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Scanning electron microscopy of the cuticular armature of the nematode Gnathostoma spinigerum Owen, 1836 from cats in Laos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Tomáš Scholz  and
Oleg Ditrich
Tomáš Scholz
Affiliation:
Institute of Parasitology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, 370 05, Czechoslovakia
Oleg Ditrich
Affiliation:
Institute of Parasitology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, České Budějovice, 370 05, Czechoslovakia
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Abstract

The body surface of an immature female Gnathostoma spinigerum found for the first time in the definitive host (Felis catus f. domestica) in Laos was studied using a scanning electron microscope. All types of cuticular spines, which are one of the most important features for species identification of gnathostomid nematodes, together with their spatial arrangement, are described and figured.

Keywords

Gnathostoma spinigerumscanning electron microscopycuticular armature
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 64 , Issue 3 , September 1990 , pp. 255 - 262
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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