The laboratory maintenance of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitzsch, 1824).
A protocol for the routine laboratory maintenance of the life-cycle of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum, using herring gulls (Larus argentatus), Cyclops abyssorum and rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss ( = Salmo gairdneri) as the definitive, first and second intermediate hosts respectively, is described.
Sharp
G J
GJ
Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Secombes
C J
CJ
Pike
A W
AW
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D006224:Cricetinae; D003445:Crustacea / Q000469:parasitology*; D004169:Diphyllobothriasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D004170:Diphyllobothrium / Q000254:growth & development*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D008647:Mesocricetus; D014337:Trout / Q000469:parasitology*