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Thermal tolerance of Hymenolepis diminuta eggs does not limit the parasite's distribution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2024

P.W. Pappas ,
K.H. Rutherford  and
A.J. Barley
P.W. Pappas*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The Ohio State University, 1735 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1293, USA
K.H. Rutherford
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The Ohio State University, 1735 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1293, USA
A.J. Barley
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The Ohio State University, 1735 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1293, USA
*
*Fax: 614 292 2030, E-mail: pappas.3@osu.edu
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Abstract

Eggs of the tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta, and adults of the beetle, Tenebrio molitor, were incubated at high and low temperatures. The tapeworm's eggs survived at higher and lower temperatures and for longer periods of time than did adult beetles, indicating that the thermal tolerance of the eggs does not limit the parasite's distribution.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 73 , Issue 1 , January 1999 , pp. 85 - 86
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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