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Calcification in an ageing Ligula intestinalis (L.) plerocercoid from a bream (Abramis brama L.)

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Light and transmission electron microscopy of the strobila of a large old Ligula intestinalis plerocercoid has revealed microcrystals with a morphology similar to that of microapatite crystals from vertebrates. Analysis of the microcrystals with EMMA-4 showed them to contain calcium and phosphorus. The tissue in the immediate vicinity of the microcrystals shows signs of necrosis while further away it is histologically normal.

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  1. Department of Applied Biology, Polytechnic of the South Bank, SE1 0AA, London

    P. J. Baron & T. Appleton

  2. Physiology Laboratory, The University, Cambridge, England

    P. J. Baron & T. Appleton

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  1. P. J. Baron
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Some equipment used in this investigation was provided by the Royal Society and the Wellcome Trust.

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Baron, P.J., Appleton, T. Calcification in an ageing Ligula intestinalis (L.) plerocercoid from a bream (Abramis brama L.). Z. Parasitenk. 53, 239–246 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00380468

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