Development and distribution of Oesophagostomum columbianum in young lambs after oral or intraruminal infection |
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| Authors: | KM Dash |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Parasitology, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld. 4037 Australia;2. CSIRO, Division of Animal Health, Pastoral Research Laboratory, Armidale, N.S.W. 2350, Australia |
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| Abstract: | There was no difference in the establishment or rate of development of Oesophagostomum columbianum in young lambs after infective larvae were administered either orally or by injection directly into the rumen. However, the linear distributions in the intestine of encysted third-stage larvae differed according to the route of infection. The distributions of fourth-stage larvae, after migration to the large intestine, did not differ. It is suggested that the distribution of parasitic third-stage O. columbianum is host-dominated, depending on the site of exsheathment and the rate of passage of ingesta, but that of fourth-stage and adult worms involves active site selection by the parasite. |
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