In vitro efficacy of Duddingtonia flagrans against nematodes of sheep based on in vivo calculations

Autor: Marcelo Beltrão Molento, Flávia Biasoli de Araújo, Andréia Buzatti, Clóvis de Paula Santos
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, Vol 27, Iss 1, Pp 87-90 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1984-2961
DOI: 10.1590/s1984-29612017050
Popis: Abstract Duddingtonia flagrans has been tested as an alternative parasite control, but data from in vitro experiments based on in vivo calculations describing nematophagous fungi predation in nematodes are restricted. The objective of this work was to determine the efficacy of D. flagrans against sheep nematode larvae in vitro using in vivo calculations. Fecal samples were introduced to fungi in different concentrations: 0.0/control; 0.05; 0.1; 0.2; 0.4; 0.8; 1.6; 3.2; and 6.4 g corresponding, respectively, to 583.000; 1.166.000; 2.332.000; 4.664.000; 9.328.000; 18.656.000; 37.312.000 and 74.624.000 chlamydospores/kg of body weight. The material was incubated for 14 days, before the larvae recovery (Assay 1). Assay 2 was carried out with the doses of 0.00625; 0.0125; and 0.025 g. The results showed a negative correlation between fungal concentrations and larval numbers for both assays. The fungus demonstrated an efficacy above 89% in both assays. Thus, we consider that the data from in vitro studies based on in vivo calculations may optimize the fungi quantities for field experiments.
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