In:
Parasitology, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 72, No. 2 ( 1976-04), p. 163-171
Abstract:
A number of common freshwater molluscs were exposed to Fasciola hepatica miracidia labelled in vivo with radioselenium. Radioactivity was rapidly incorporated in all lymnaeid species tested ( L. auricularia, L. columella, L. glabra, L. natalensis, L. palustris, L. pereger, L. stagnalis, L. tomentosa and L. truncatula ) whereas no radioactivity could be demonstrated in non-lymnaeid pulmonate species ( Aplexa hypnorum, Physa acuta, Physafontinalis, Anisus vortex, Gyraulus albus and Planorbis planorbis ) or in the prosobranchs Valvata cristata and Valvata piscinalis. However, the prosobranchs Bithynia leachii, Bithynia tentaculata and Potamopyrgus jenkinsi showed a slow but significant uptake of radioactivity which was presumably explained by uptake of labelled miracidia through a ‘filter-feeding] mechanism. Sphaerium corneum , a true filter-feeder, showed a similar course of uptake of radioactivity.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0031-1820
,
1469-8161
DOI:
10.1017/S0031182000048460
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1976
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1491287-9
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207627-5
SSG:
12
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