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An experimental study of the reproductive success of Echinostoma friedi (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) in the golden hamster

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2003

R. TOLEDO ,
A. ESPERT ,
I. CARPENA ,
C. MUÑOZ-ANTOLI  and
J. G. ESTEBAN
R. TOLEDO
Affiliation:
Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Av. Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
A. ESPERT
Affiliation:
Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Av. Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
I. CARPENA
Affiliation:
Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Av. Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
C. MUÑOZ-ANTOLI
Affiliation:
Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Av. Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
J. G. ESTEBAN
Affiliation:
Departamento de Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Valencia, Av. Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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Abstract

Viable eggs produced weekly per infective stage was used as a measure of the reproductive success of Echinostoma friedi during the first 12 weeks of infection in hamsters. The weekly reproductive success was not constant during the experiment in relation to the egg output and the proportion of viable eggs produced. The egg release started during week 2 post-inoculation, attaining a maximum during week 3. A decline in egg output was observed from week 9. Viable eggs were only produced from week 3 post-inoculation and a maximum was attained at week 4 of the experiment. A decline in egg viability was observed from week 9. Considering together the egg output and the egg viability, the maximum weekly reproductive success was obtained during week 4 post-inoculation. The changes in the weekly reproductive success were not reflected in variations in worm numbers and body sizes during the course of the infection. The humoral immune response of golden hamsters during the infection with E. friedi was determined. Increases of IgG levels against somatic and excretory/secretory products of E. friedi were detected coinciding with the reduction in the reproductive success.

Keywords

trematodaEchinostoma friedigolden hamsterreproductive successELISA serum antibody response
Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 126 , Issue 5 , May 2003 , pp. 433 - 441
Copyright
2003 Cambridge University Press

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