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Living worms of Setaria cervi were successfully transplanted into the peritoneal cavity of white rats. The worms produced microfilariae which were recovered from the peripheral circulation in fairly good numbers upto a maximum period of six to seven weeks. The microfilariae showed a definite periodicity with two high peaks in every 24 hours, one between 6 to 8 A.M. and the other between 6 to 8 P.M. The two lowest levels were obtained at mid-day and mid-night respectively. The maximum density of the microfilariae was, on the average, seen somewhere between the 3rd. and the 5th. week after infection. The longest period a transplanted worm was demonstrated to survive was 45 dyas.
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Ansari, J.A. Studies on Setaria cervi (Nematoda: Filarioidea). Z. F. Parasitenkunde 24, 105–111 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00259547
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00259547