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Isolation of microfilariae and eggs of Setaria digitata

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

D. Das  and
M.K. Das
D. Das
Affiliation:
Division of Parasite Immunology, Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR), Nandankanan Road, Bhubaneswar-751016, India
M.K. Das*
Affiliation:
Division of Parasite Immunology, Regional Medical Research Centre (ICMR), Nandankanan Road, Bhubaneswar-751016, India
*
*Author for correspondence.
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Abstract

A simple procedure of gel-filtration was used to purify microfilariae of the cattle parasite, Setaria digitata from its eggs. The eggs of S. digitata were also isolated from the female worms by picking out the uterine canal. Gel-filtration gave a recovery of 70% for microfilariae.

Type
Research Note
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 69 , Issue 1 , March 1995 , pp. 89 - 90
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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