady
R. T. O'Grady
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Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Macdonald College Campus, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, P.Q. Canada H9X 1C0
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Summary

Fourth-stage larvae of Ascaris suum, recovered from piglets at 11–22 days post-infection (p.i.), were examined by light microscopy for changes in the somatic musculature. During this time the estimated total number of muscle cells in the body increases from approximately 600 to 21 000 cells. This non-eutelic development appears to occur by division of platymyarian muscle cells into coelomyarian cells, thereby increasing the number of muscle cells/quadrant from 5 to 85. The incompleteness of these divisions results in sarcoplasmic connections among muscle cells, and between muscle cells and nerve chords. At 11 days p.i., immediately after the 3rd moult, the variation in muscle cell length in a quadrant, with the longest cells being at the lateral chords, has been established. The average muscle cell length at this point is 0·101 mm, the longest is 0·164 mm. These values have increased to 0·365 mm and 1·122 mm, respectively, by 22 days p.i. At 18 days p.i. those cells in the posterior section of the larva are still the shortest in the body.

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Parasitology , Volume 88 , Issue 1 , February 1984 , pp. 141 - 151
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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