title: [Larvicidal activity of a crude enzyme extract of the fungus Duddingtonia flagrans on first-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus vasorum].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Angiostrongylus vasorum is a nematode parasite of domestic dogs and potentially of humans.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study aimed to observe the predatory activity in vitro of a crude enzyme extract of the fungus Duddingtonia flagrans on first-stage larvae of A. vasorum in laboratory conditions on 2% water-agar.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the end of the experiment, the percentage reductions observed for A. vasorum L1 were 53.5% (24h) and 71.3% (48h).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Crude enzyme extract of the fungus D. flagrans destroyed the L1 in vitro and can be used as a biological control for this nematode.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG. fabioribeirobraga@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Fabio Ribeiro
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Braga
authors.forename: Juliana Milani
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Araujo
authors.forename: Alexandre de Oliveira
authors.initials: Ade O
authors.lastname: Tavela
authors.forename: Jackson Victor de
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: Filippe Elias de Freitas
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Hugo Leonardo André
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Geniêr
authors.forename: Walter Dos Santos
authors.initials: Wdos S
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Lanuze Rose
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Mozzer
authors.forename: José Humberto de
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Queiroz
mesh_terms: D000801:Angiostrongylus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000737:chemistry*; D045424:Complex Mixtures / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004285:Dogs; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology; D010572:Pest Control, Biological / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D045424:Complex Mixtures