The Propagation of Secondary Cysts of Echinococcus granulosus in the Mongolian Jird, Meriones unguiculatus

Fertile secondary hydatid cysts of Echinococcus granulosus were obtained in Meriones unguiculatus by intraperitoneal inoculation of protoscolices. Small secondary hydatid cysts individually transplanted surgically from rodent hosts to the peritoneal cavities of other rodents continued to grow and in...

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Published in:The Journal of parasitology 1970-02, Vol.56 (1), p.80-83
Main Authors: Schwabe, Calvin W., Kilejian, Araxie, Lainas, Gerasimos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal fertility
Animals
Cysts
Disease models
Disease Models, Animal
Echinococcosis
Echinococcosis - surgery
Infections
Mice
Parasite hosts
Protoscoleces
Rodentia
Rodents
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Summary:Fertile secondary hydatid cysts of Echinococcus granulosus were obtained in Meriones unguiculatus by intraperitoneal inoculation of protoscolices. Small secondary hydatid cysts individually transplanted surgically from rodent hosts to the peritoneal cavities of other rodents continued to grow and initially nonfertile cysts eventually became fertile. A system of alternating generations of "breeder" hosts and surgically implanted hosts is proposed as a method to produce a laboratory population of rodents each infected with a single fertile hydatid cyst.
ISSN:0022-3395
1937-2345
DOI:10.2307/3277458