On the Ecology and Distribution of Echinococcus spp. (Cestoda: Taeniidae) and Characteristics of Their Development in the Intermediate Host

• Main Author: Rausch, Robert L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 1967
• Subjects: Parasitology; Arctic; Renard; Alopex lagopus; Arctic Fox; Iceland; Alaska
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/parasitologyfacpubs/480; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/parasitologyfacpubs/article/1491/viewcontent/Rausch_1967_AP_On_the_Ecology_and_Distribution_of_Echinococcus_spp_Cestoda_Taeniidae_and_Characteristics.pdf

Echinococcus granulosus (Batsch, 1786) and E. multilocularis Leuckart, 1863 [syn. Alveococcus multilocularis (Leuckart, 1863) Abuladze, 1960] are distinguished by well defined biological and developmental characteristics. Obligatory predator-prey relationships of the hosts segregate the two species...