Molting of Gnathostoma doloresi (Nematoda: Gnathostomatoidea) in the definitive host.
Premolt, molting, and postmolt worms of Gnathostoma doloresi (Nematoda: Gnathostomatoidea) recovered from the stomach wall of naturally infected wild boars Sus scrofa leucomystax in Miyazaki, Japan, were examined morphologically. The only molt observed was that from the advanced third-stage to the adult stage. It is strongly suggested that the gnathostomes molt only once in the definitive host.
Department of Parasitology, Miyazaki Medical College, Kiyotake, Japan.
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D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D006039:Gnathostoma / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development*; D008018:Life Cycle Stages; D018978:Molting / Q000502:physiology*; D017205:Spirurida Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*