Abstract
The rate of increase in larval biomass in the abnormal ORF strain of Taenia crassiceps was significantly greater than in the normal KBS strain during 26 weeks of infection. Larvae of both strains (in terms of biomass) increased more rapidly in female mice than in male mice. In vitro uptake and incorporation rates of 14C-leucine were found to be inversely proportional to the increase in larval biomass of both ORF and KBS strains, when measured at intervals of 3 weeks throughout a 26-week infection period. There was no correlation between larval biomass, sex of host, and ratios of uptake rate to incorporation rate of 14C-leucine, in either strain. The mean ratio of uptake to incorporation rate of 14C-leucine was significantly less in the ORF strain, indicating that ORF larvae incorporate leucine at significantly higher rates than KBS larvae.
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