| the fowl (gallus domesticus) and a lepidopteran (setomorpha rutella) as experimental hosts for tetrameres mohtedai (nematoda). | the life-cycle of tetrameres mohtedai in the fowl involving a hitherto unknown intermediate host, setomorpha rutella, is described and methods for laboratory demonstration are given. development to infectivity in the intermediate host took less than 2 weeks under laboratory conditions. infections could be established using infective larvae dissected from the intermediate host. the pre-patent period in the fowl averaged 36 days. experimental evidence is given for infection of the final host by in ... | 1975 | 1118184 |