caa a22 4500 445340649 CHVBK 20180317142811.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00436-011-2406-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00436-011-2406-4 New Insights into Morphological and Biological Features of Capillaria aerophila (Trichocephalida, Trichuridae) [Elektronische Daten] [Donato Traversa, Angela Di Cesare, Riccardo Lia, Giuseppe Castagna, Silvana Meloni, Josef Heine, Katrin Strube, Piermarino Milillo, Domenico Otranto, Oliver Meckes, Roland Schaper] Capillaria aerophila is a trichuroid nematode affecting the respiratory system of dogs, cats, wild carnivores and, occasionally, humans. Animals become infected by ingesting larvated eggs or earthworms, which act as facultative intermediate hosts. The aim of this work is to present new insights into morphological and biological features of this neglected lungworm. Typical features of C. aerophila eggs, differentiating them from those of most known trichuroid whipworms (i.e. size, asymmetry of bipolar plugs and a wall with a network of anastomosing ridges), were detected upon light and scanning electron microscopy. Eggs of C. aerophila were used for in vitro development. Light microscopy showed typical features of C. aerophila eggs: size, asymmetry of bipolar plugs and a wall with a network of anastomosing ridges. All these features were confirmed upon SEM, in that C. aerophila eggs showed an outer densely striated and net-like shell. Eggs of T. vulpis, used for a comparative analysis, were bigger than those of C. aerophila and showed a thick and smooth wall at both light and scanning electron microscopy. Eggs started to develop after 35 days from shedding and mobile larvae were observed in the eggs after two months. The results of this study provide key information on the biological cycle of C. aerophila and present key morphological characters for the identification of eggs in faeces. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Traversa Donato Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut Di Cesare Angela Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut Lia Riccardo Department of Veterinary Public Health and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bari, Italy aut Castagna Giuseppe Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut Meloni Silvana Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut Heine Josef Bayer Animal Health GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany aut Strube Katrin Bayer Animal Health GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany aut Milillo Piermarino Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut Otranto Domenico Department of Veterinary Public Health and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bari, Italy aut Meckes Oliver Eye of Science, Reutlingen, Germany aut Schaper Roland Bayer Animal Health GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany aut Parasitology Research Springer-Verlag 109(2011-08-01), 97-104 0932-0113 109<97 2011 109 436 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2406-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-011-2406-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Traversa Donato Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Di Cesare Angela Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lia Riccardo Department of Veterinary Public Health and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bari, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Castagna Giuseppe Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Meloni Silvana Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Heine Josef Bayer Animal Health GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Strube Katrin Bayer Animal Health GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Milillo Piermarino Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Teramo, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Otranto Domenico Department of Veterinary Public Health and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bari, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Meckes Oliver Eye of Science, Reutlingen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schaper Roland Bayer Animal Health GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Parasitology Research Springer-Verlag 109(2011-08-01), 97-104 0932-0113 109<97 2011 109 436 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer