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The diurnal migration of the fowl cestode, Raillietina cesticillus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

J. S. Gray
J. S. Gray
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Zoology, University College, Dublin, 9
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Summary

R. cesticillus was found to undergo a diurnal migration in both multiple and single worm infections of the fowl. This migration involved movement of both scoleces and strobilae and occurred in an anterior direction when the intestine was empty of food, and in a posterior direction when the intestine contained food. The relevance of the migration to the histological picture of the worm in situ is discussed and some possible explanations for the migration are suggested.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 75 , Issue 3 , December 1977 , pp. 285 - 292
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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