Abstract
High performance thin layer chromatography was used to determine neutral lipid profiles in the feces of BALB/c mice infected with adults of Echinostoma caproni (Trematoda). An approximate 25 worm burden per host induced changes in the neutral lipid profile of the mice at 1 to 5 weeks post infection (PI) relative to the uninfected controls. Infection caused a significant decrease (Student's t‐test, P<0.05) in the triacylglycerol fraction at 3 weeks PI and a significant increase (Student's t‐test, P<0.05) in the free sterol fraction at 2 weeks PI relative to the uninfected controls. Neutral lipid profiles of feces may serve as an indicator of infection by intestinal trematodes in animals and humans.
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