Trichinella spiralis: Acceleration and inhibition of cyst calcification in rats

Summary Daily administration of vitamin D₃ (75,000 IU/kg b.wt) for 7 days acceleratedTrichinella spiralis cyst calcification in rats with a 14-week-old infection. When disodium ethane-1-hydroxy-1,1-diphosphonate (EHDP) was administered (50 mg/kg b.wt) from 2 days before until 2 days after vitamin D₃ treatment, cyst calcification was inhibited. Thus, the ability to inhibitT. spiralis calcification has been demonstrated for the first time.Supported in part by EKU faculty research grant No. 03-05.Much appreciation goes to Dr Gordon S. Hassings and the Proctor and Gamble Company, Miami Valley Laboratories, Cincinnati, Ohio USA for providing the EHDP used in this study.     

Trichinella spiralis: acceleration and inhibition of cyst calcification in rats.

Daily administration of vitamin D3 (75,000 IU/kg b. wt) for 7 days accelerated Trichinella spiralis cyst calcification in rats with a 14-week-old infection. When disodium ethane-1-hydroxy-1, 1-diphosphonate (EHDP) was administered (50 mg/kg b. wt) from 2 days before until 2 days after vitamin D3 treatment, cyst calcification was inhibited. Thus, the ability to inhibit E. spiralis calcification has demonstrated for the first time.     

Somatic chromosomes of the common palm civet,Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Viverridae — carnivora)

Zusammenfassung Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Männchen habenXY Geschlechtschromosomen, im Unterschied zu den ungewöhnlichenXO Männchen vonHerpestes auropunctatus. Beide Species gehören zu der Familie Viverridae der Ordnung Carnivora und demonstrieren die Robertsonsche Chromosomen-Evolution in Zahl und Struktur.     

Size ofTrichinella spiralis (nematoda) muscle cysts in the rat,mouse and guinea-pig

Zusammenfassung Bei Ratte, Maus und Meerschweinchen ist die Grösse der Muskelzysten vonTrichinella spiralis 60 Tage nach standardisierter experimenteller Infektion bestimmt worden. Die Grösse der Muskelzysten variierte bei jeder der 3 untersuchten Tierarten erheblich. Bei der Ratte wurden durchschnittlich grössere Muskelzysten vonT. spiralis gefunden als bei der Maus, bei der die Muskelzysten wiederum durchschschnittlich grösser waren als beim Meerschweinchen. Die Zystengrösse vonT. spiralis scheint demnach vom Stoffwechsel der jeweils als Wirt dienenden Tierart abhängig zu sein.     

Growth ofTrichinella spiralis (Nematoda) muscle larvae in the rat

Résumé Dans le présent travail, on a constaté que le taux d'accroissement deTrichinella spiralis dans le muscle strié du rat est très variable et offre un processus discontinu.     

G-band patterns as chromosomal markers,and the interpretation of chromosomal evolution in wild sheep (Ovis)

- . Ovis musimon (2n=54) O. orientalis (2n=54) - - -O. canadensis mexicana (2n=54) O. musimon x O. canadensis ₁₂ - . ₂ 27 . - .

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Supported by National Science Foundation Grant no. GB 32114X and the Sprague Foundation. We thank Dr. T. C. Hsu for assistance in making the chromosome preparations and for advice and encouragement. The Trustees of the Rachelwood Wildlife Research Preserve generously allowed the biopsy of specimens of their custody. Mr.Arthur Popham kindly provided the specimens from Iran while Dr.R. M. Robinson obtained biopsies from the desert sheep.     

Constitutive heterochromatin and nucleolus organizer region in the knifefish,Apteronotus albifrons (Pisces,Apteronotidae)

Summary The C-banding and silver staining of the chromosomes of the knifefishApteronotus albifrons (2n=24), demonstrated the presence of constitutive heterochromatin in the centromeric region of every chromosome, except pair 4, where the entire long arm was darkly stained, the silver stain positive nucleolus organizer region (NOR) being embedded in it.The authors are grateful to Dr Sen Pathak (University of Texas System Cancer Center at Houston, Texas, USA) and Dr Yatiyo Yassuda (Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil) for their suggestions. This study was supported in part by grants of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnológico (CNPq).     

Presence of specialized cellular complexes in the tracheal gills of stonefly nymph,Paragnetina media (Walker)

Résumé Les coupes ultraminces d'un filament trachéobranchial d'une nymphe de plécoptère ont rélévé dans l'épithélium branchial des complexes cellularies spécialisés. Ces complexes sont présents tout le long du bord du filament, juste au-dessous de la cuticule et n'avaient pas encore été observés chez les plécoptères. Ils ressemblen aux «cellules de chlore» des poissons et à celles des nymphes des éphémères.