Volume : 4, Issue : 4, April - 2015

Effect of parasitic infection on alteration in glycogen content in the vector snail Lymnaeaacuminata during patency periodfrom Aurangabad, (M.S), India.

Nagare K. R. , Rane M. S.

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;The primary aim of the investigation to observe the glycogen content of different body components like foot, mantle,&nbsp;</p> <div>hepatopancreas, gonads and male and female accessory sexual organs from both infected and non&ndash;infected snail&nbsp;</div> <div>Lymnaeaacuminata during patency period. The results are reported in mg/100 mg dry weight of tissue. In present&nbsp;</div> <div>investigation, the glycogen contents in infected snails were found to be decreased as compared to non&ndash;infected snails.</div>