The growth of Moniliformis (Acanthocephala) in rats fed on various monosaccharides and disaccharides

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character
V R ParshadM C Nesheim

Abstract

Aspects of the course of infection, growth and reproductive activity of Moniliformis were studied in adult male and female rats fed on isoenergetic purified diets containing various sugars. When rats were infected and fed on experimental diets containing either 3% glucose or 3% galactose for 5 weeks, very little growth of worms and no signs of reproduction were observed. In contrast, Moniliformis grew well and showed many signs of normal reproduction when the rats were fed on diets containing either 3% fructose or 3% mannose. The ability of the worms to grow and reproduce was not lost by maintaining them first for 5 weeks in rats fed on diets containing 3% glucose and 3% galactose. When the diets of such rats were changed to ones containing 3% starch and 3% fructose, respectively, for a further 5 weeks, the worms grew and normal reproduction occurred. Similar experiments were carried out in which groups of infected rats were fed for 5 weeks on diets containing gradually increasing amounts of glucose (6-36%). It was not until the rats were fed on diets containing 24% glucose that the mean dry mass of the worms approached that of worms from rats fed on the diet containing 3% fructose; no host diet was found to be as effective a s...Continue Reading

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