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The laboratory maintenance of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitzsch, 1824)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

G. J. E. Sharp
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, Scotland AB9 2TN
C. J. Secombes
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, Scotland AB9 2TN
A. W. Pike
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen, Scotland AB9 2TN

Summary

A protocol for the routine laboratory maintenance of the life-cycle of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum, using herring gulls (Larus argentatus), Cyclops abyssorum and rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss ( = Salmo gairdneri) as the definitive, first and second intermediate hosts respectively, is described.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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