[Experimental study of the role of Scarabaeus sacer beetles in the eliminaton of Thysaniezia giardi (Cestoda: Avitellinidae) eggs].
Experimental studies have shown that when feeding beetles of S. sacer swallow eggs of Th. giardi together with faeces of horned and small cattle. After getting into the insect's intestine the eggs of Thysaniezia are eliminated in most beetles (from 91.1 to 100%) within one hour. Only in some individuals a very insignificant portion of the parasite's eggs remains viable within two hours. In beetles' faeces excreted by them in two hours and in subsequent periods after the feeding eggs of Thysaniezia were not found. The greatest eliminational ability was displayed by the beetles maintained without feeding for 1--2 days. The eliminational ability of beetles kept over 3 days (4 to 5) without food noticeably decreased.
D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000469:parasitology*; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000469:parasitology*; D004463:Ecology; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D012756:Sheep / Q000469:parasitology; D013997:Time Factors; D014610:Uzbekistan
K éksperimental'nomu izuchemiiu roli zhukov Scarabaeus sacer v éliminatsii iaits Thysaniezia giardi (Cestoda: Avitellinidae).