Avaliação da resistência de larvas de Contracaecum sp. (nematoda: anisakidae) à ação da citronela, Cymbopogon sp., in natura, administrada como tratamento da anisakiose em coelhos infectados experimentalmente

Justino, Christiano Henrique da SilvaVanzeler, Maria Luzinete AlvesBarros, Luciano AntunesMedeiros, Leone Duarte

The evaluation of the larvicide action of the citronella, Cymbopogon sp., in natura was done through the feeding of the citronella grass ad libitum to rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculi, experimentally infected by Contracaecum sp. larvae. By regular intervals of 24 hours after the beginning of the experiment, the infected animals went submitted to eutanasy and necropsy exams to analyse the action of the plant, using parameters as the number and viability of the recovered larvae. The citronella in natura produced low larvicide action over Contracaecum sp. experimentally.(AU)

2. rabbits experimentally infected
3. Anisakidae
4. Citronela
5. contracaecum sp.
6. coelhos infectados experimentalmente
7. Cymbopogon sp.
8. Contracaecum sp.