title: [Ciliary activity of cells of gill and leg glimmeral epithelium of Unionidae invaded by trematodes of Aspidogaster conchicola and Bucephalus polymorphus].
abstract: The paper provides data concerning the influence of the parasitic worms Aspidogaster conchicola and Bucephalus polymorphus on the rate and duration of ciliary beating of gill and leg in 7 species of Unionidae (Unio conus borysthenicus, U. tumidus falcatulus, U. rostratus rostratus, U. limosus graniger, U. pictorum ponderosus, Colletopterum piscinale falcatum, C. ponderosum rumanicum). The high level of infection of molluscs with B. polymorphus oppresses the glimmeral epithelium activity of gill and leg (by 4.2-32.3%). The weak and moderate levels of infection of molluscs with B. polymorphus do not decrease the glimmeral epithelium activity and sometimes even rise it (by 3.4-8.1%). The presence of few A. conchicola (1-3 individuals) in the organism of mollusc does not change the functioning of glimmeral epithelium.
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Chernomaz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000469:parasitology*; D002465:Cell Movement; D002923:Cilia / Q000502:physiology*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005880:Gills / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions / Q000502:physiology*; D007700:Kinetics; D013997:Time Factors; D014200:Trematoda / Q000502:physiology*; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000473:pathology