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Embryogenesis in Litomosoides carinii from pyridoxine deficient cotton rats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

M. A. Beg  and
D. M. Storey
M. A. Beg
Affiliation:
University of Salford, Department of Biological Sciences, Salford, M5 4WT, UK
D. M. Storey
Affiliation:
University of Salford, Department of Biological Sciences, Salford, M5 4WT, UK
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Abstract

Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) deficiency was induced in cotton rats which were then infected with the filarial parasite Litomosoides carinii. Embryogenesis was assessed microscopically in worms taken from pyridoxine deficient cotton rats and from various categories of control animals. Embryogenesis was retarded in worms from pyridoxine deficient hosts and more abnormal embryos were present in such worms than in those from control animals.

Keywords

filariidsNematodaLitomosoides cariniiSigmodon hispiduspyridoxinevitamin B6 deficiency
Type
Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 67 , Issue 3 , September 1993 , pp. 205 - 212
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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