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Changes in the Distribution and Chemical Composition of Hymenolepis diminnta, and the Intestinal Nutritional Gradients of Uninfected and Parasitized Rats following a Glucose Meal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

D. F. Mettrick
D. F. Mettrick
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Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Canada
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1. The protein nitrogen, carbohydrate and amino acid contents of the rat duodenum, jejunum, upper and lower ileum have been determined for up to 3 hr following the feeding of a glucose-containing test diet.

2. The changes in distribution of Hymenolepis diminuta within the intestine and the changes in worm total nitrogen and carbohydrate have been followed over the same period following the same diet.

3. The glucose and TCA-soluble carbohydrate contents of the uninfected gut were approximately double those of the parasitized animals.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 46 , Issue 4 , December 1972 , pp. 407 - 429
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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