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US 5,702,681 AGranted
Method for detecting flukicidal activity
AssigneeAmerican Cyanamid Company
InventorMary Ehlers Doscher
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Abstract
This invention relates to a method for detecting the flukicidal activity of a compound or compounds comprising feeding a portion of liver tissue of an animal treated with the compound or compounds to a free-living flatworm and observing the flatworm for mortality or morbidity.
Claims8
A method for detecting flukicidal activity of a compound comprising the steps of:
- (a) administering a non-lethal dosage of the compound to an animal;
- (b) waiting a period of time sufficient to allow the compound to circulate to the animal's liver;
- (c) dissecting the animal's liver;
- (d) administering a portion of the dissected liver to a medium containing a free-living flatworm wherein the portion is of an amount sufficient for the flatworm to feed upon;
- (e) observing the flatworm for feeding upon the dissected liver and;
- (f) observing the flatworm for the presence of mortality or morbidity.
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