title: Egg laying capacity of Fibricola seoulensis in mice and rats.
abstract: The egg laying capacity of Fibricola seoulensis was observed in mice and rats. In mice, the mean number of eggs produced by an adult worm a day was 116 at the first week after infection, 123 at the 2nd week and 42 at the 3rd week. Thereafter, the capacity of about 20 eggs/worm/day was maintained up to one year period. In rats, it generally produced more eggs; 49 at 1 week, 250 at 2 weeks, 216 at 4 weeks, 327 at 6 months and 11 at one year after infection. It survived longer than a year in mice and rats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Tae
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Chang Hyun
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huh
authors.forename: Soon Hyung
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee