Observations on the bionomics of the free-living stages of Trichostrongylus vitrinus

Journal of Helminthology
J H Rose, A J Small

Abstract

Eggs of Trichostrongylus vitrinus in faecal pellets deposited on grass plots each month from April 1981 to March 1982 developed into infective larvae. From October to March development was slow and mortality of the pre-infective stages was very high. From April to September development was more rapid. The weather was generally dry and mortality of the pre-infective stages was high on plots with short herbage but was lower on most of the plots with long herbage, especially in July and August. In the laboratory, development of eggs into infective larvae was completed at temperatures ranging from 4 degrees C to 27 degrees C in faecal pellets which were either kept moist or dried out slowly, but not in faecal pellets which dried out rapidly. The rate of development increased as the temperature rose. Infective larvae survived for up to 16 months on the herbage of grass plots; some survived during very cold weather in the winter of 1981/82. In the laboratory, infective larvae suspended in tap water survived even longer at 4 degrees C and 10 degrees C but not at higher temperatures. They were rapidly killed by continuous freezing. They survived for up to 8 weeks when subjected to desiccation. The relationship between climatic conditio...Continue Reading

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