Recognition of cattle skin by cercariae of Orientobilharzia turkestanica.

The cercariae of Orientobilharzia turkestanica attached to isolated cattle skin and penetrated it. The attachment was stimulated by warmth and by hydrophilic and lipophilic chemical cues of skin surface extracts. The enduring contact with the skin was also stimulated by the chemical cues, but not by warmth.

[Modification of the liver phospholipid status of cattle by Orientobilharzia turkestanica trematodes].

The paper gives the data on a trematode influence onto the phospholipid (PL) contents in the liver of cows. It is shown, that the decrease of PL basic fraction concentrations, i.e.