Studies on survival, biological activities and behavior of Biomphalaria glabrata, the host snail of schistosomiasis, submitted to increased hydrostatic pressure: a technique.

Abstract:

:To study changes in survival, in biological activities and behavior of planorbids submitted to increased hydrostatic pressure, we developed a technique using two transparent chambers and a hydraulic piston. The apparatus permitted renewal of the liquid medium without substantial variations in pressure, thus eliminating excretion products and maintaining the desired O2 level and thereby permitting us to evaluate the effects of pressure independently of the occurrence of anoxia. Pressure was maintained without any contact of the liquid medium with compressed air, a situation which reproduced with relative fidelity what occurs in nature and assured the presence of the same amounts of gases in the two observation chambers (Control and Experimental). Biomphalaria glabrata was found to be able to survive at least 48 hours when submitted to 49.02 x 10(4) Pa (equivalent to a water depth of 48.8 m), continuing to lay egg masses and showing few behavioral changes when compared with the control group.

journal_name

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz

authors

Jurberg P,Soares MS,Mascitelli AC,Favre TC,Barbosa JV

doi

10.1590/s0074-02761988000100008

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1988-01-01 00:00:00

pages

53-61

issue

1

eissn

0074-0276

issn

1678-8060

pii

S0074-02761988000100008

journal_volume

83

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