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Parasite
Volume 7, Number 3, September 2000
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Page(s) | 227 - 231 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2000073227 | |
Published online | 10 September 2014 |
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Optimum conditions for growth in liquid medium of Oscillatoria formosa Bory used as the principal food in laboratory culture of intermediate hosts for schistosomosis and fasciolosis
Conditions de croissance optimales d'Oscmatoria formosa, principal aliment des hôtes intermédiaires de schistosomose et de fasciolose, en culture au laboratoire
1
Laboratório de Microbiologia de Águas (Water Microbiology laboratory).
2
Laboratório de Parasitologia (Parasitology Laboratory), Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge, National Health Institute), Largo 1 ° de Dezembro, 4000 Porto, Portugal.
* Correspondence: M. Ferreira Filipa. Tel. : 00-351-222005043 - Fax : 00-351-223326001. E-mail : icc.lmicinsaprt@mail.telepac.pt
Received:
3
August
1999
Accepted:
30
June
2000
The rearing of snails, intermediate hosts of Schistosoma haematobium, S. intercalatum, S. bovis and Fasciola hepatica is the first step to maintain the life cycle of these parasites in laboratory in order to have biological material for the different studies, namely on the systematic biology and immunodiagnostic of schistosomosis and fasciolosis.
According to the traditional method, the alga Oscillatoria formosa Bory (Cyanobacteria), principal food source for the snails, was cultivated in soil extract (Sampaio Xavier et al., 1968). However, it was sometimes very difficult to find the proper soil extract and the material was also contaminated by protozoa and fungi. In our work, using a new medium having as a base the Mineral Medium II (modified from Hughes et al., 1958) we found that O. formosa had a better growth response than in the soil extract medium. Snails fed on O. formosa reached three times the size of others at the same age, and they also reached sex maturity earlier, having more egg-masses per snail and, in addition, the rate of survival as well as the number of generations per year under laboratory conditions significantly increased. This culture was also easier to perform, and the axenic conditions easier to maintain.
Résumé
L'élevage des mollusques hôtes intermédiaires de Schistosoma haematobium, S. intercalatum, S. bovis et Fasciola hepatica est indispensable pour le maintien du cycle de ces parasites en laboratoire, de manière à permettre la réalisation des travaux en biologie et en immunodiagnostic.
Selon la méthode traditionnelle, la culture de l'algue Cyanophycée, Oscillatoria formosa, principal aliment des mollusques, est faite sur un extrait de terre (Sampaio Xavier et al., 1968). Toutefois, il est très difficile de trouver le sol approprié et ce matériel est facilement contaminé par des protozoaires et des champignons.
Dans le présent travail, les expériences démontrent qu'en utilisant le nouveau milieu liquide (OMN) élaboré à partir du Mineral Medium II modifié (Hughes et al., 1958), la croissance des Oscillatoria est plus importante qu'avec l'extrait de sol. Avec cette méthode, des mollusques du même âge triplent leurs dimensions, atteignent leur maturité sexuelle plus tôt. Le nombre de pontes est significativement augmenté de même que le taux de survie et le nombre de générations par année en laboratoire. Cette méthode est aussi plus facile à exécuter et plus facile à maintenir en conditions axéniques.
Key words: O. formosa Bory / new culture medium / intermediaite hosts / schistosomosis / fasciolosis
Mots clés : Oscillatoria formosa Bory / culture / hôtes intermédiaires / schistosomose / fasciolose
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