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Induction of traps by Ostertagia ostertagi larvae, chlamydospore production and growth rate in the nematode-trapping fungus Duddingtonia flagrans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

J. Grønvold ,
P. Nansen ,
S.A. Henriksen ,
M. Larsen ,
J. Wolstrup ,
J. Bresciani ,
H. Rawat  and
L. Fribert
J. Grønvold
Affiliation:
Section of Zoology, Department of Ecology and Molecular Biology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 13 Bülowsvej, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
P. Nansen
Affiliation:
Danish Centre for Experimental Parasitology, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 13 Bülowsvej, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
S.A. Henriksen
Affiliation:
Danish Veterinary Laboratory, 27 Bülowsvej, DK-1790 Copenhagen V, Denmark
M. Larsen
Affiliation:
Danish Centre for Experimental Parasitology, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 13 Bülowsvej, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
J. Wolstrup
Affiliation:
Section of Microbiology, Department of Ecology and Molecular Biology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 21 Rolighedsvej, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
J. Bresciani
Affiliation:
Section of Zoology, Department of Ecology and Molecular Biology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 13 Bülowsvej, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
H. Rawat
Affiliation:
Section of Zoology, Department of Ecology and Molecular Biology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 13 Bülowsvej, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
L. Fribert
Affiliation:
Section of Zoology, Department of Ecology and Molecular Biology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 13 Bülowsvej, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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Abstract

Biological control of parasitic nematodes of domestic animals can be achieved by feeding host animals chlamydospores of the nematode-trapping fungus Duddingtonia flagrans. In the host faeces, D. flagrans develop traps that may catch nematode larvae. In experiments on agar, D. flagrans had a growth rate between 15 and 60 mm/week at temperatures between 20 and 30°C. The presence of nematodes induces the fungus to produce traps. The rate of trap formation in D. flagrans has an optimum at 30°C, producing 700–800 traps/cm2/2 days, when induced by 20 nematodes/cm2 on agar. Approaching 10 and 35°C the ability to produce traps is gradually reduced. The response of chlamydospore production on agar to changes in temperature is the same as that for trap formation. On agar, at 10, 20 and 30°C D. flagrans loses its trap inducibility after 2–3 weeks. During the ageing process, increasing numbers of chlamydospores are produced up to a certain limit. The time for reaching maximum chlamydospore concentration coincided with the time for loss of induction potential. The implications of these results in relation to biological control in faeces are discussed.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 70 , Issue 4 , December 1996 , pp. 291 - 297
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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