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Studies on the Malayan forest rat filaria, BreinUa booliati (Filarioidea: Onchocercidae): Course of development in rat host

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Mulkit Singh ,
Eu-Hian Yap ,
Beng-Chuan Ho ,
Kim-Lian Kang ,
Boo-Liat Lim  and
E.Poh-Choo Lim
Mulkit Singh
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Singapore, Sepoy Line, Singapore 3, Republic of Singapore and
Eu-Hian Yap
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Singapore, Sepoy Line, Singapore 3, Republic of Singapore and
Beng-Chuan Ho
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Singapore, Sepoy Line, Singapore 3, Republic of Singapore and
Kim-Lian Kang
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Singapore, Sepoy Line, Singapore 3, Republic of Singapore and
Boo-Liat Lim
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Singapore, Sepoy Line, Singapore 3, Republic of Singapore and
E.Poh-Choo Lim
Affiliation:
Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Abstract

The development of Breinlia booliati is described in its natural host, Rattus sabanus and in an inbred strain of laboratory albino rat. The growth of the parasite is similar in both the rat hosts. The third moult occurs between six—eight days and the final moult between 24–28 days. Larvae were recovered initially from the skin and carcass. After five weeks, developing stages were seen only in the thoracic and abdominal cavities, the site of development of the adult worms. Worms became sexually mature by 11–12 weeks and there was considerable growth in length of the female worms after this stage.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 50 , Issue 2 , June 1976 , pp. 103 - 110
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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