Life cycle and morphology of development stages of Physocephalus dromedarii (Nematoda: Spirocercidae)

• Published in: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
• Main Authors: Rolf Karl Schuster, Saritha Sivakumar, Jörg Kinne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016
• Subjects: Physocephalus dromedarii; Nematoda; Life cycle; Dromedary; Abomasum; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apjtb.2016.08.001; https://doaj.org/article/1e2fb6a497c0432d98a27fafe006a2e2

Objective: To study the development of Physocephalus dromedarii (P. dromedarii) in the final host. Methods: For this, 5 adult dromedaries were orally infected with third larval stages of P. dromedarii obtained from naturally infected scarab beetles (Scarabaeus cristatus). The camels were necropsied...