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Laboratory infections of Scheloribates spp. (oribatid mites) with Moniezia expansa and M. benedeni

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

V. S. Narsapur
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Bombay Veterinary College, Parel, Bombay-400 012, India

Abstract

Scheloribates laevigatus (Koch, 1836) and Scliehribates fimbriatiis (Thor, 1930), predominant species of oribatids in soil of Bombay region, were experimentally exposed to infection by uniform suspensions of eggs of Moniezia expansa and M. benedeni. The percentages of mites infected and the average number of cysticercoids developing were observed in 12 sets of experiments. The mites were more readily infected with eggs of M. expansa than with those of M. benedeni. S. laevigatus were infected with M. expansa and Jess with M. benedeni than S.fimbriatus.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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