TABLE III. Mean ± standard deviation of adult worm characteristics (15 males and 15 females) of Angiostrongylus cantonensis from ac8 and ac9 haplotypes obtained after 12 weeks of experimental infection of Rattus norvegicus (Wistar).
| Haplotypes | ac8 |
ac9 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ♂ | ♀ | ♂ | ♀ | ||
| Body length | 24.65 ± 1.07 | 34.25 ± 2.54 | 20.27 ± 1.30 | 26.34 ± 1.44 | |
| Width | 0.34 ± 0.05 | 0.41 ± 0.05 | 0.32 ± 0.04 | 0.42 ± 0.06 | |
| Oesophagus | 0.28 ± 0.03 | 0.3 ± 0.02 | 0.25 ± 0.02 | 0.28 ± 0.02 | |
| Nerve ring | 0.13 ± 0.04 | 0.14 ± 0.04 | 0.14 ± 0.03 | 0.15 ± 0.03 | |
| Excretory pore | 0.3 ± 0.09 | 0.32 ± 0.05 | 0.35 ± 0.07 | 0.32 ± 0.06 | |
| Spicule | 1.29 ± 0.08 | - | 1.23 ± 0.09 | - | |
| Gubernaculum | 0.05 x 0.01 | - | 0.06 x 0.02 | - | |
| Vulva-tail | - | 0.20 ± 0.05 | - | 0.19 ± 0.02 | |
| Anus-tail | - | 0.08 ± 0.03 | - | 0.06 ± 0.02 | |