[Survey of the number of eggs in Taenia asiatica gravid proglottids in Dali Prefecture of Yunnan Province].

OBJECTIVE

To observe the number of eggs in the gravid proglottids of Taenia asiatica.

METHODS

Twenty gravid proglottids at each end of two adults of T. asiatica were digested by 1% pepsin. Then, the collected eggs were observed and counted by a microscope.

RESULTS

The number of eggs in each gravid proglottid were not the same, with the maximum of 132 500, minimum of 44 180, and the average number of 90 051, and there was a significant difference among the different gravid proglottids (t = -3.487, P = 0.003).

CONCLUSION

The number of eggs in different gravid proglottids of T. asiatica is evidently different.