Twenty yearling sheep were allotted to four groups, each containing
five sheep of approximately equal weight. On experimental
days 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4, each sheep in each group was given the following
inoculations by stomach tube: five sheep in group I (Fasciola
hepatica-exposed controls) were given approximately 120...
Acid and alkaline phosphatase was localized histochemically in the intestinal epithelium and excretory duct respectively in fresh
frozen sections of Fasciola hepatica. Polyphenol oxidase was
localized in the vitellaria, vitelline ducts and egg-shells. The distribution
and nature of esterases was examined histochemically. Acetyl-cholinesterase
was observed in the tegument, neural ganglia,...
The presence of the etiologic agent of "salmon poisoning"
disease, Neorickettsia helminthoeca, was demonstrated in eggs of
the trematode vector, Nanophyetus salmincola. Three dogs were
given 100,000 and one dog 82,000 ground fluke eggs by intraperitoneal
injection. The four animals developed "salmon poisoning"
disease and died. One of these dogs...
Seven species of fresh water fishes belonging to three different
families and two species of snails from Ritner Creek, Polk County,
Oregon were surveyed for adult and larval trematodes. A total of
seven species of trematodes representing four families was recovered
from the intestine of the fishes. Of these, at...
During karyokinesis in the ciliate, Tetrahymena pyriformis, strain GL-I, an extranuclear chromatin body (ECB) is frequently formed as an excluded mass between the two dividing daughter macronuclei. The formation and fate of ECB's were followed by means of Feu lgen, toluidine blue 0, and euchrysine staining and autoradiography (³H-thymidine). The...
Sphaeromyxa maiyai sp. n. (Myxosporidea:Myxiidae) is described
from the gall bladder of the Pacific tomcod, Microgadus proximus
Girard, from Newport, Oregon. The plasmodial (=trophic, trophozoite)
stage is discoid averaging between 1 and 2 cm. The spore averages
27.6 x 5. 6μm with pyriform polar capsules averaging 9. 3 x 3....
Climate change is predicted to affect ecosystems, including systems already stressed by human impacts. One ecosystem that is already highly impacted by human land use is the cold headwater stream system of the Pacific Northwest. One method of assessing the function of an ecosystem is by using an indicator species....
The echinoderm axial organ is located centrally, at the meeting point of the
animals' "circulatory" systems. This, and its unusual histology, have prompted
the implication of a number of different functions for the organ, including
circulation, excretion and host defense. None of these have been definitively
proven. Claims that starfish...