Development of Crenosoma vulpis in the common garden snail Cornu aspersum: implications for epidemiological studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Crenosoma vulpis (Dujardin, 1845), the fox lungworm, is a metastrongyloid affecting the respiratory tract of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), dogs (Canis familiaris) and badgers (Meles meles) living in Europe and North America. The scant data available on the intermediate hosts of C. vulpis, as well as the limited information about the morphology of the larvae may jeopardise epidemiological studies on this parasite.

Methods

Suitability and developmental time of C. vulpis in the common garden snail Cornu aspersum (= Helix aspersa) was assessed at selected days post-infection (i.e. 3, 6, 10, 15, 20 and 180). Nematodes were preserved in 70% ethanol, cleared and examined as temporary mounts in glycerol for morphological descriptions of first- and third-stage larvae. In addi

SUBMITTER: Colella V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4832547 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature