The suitability of Trochoidea seetzenii of different ages as snail intermediate hosts of Muellerius cf. capillaris (Nematoda:Protostrongylidae)

Int J Parasitol. 1996 Nov;26(11):1317-9. doi: 10.1016/s0020-7519(96)00107-5.

Abstract

Larval development of Muellerius cf. capillaris in small (1st-year juveniles, shell diameter 0.96 +/- 0.05 cm) and medium-size (2nd-year juveniles, 1.27 +/- 0.06 cm) Trochoidea seetzenii land snails was significantly more rapid than in large adult snails (1.96 +/- 0.09 cm). Only 9% of the inoculated 1st-stage larvae (400 +/- 20 per snail) were recovered from the large snails as compared to 25% from the medium and small snails. Of the exposed small snails, however, only 35% survived to the end of the experiment (33 days post-infection) as compared to a 97.5% and 98% survival rates for the same period in the medium and large adult snails, respectively.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Desert Climate
  • Host-Parasite Interactions
  • Israel
  • Metastrongyloidea / physiology*
  • Snails / growth & development
  • Snails / parasitology*