Egg laying capacity of Fibricola seoulensis in mice and rats.
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.
Hong
Sung Tae
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Department of Parasitology and Institute of Endemic Diseases, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
Chang Hyun
CH
Huh
Sun
S
Lee
Soon Hyung
SH