Cryopreservation of sheathed third-stage larvae of Oesophagostomum radiatum (nodular worm of cattle).
Sheathed infective larvae of Oesophagostomum radiatum were successfully cryopreserved by the use of a procedure developed for hookworms. The survival rate, as assessed by motility, was 57.9% after 42 d of cryopreservation.
Titoy
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GA
Helminthology Division, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, South Africa.
Van Rensburg
L J
LJ
Van Strijp
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MF
D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000662:veterinary*; D007814:Larva; D008297:Male; D009815:Oesophagostomum