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The role of dissolved carbon dioxide and whole bile in the in vitro activation of Taenia taeniaeformis oncospheres

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

K. Ishiwata ,
Y. Oku  and
M. Kamiya
K. Ishiwata
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060, Japan
Y. Oku
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060, Japan
M. Kamiya
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060, Japan
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Abstract

Dissolved carbon dioxide was deemed not to be an important factor in the activation of Taenia taeniaeformis oncospheres. Rabbit bile was found to provide the most appropriate whole bile for in vitro activation of oncospheres

Keywords

CestodaTaenia taeniaeformisoncospherscarbon dioxidewhole bile
Type
Research Note
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 67 , Issue 4 , December 1993 , pp. 325 - 328
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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