title: Effect of Paecilomyces lilacinus on the viability of oncospheres of Taenia hydatigena.
abstract: Paecilomyces lilacinus (Thom) Samson is a saprophytic hyphomycete from the soil with biological activity on helminth eggs. We evaluated the influence in vitro of P. lilacinus on the viability of the oncospheres from Taenia hydatigena, a parasite cestode of dogs and sheep. The eggs were exposed to the fungus strain in sterile distilled water and observed by light microscopy at days 4, 7 and 14 post-inoculation, and the viability was evaluated. The viability found in the exposed P. lilacinus oncospheres was significantly different in all observations. P. lilacinus exercised a negative biological activity on T. hydatigena eggs in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Cátedra de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, 60 y 120 s/no (CP 1900), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Ciarmela
authors.forename: P Sanchez
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Thevenet
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Minvielle
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Basualdo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004285:Dogs; D010143:Paecilomyces / Q000254:growth & development*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013621:Taenia / Q000382:microbiology*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*