Vol 27 No 2 December - The Indian Society for Parasitology
Vol 27 No 2 December - The Indian Society for Parasitology
Vol 27 No 2 December - The Indian Society for Parasitology
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JPD : <strong>Vol</strong>. <strong>27</strong> (2), 2003<br />
Distribution of trace metals in Avitellina Lahorea and Serum of Sheep<br />
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TABLE II A<br />
by the above symports viz., Na/glucose and<br />
Na/aminoacids (Thomborough, 1995). <strong>The</strong>re is no<br />
Concentration of cobalt, selenium and zinc in the<br />
marked variation in the percent water content in the<br />
proglottides of adult cestode Avitellina lahorea and<br />
different regions of A.lahorea. <strong>The</strong> above finding also<br />
host (sheep) serum (ppm/µg/ml)<br />
suggests that the cell electrolyte Na may be involved in<br />
the cell volume regulation against the osmotic changes<br />
Immature Mature Gravid Serum F-value P-value in the luminal environment. <strong>The</strong> influx of Na along<br />
Cobalt (b) (a) (a) (a)<br />
with cations inside the segments may increase their<br />
Mean 0.029 0.011 0.007 0.015 16.02 0.000** osmolarity and prevent the water loss in case, fluidity<br />
± ± ± ±<br />
of the lumen changes.<br />
S.E. 0.004 0.000 0.001 0.002<br />
<strong>The</strong> electrolyte potassium level showed minimal<br />
Selenium (c) (b) (a) (d)<br />
Mean 0.379 0.280 0.188 0.526 106.19 0.000** concentrations in all the three different regions. Such<br />
± ± ± ± hypokalemic condition confirms to the documented<br />
S.E. 0.017 0.017 0.006 0.014<br />
concept that the living organisms will exhibit<br />
Zinc (c) (b) (a) (d) hypematremia and hypokalemia in the normal<br />
Mean 0.418 0.314 2.2<strong>27</strong> 0.625 1760.03 0.000<br />
physiological condition (von Brand, 1966).<br />
± ± ± ±<br />
S.E. 0.004 0.005 0.004 0.002<br />
<strong>The</strong> increasing gradient of calcium concentration<br />
towards the posterior segments agrees with the report<br />
Each value represents mean ± SE of six observations<br />
** denote significant at 1% level<br />
of others (Chowdhury and DeRycke, 1977;<br />
Concentration in order a