[Survey of the number of eggs in Taenia asiatica gravid proglottids in Dali Prefecture of Yunnan Province].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the number of eggs in the gravid proglottids of Taenia asiatica.


METHODS
Twenty gravid proglottids at each end of two adults of T. asiatica were digested by 1% pepsin. Then, the collected eggs were observed and counted by a microscope.


RESULTS
The number of eggs in each gravid proglottid were not the same, with the maximum of 132 500, minimum of 44 180, and the average number of 90 051, and there was a significant difference among the different gravid proglottids (t = -3.487, P = 0.003).


CONCLUSIONS
The number of eggs in different gravid proglottids of T. asiatica is evidently different.
Institute of Schistosomiasis Control of Dali Prefecture,Yunnan Province, Dali 671000, China.
Tian-Mei
TM
Li
Institute of Schistosomiasis Control of Dali Prefecture,Yunnan Province, Dali 671000, China.
Wen
W
Fang
Institute of Schistosomiasis Control of Dali Prefecture,Yunnan Province, Dali 671000, China.
Hong-Kun
HK
Liu
D000818:Animals; D002681:China; D010063:Ovum / Q000502:physiology*; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D013621:Taenia / Q000502:physiology*