Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
- Volume 33 Issue 4
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- Pages.297-304
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- 1995
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- 2982-5164(pISSN)
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- 1738-0006(eISSN)
Effects of gamma-irradiation on the survival and development of Metagonimus yokogawai metacercariae in rats
감마선 조사가 요코가와흡충의 흰쥐 내 생존 및 발육에 미치는 영향
Abstract
To evaluate the feasibility of irradiation as a control measure for metagonimiasis, the metacercariae of Metagonimus yokogcwni were irradiated with gamma ray, either after isolation from the sweetfish (Plecoglossus cltivelis) or in situ of the fish, and their survival and development in rats were observed at 7 days post-infection. The radiation dose varied from 5 to 100 Gy for the metacercaria-irradiation group and from 5 to 500 Gy for fish-irradiation group. The results showed that the worm recovery rate from the irradiation groups decreased as the radiation dose was increased. Higher doses of radiation were required for the fish-irradiation group to obtain the same results as the metacercaria-irradiation group. The LD50 of the metacercaria-irradiation group was 4.5 Gy, whereas that of the fish-irradiation group 6.2 Gy A few number of worms which survived until 7 days in rats were severely retarded especially in the growth of their reproductive organs, j.e., complete or partial failure in the development of testes and formation of uterine eggs . The present study revealed that irradiation of sweetfish by 200 Gy is effective to control infectivity as well as development of M. vokogawai metacercariae in rats.
요코가와흡충증에 대한 관리책 모색의 일환으로 감마선 조사의 효용성을 관찰하고자 이 연구를 시행하였다. 은어 근육 내에 있는 요코가와흡충의 피낭유충(은어 조사군)과 근육으로부터 분리시킨 피낭유충(피낭유충 조사군)에 감마선을 조사하여 각 군별로 500개씩을 흰쥐에 감염시킨 후 7일째에 생존과 발육상황을 관찰하였다 피낭유충 조사군의 조사량은 5 Gy, 20 Gy, 50 Gy 및 100 Gy 이었으며, 은어에 조사한 량은 5 Gy, 50 Gy, 200 Gy 및 500 Gy로 하였다. 연구 결과, 조사량 증가에 따라 충체 회수율이 급격히 감소하는 양상을 보였으며. 은어 조사군의 경우 같은 조사량에 서 피낭유충 조사군에 비하여 더 많은 충체가 회수되었다 피낭유충 조사군의
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