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Development of the free-living stages of Hyostrongylus rubidus and Oesophagostomum spp. at different temperatures and humidities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

E.C. Fossing ,
T.S.B. Knudsen ,
H. Bjørn  and
P. Nansen
E.C. Fossing
Affiliation:
Danishe Centre for Experimental Parasitology, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 13 Bülowsvej, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
T.S.B. Knudsen
Affiliation:
Danishe Centre for Experimental Parasitology, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 13 Bülowsvej, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
H. Bjørn
Affiliation:
Danishe Centre for Experimental Parasitology, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 13 Bülowsvej, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
P. Nansen
Affiliation:
Danishe Centre for Experimental Parasitology, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, 13 Bülowsvej, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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Abstract

Faeces containing a mixture of Hyostrongylus rubidus and Oesophagostomum spp. eggs were mixed with vermiculite and water and set up at combinations of different relative humidities (65.5%, 79.5%, 90.0% and 100%) and temperatures (5°C, 10°C, 15°C, 20°C, and 25°C) in order to study the rate of egg hatching and larval development. The study established that the development from egg to infective larva showed similar patterns for the two parasites. Optimum development and survival was in the temperature range from 15°C to 20°C and ata humidities from 79.5 to 95.5%.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 69 , Issue 1 , March 1995 , pp. 7 - 11
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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