<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The study was aimed at following, under laboratory conditions, embryogenesis of the nematode Contracaecum rudolphii, and at identifying its intermediate hosts in northeastern Poland. Nematode eggs, isolated from the terminal part of the female uterus, were placed in 0.9 and 3% NaCl solutions, 1% formalin, and in tap water. Each solution batch was divided into 3 parts kept at 4, 15, and 23°C. Regardless of the temperature they were exposed to, the eggs placed in 1% formalin showed numerous deformations; as few as 5% of those eggs produced larvae. Embryogenesis was at its fastest in the eggs kept at 23°C. While still within the eggs, the larvae underwent two moults. The eggs hatched to produce the stage 3 larvae, which emerged surrounded by the cuticle of the preceding larval stage. Experimental infestations of zooplankton collected from Lake Kortowskie showed that only cyclopoid copepods could serve as the intermediate hosts. No differences in the infestation intensity were found between the guppies infested by the invasive larvae and those fed the infested cyclopoids.</p></abstract>

The study was aimed at following, under laboratory conditions, embryogenesis of the nematode Contracaecum rudolphii, and at identifying its intermediate hosts in northeastern Poland. Nematode eggs, isolated from the terminal part of the female uterus, were placed in 0.9 and 3% NaCl solutions, 1% formalin, and in tap water. Each solution batch was divided into 3 parts kept at 4, 15, and 23°C. Regardless of the temperature they were exposed to, the eggs placed in 1% formalin showed numerous deformations; as few as 5% of those eggs produced larvae. Embryogenesis was at its fastest in the eggs kept at 23°C. While still within the eggs, the larvae underwent two moults. The eggs hatched to produce the stage 3 larvae, which emerged surrounded by the cuticle of the preceding larval stage. Experimental infestations of zooplankton collected from Lake Kortowskie showed that only cyclopoid copepods could serve as the intermediate hosts. No differences in the infestation intensity were found between the guppies infested by the invasive larvae and those fed the infested cyclopoids.

Life cycle of the nematode Contracaecum rudolphii Hartwig, 1964 (sensu lato) from northern Poland under laboratory conditions

Faculty of Biology, University of Warmia and Mazury, 10-957, Olsztyn, ul. Oczapowskiego 5, Poland

Department of Invertebrate Zoology, University of Gdańsk, Gdynia, Al. Piłsudskiego 46, Poland

Helminthologia

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The study was aimed at following, under laboratory conditions, embryogenesis of the nematode Contracaecum rudolphii, and at identifying its intermediate hosts...

Life cycle of the nematode Contracaecum rudolphii Hartwig, 1964 (sensu lato) from northern Poland under laboratory conditions

Published Online: Sep 01, 2007

Page range: 95 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-007-0013-9

Keywords
Contracaecum rudolphii, parasitic Nematoda, cormorant, embryogenesis, life cycle

© 2007 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Life cycle of the nematode Contracaecum rudolphii Hartwig, 1964 (sensu lato) from northern Poland under laboratory conditions

Published Online: Sep 01, 2007

Page range: 95 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-007-0013-9

KeywordsContracaecum rudolphii, parasitic Nematoda, cormorant, embryogenesis, life cycle

© 2007 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Contracaecum rudolphii, parasitic Nematoda, cormorant, embryogenesis, life cycle