(n.) A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons.
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(1) It was shown that after products of ascarid metabolism were administered to the experimental rats, the corticosterone content in the adrenals and blood plasma changed substantially.
(2) Estimates of genetic variability were made from population samples of the dog ascarid (Toxocara canis), cat ascarid (Toxocara cati), and the horse ascarid (Parascaris equorum).
(3) Factor analysis grouped the variables considered into 5 factors: the first was associated with veterinary assistance; the second with the animal's function and the presence of whipworms, hookworms and tapeworms; the third with cohabitation, origin and presence of coccidia; the fourth with the presence of fresh meat (cooked, raw or frozen) in the diet, age and positivity for ascarids; the fifth with sex and the presence of gastroenteric conditions.
(4) The inteseffectiveness and extenseffectiveness of the treatment with the tested preparations were examined on the fifteenth day after invasion; the examination was based on the findings of ascarids in the helminthological dissection performed 48 hours on the findings of ascarids in the melminthological dissection performed 48 hours after therapy.
(5) Most of the parasites in the herbivorous species were trichurids and strongylids, whereas most of the parasites in the carnivorous species were ascarids.
(6) Clinical signs, microscopic lesions, and morphologic features of ascarids with naturally occurring and experimentally induced A columnaris infections were identical.
(7) The ascarid E2 domain structure appears to be similar to that of other E2s.
(8) It is assumed that the evolutionary expansion period of Ascaridoidea in Mammals occurred after the diversification of primitive mammals; this would explain the absence of ascarids in these groups.
(9) All hookworms and almost all of the ascarids were eliminated with the faeces within 2 days after treatment.
(10) Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) was performed in all cases within 72 h of admission and delineated ascarides in the duodenum invading the ampullary orifice (44 patients), in the bile duct (55) and in the pancreatic duct (eight).
(11) Eosinophil mediators and alterations of the choriocapillaris may contribute to the generalized progressive retinal degeneration distant from a parasite larva in ascarid-infected eyes.
(12) "Larva migrans visceralis" and "Larva migrans cutanea" caused by ascaride and hookworm larvae are important in human medicine and demand therapeutic measures.
(13) The surface of infective larvae of Toxocara canis, the dog ascarid nematode, reveals relatively few exposed surface proteins which can be recovered in soluble form.
(14) In contrast to results reported from mammalian complexes, phosphorylation of the ascarid complex paralleled inactivation, and no additional phosphorylation occurred after inactivation was complete.
(15) The binding of inhibitors with chick ascarid MAO was of the irreversible type and the nature of the inhibition was competitive.
(16) The enzyme was eluted from the immobilized antigen-antibody complex by denaturing agents, and the subunit molecular weight determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis was identical to that of the ascarid enzyme, 90,000.
(17) The circumstances surrounding these outbreaks suggest that yearling calves are either particularly susceptible to a primary exposure to A. suum or react strongly to A. summ after sensitization early in life to this or some related ascarid.
(18) Necropsy records, rabies antibody tests, and necropsy examinations performed by the authors indicate that migration of ascarid larvae usually is responsible for the abnormal behavior, and that rabies is an infrequent finding.
(19) Fecal ascarid-egg counts and duration of infection were combined to calculate a composite measure of ascarid burden called "lifetime burden".
(1) The faeces of forty-two were examined microscopically for nematode eggs.
(2) The propionyl-CoA condensing enzyme which catalyzes the first step in the biosynthesis of 2-methylbutyrate and 2-methylvalerate by Ascaris muscle appears to exist in at least three forms in the mitochondria of this parasitic nematode.
(3) Haematological and blood biochemical changes in the sheep, as well as fecundity of gastrointestinal nematodes, suggested the hosts were immunosuppressed.
(4) We have studied the organization of microtubules in neurons of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
(5) At the external wall of the host's gut, parasitic cysts of this nematode with immature stages inside were also observed.
(6) Mice (C57BL) infected with the intestinal nematode Nematospiroides dubius showed depressed delayed type hypersensitivity responses to ovalbumin administered subcutaneously in Freund's complete adjuvant.
(7) Additionally, both nematode enzymes acetylated histamine, whereas dopamine and serotonin were not accepted as substrates.
(8) The study design of a project to investigate the epidemiology, population dynamics and control of intestinal nematode infections in fishing village communities in Southern India is described.
(9) Two control trials were conducted against Ae.samoanus larvae in Pandanus, one using a sand culture of the parasitic nematode Romanomermis culicivorax and the other with temephos, an organophosphate insecticide.
(10) Lesions associated with Philometroides huronensis in the white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) of southern Ontario occurred during the spring (April-June) and were related to the development and release of first-stage larvae from the gravid nematode.
(11) Hypoproteinaemia, attributed to serum albumin loss, was demonstrated seven weeks after infection, but this was not associated with the interaction of Cu deficiency and nematode infection.
(12) Five cases shown to be positive by traditional methods were negative in the agar plate method, and it was necessary to discriminate Strongyloides microscopically from other similar nematode larvae, especially in an area, such as northern Thailand, with a high prevalence of hookworms.
(13) Using bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) we have retrieved soluble proteins and cells from the respiratory tract of rats given a primary or secondary infection with the nematode Nippostrongylus brasiliensis.
(14) Specific binding sites for ivermectin (IVM; 22,23-dihydroavermectin-B1) were identified and characterized in a crude membrane fraction prepared from the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans).
(15) The association of SL-RNA and 5S rRNA genes in tandemly repeated units is also found in nematodes but paradoxically does not exist in trypanosomes which are phylogenically much closer to Euglena.
(16) We sought genes defining synaptic specificity by identifying mutations that alter synaptic connectivity in the motor circuitry in the nematode C. elegans.
(17) The nematode T. spiralis can survive for tens of years within the cytoplasm of the Nurse cell and secretes proteins into the cytoplasm that are believed to play a role in mediating the Nurse cell formation or maintenance.
(18) The nematodes infecting children by the oral way have a maximal incidence at the age of 3 to 6 years.
(19) A survey of gastrointestinal nematodes in Georgia cattle was conducted from 1968 through 1973 from actual worm counts from viscera of 145 slaughtered beef cattle or from egg counts made from fecal samples from 3,273 beef and 100 dairy cattle.
(20) This diversity is illustrated by a comparison of sex determination in three well-studied model organisms: the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, and the mouse.