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Embryos and embryonic envelopes in eggs of two cyclophyllidean cestodes.

Membranes and envelopes around the embryos in eggs of Cotugnia digonopora and Raillietina (R.) echinobothrida have been studied in detail. This is the first study giving details of the egg-shell of a Cotugnia species. There are 3 membranes and an equal number of envelopes around the embryos in eggs of C. digonopora , while there are 2 membranes and only one envelope in case of eggs of R. echinobothrida . Noteworthy is the presence of a membrane in eggs of C. digonopora , termed "middle capsule", between and separating the 2 envelopes viz. the outer and inner. The membranes and envelope around the embryos in eggs of R. echinobothrida have been found to be identical with those of R. galeritae .--The 3 pairs of embryonic hooks of the 2 cyclophyllideans studied are collared --a feature of specific importance.

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[Cytomorphological characteristics of the tegument of daughter larvae in the cestode Taenia crassiceps].

At the early stages of asexual breeding, the daughter larvae of T. crassicaps display destructive changes of the tegument due to its hyperfunction. The reparation of tegumental cytons is followed by the appearance of specific "brushes" of fibrillar material on the karyolemma of their nuclei. They are supposed to occur as a result of protein synthesis necessary for the reconstruction of cellular structures, mainly, of the nucleus. The abundant synthesized fibrillar falls into decay being transformed into bodies containing crystals which are transported to the superficial synthytium to be eliminated there.

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On cestodes of passer domesticus II. Anonchotaenia and Mathevotaenia.

This part includes the account of Anonchotaenia globata (LINSTOW, 1879) and its embryo, and of Mathevotaenia ornithis sp. nov.--Anonchotaenia globata is know to be a parasite of Passer domesticus in foreign countries. The writers record it for the first time in India in this bird. This species is also known from other birds, but not so far recorded even in other birds in India. VOGE and DAVIS (1953), METTRICK (1958) and MAHON (1958) previously studied this species. The present study contributes additional data to the morphology of this species. Variations in the number of testes, extent of cirrus sac, and position of genital pore have been recorded. A definite neck has been found. Calcareous corpuscles, occurrence of which is not on record in this species, have been found in the present material. Paruterine organ, to which previous workers paid scant attention, has been studied in detail. It is a complex three-layered structure. Eggs undergo development upto the formation of embryos while they are still in the uterus, and subsequently they all pass into the paruterine organ which is found teeming with embryonated eggs. Eggs are quite characteristic in shape. Two coverings are found around the embryos: the outer one, the shell capsule, is spindle-shaped and cornuted; the hexacanth enclosed in a membrane is housed in the dilated middle part of the shell capsule. Hexacanth is an elongated structure with a dilated middle part and not a uniform width. Hence the term "nematodiform" embryo used for it is rather inappropriate. Three pairs of hooks are present in the dilated middle part of the embryo. WOODLAND (1929) and METTRICK (1958) denied the existence of the hooks.--Mathevotaenia ornithis sp. nov. is the first species of the genus Mathevotaenia AKHUMIAN, 1946 that has been described from an avian host, other species are known from mammalian hosts. Amongst the mammalian species, the present form comes close to Mathevotaenia deserti (MILLEMANN, 1955) and M. hardoiensis JOHRI, 1961, but differs from either in several features. This species is chiefly characterized by the number and distribution of testes, bilobed ovary, genital ducts passing between the excretory canals, vitellarium V-shaped, and cirrus sac extending aporally beyond the excretory canals. Besides, the bearing of the receptaculum seminis on the taxonomy of the genera Mathevotaenia AKHMUIAN, 1946 and Atriotaenia SANDGROUND, 1926 has been discussed, and an amendment in the generic delineation has been suggested for these genera.--Systematic position of Mathevotaenia antrozoi (VOGE, 1954) YAMAGUTI, 1959 has been discussed and the species has been assigned to Atriotaenia.

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Echinobothrium bonasum sp. n., a new cestode from the cownose ray, rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill 1815), in the western North Atlantic.

Echinobothrium bonasum sp. n. is described from the cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill), taken in Atlantic coastal waters of Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, and off Sakonnet Point, Rhode Island. This species can be distinguished from all others by the following combination of characters: 14 hooklets armature of 11 large hooks, six in the anterior row and five in the posterior row, flanked by 12 to 14 hooklets per side; 24 to 25 spines per row on the cephalic peduncle; 24 to 31 testes per segment, and, wide vitelline bands that overlap the testicular field.

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The in vitro uptake of 14C-praziquantel by cestodes, trematodes, and a nematode.

14C-praziquantel was rapidly taken up by Schistosoma mansoni, Fasciola hepatica, Hymenolepis nana, and isolated strobilocerci of Taenia taeniaeformis. Schistosoma mansoni lost praziquantel rapidly to drug-free medium. Chromatography of extracts prepared after incubation of S. mansoni and H. nana yielded no indication that praziquantel was metabolized. Autoradiography revealed a uniform distribution of praziquantel throughout the tissues of S. mansoni and H. nana. Uptake was considerably slower in the nematode Heterakis spumosa and apparently via the oral route.

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A comparison of the effect of albendazole, cambendazole, and thiabendazole on the larval development of three hymenolepidid cestodes.

Flour beetles (Tribolium confusum) parasitized either by Hymenolepis diminuta, H. nana, or H. microstoma were fed continuously on flour mixed either with thiabendazole, cambendazole, or albendazole (drug concentration was always 10%) from day 1 (24 hr) to day 10 postinfection when the experiments were terminated. All drugs markedly inhibited the development of H. diminuta and H. nana. Populations of these species recovered from beetles fed anthelmintics were composed mostly of under-developed forms, many of which still retained the size and appearance of newly hatched oncospheres, whereas all the parasites recovered from the control beetles (fed only flour) reached full development. Parasites inhibited by cambendazole and albendazole recovered and reached full development within 9 days after treatment was terminated. Also, results were obtained which implied that some parasites were able to continue their development at a reduced rate in the presence of the drugs. Hymenolepis microstoma differed from the other species in its response to the drugs. Albendazole and thiabendazole had no effect on its development and it was only slightly inhibited by cambendazole. Larvae recovered from beetles fed the latter drug had all developed beyond the oncosphere stage but 3 to 5% of them repeatedly failed to reach full development. The drugs varied in their effects on the flour beetles. An average of 63% and 33% of those fed thiabendazole and cambendazole, respectively, died before the 10th day of infection. Albendazole, on the other hand, had no effect on beetle survival.

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