[Course of the parasite phase of development of Trichostrongylus axei (Cobbold, 1879) Railliet et Henry, 1909, in the domestic rabbit].
Rabbits of the New Zealand White and Small Chinchilla breeds were each infected at 3-4 months of age with 4-10 thousand invasive trichostrongyle larvae. Prepatent period of the infection was 22-32 days. Third-stage larvae were present up to the 6th day of infection, fourth-stage from the 8th day, fifth-stage from the 14th day and sexually mature trichostrongyles on the 18th day. The period of patency of the infection lasted for over a year, but only small numbers of eggs were passed in faeces, and food intake was not affected. Between 14 and 44% of the third-stage larvae developed into sexually mature nematodes, regardless of infection dose or duration of infection.
D000818:Animals; D009024:Morphogenesis; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D011817:Rabbits / Q000469:parasitology*; D014251:Trichostrongyloidea / Q000254:growth & development*; D014252:Trichostrongyloidiasis / Q000662:veterinary*
Untersuchungen über den Ablauf der parasitischen Entwicklungsphase von Trichostrongylus axei (Cobbold, 1879), Railliet et Nenry, 1909, im Hauskaninchen