The laboratory maintenance of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum (Nitzsch, 1824)

Parasitology. 1990 Aug:101 Pt 1:153-61. doi: 10.1017/s0031182000079865.

Abstract

A protocol for the routine laboratory maintenance of the life-cycle of Diphyllobothrium dendriticum, using herring gulls (Larus argentatus), Cyclops abyssorum and rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss ( = Salmo gairdneri) as the definitive, first and second intermediate hosts respectively, is described.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bird Diseases / parasitology
  • Birds / parasitology*
  • Cricetinae
  • Crustacea / parasitology*
  • Diphyllobothriasis / parasitology*
  • Diphyllobothrium / growth & development*
  • Fish Diseases / parasitology
  • Mesocricetus
  • Trout / parasitology*