Angiostrongylus vasorum: Experimental Infection and Larval Development in Omalonyx matheroni

Table 1

Larval recovery from groups of 50 Omalonyx matheroni experimentally infected with 12500 L1 of Angiostrongylus vasorum (250 L1 per mollusk).

DPI	Number of larvae that entered the hosts	Percentage of larvae that entered the hosts (%)	Number of larvae recovered	Percentage of larvae recovered (%)	Number of L1 recovered	Number of L2 recovered	Number of L3 recovered
3	11997	95.9	10009	83.4	10009	0	0
4	11900	95.2	9300	78.2	9300	0	0
5	12038	96.3	10113	84.0	9364	749	0
6	11937	95.5	9750	81.7	5675	4075	0
7	12149	97.2	10154	83.6	6417	3737	0
8	12225	97.8	11635	95.2	7446	4189	0
9	11987	95.9	9942	82.9	5349	4593	0
10	12187	97.5	10207	83.8	4001	5675	531
11	12006	96.1	10012	83.4	1782	7028	1202
12	12033	96.3	10024	83.3	1484	6435	2105
13	12076	96.6	10131	83.9	932	6768	2431
14	11993	95.9	9974	83.2	0	6413	3561
15	12207	97.7	11018	90.3	0	5246	5772
16	11972	95.8	9891	82.6	0	3858	6033
17	11984	95.9	9923	82.8	0	2322	7601
18	11905	95.2	9539	80.1	0	1784	7755
19	11954	95.6	9840	82.3	0	1081	8759
20	12075	96.6	10116	83.8	0	364	9752
21	11979	95.8	9902	82.7	0	246	9656
22	11910	95.3	9573	80.4	0	0	9573
23	11918	95.3	9727	81.6	0	0	9727
24	11995	95.9	10008	83.4	0	0	10008
25	11911	95.3	9620	80.8	0	0	9620