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Haemoglobin in trematodes 1. Fasciola gigantica. 2. Cotylophoron indicum

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1. Haemoglobin content of two trematodes, Fasciola gigantica collected from the bile ducts and Cotylophoron indicum from the reticulum of buffaloes has been investigated spectroscopically and by “alkaline haematin” method.

2. The host's blood haemolglobin has been examined spectroscopically.

3. Oxy- and Carboxyhaemoglobin absorption bands of the two parasites differ amongst themselves as also from that of the host.

4. It is concluded that haemoglobin of the parasites differs from blood haemoglobin of the buffalo — their host — in (i) the position of absorption bands and (ii) the “span”.

5. The tissue haemoglobin of the parasites is haemoglobin and not myoglobin.

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  1. the Department of Zoology, Bareilly College, Bareilly U.P., India

    Madan M. Goil (Professor and Head)

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Goil, M.M. Haemoglobin in trematodes 1. Fasciola gigantica. 2. Cotylophoron indicum . Z. f. Parasitenkunde 20, 572–575 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00333241

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