title: A comparison of nucleic acid content in Balantidium coli trophozoites from different isolates.
abstract: Cytophotometric assays were performed on Balantidium coli trophozoites isolated from 30 pigs affected by acute balantidiasis (Group I) and from 30 pigs with symptom-free balantidiasis (Group II). Trophozoites from cultures obtained from Group I and II pig isolates were assayed for comparison. Comparative cytophotometric studies on nucleic acids of B. coli trophozoites isolated from acute and symptomless balantidiasis-affected pigs as well as from in vitro cultured trophozoites showed differences which could have resulted from differences between populations in the trophozoans under investigation.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Biology, Department of Genetics, Szczecin University, Poland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Skotarczak
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zieliński
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001447:Balantidiasis / Q000469:parasitology; D001448:Balantidium / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases
chemical_list: D009696:Nucleic Acids