Increased coprophagic activity of the Beetle, Tenebrio molitor, on feces containing eggs of the tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta
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Increased coprophagic activity of the beetle, Tenebrio molitor, on feces containing eggs of the tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta.
When provided with fecal pellets from uninfected (control) rats and rats infected with the tapeworm Hymenolepis diminuta, more fed and starved (72 h) female and starved male Tenebrio molitor fed on fecal pellets from infected- than from control rats; compared to fecal pellets from controls rats, fed males avoided the infective fecal pellets. Uninfective and infective fecal pellets had similar m...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Parasitology
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0020-7519
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(95)00051-3