Population dynamics and host reactions in young foxes following experimental infection with the minute intestinal fluke, Haplorchis pumilio

Table 1 Morphometric measurements

	Number of specimens	Mean	Confidence Interval (95%)	Minimum – maximum
Adult length^a	83	498	487-509	400-626
Adult width^a	83	194	189-197	148-253
Egg length^a	160	31.5	30.2-30.8	26.4-36.7
Egg width^a	160	17.9	17.6-18.2	13.6-23.2
Number of eggs/worm	40	130	120-140	70-231

^aMeasurements are in μm.
Adult Haplorchis pumilio worms and eggs obtained the uterus, originating from infected foxes eight weeks post infection, were measured and counted.

ISSN: 1756-3305