title: The laboratory maintenance of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitzsch, 1824).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Sharp
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Secombes
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Pike
mesh_terms: 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*