Schmidt J M, Todd K S
Am J Vet Res. 1978 Sep;39(9):1490-3.
Ten Beagle pups were each inoculated per os with 2,000 tetrathyridia of Mesocestoides corti from mice. The dogs were necropsied at 5-day intervals and the small intestine of each dog was divided into 3 equidistant sections. Adult cestodes were counted and characterized morphologically. The M corti reproduced asexually in the Beagles by longitudinal splitting of the parent scolex, separation of a new individual, and subsequent regrowth of 2 additional suckers on both the parent and newly formed scolices. Five days after the tetrathyridia were given, evidence of parent scolex division was present. The ability of M corti to reproduce asexually in the definitive host enabled rapid proliferation of new organisms, with approximately 53,000 present 45 days after inoculation.
十只比格幼犬每只经口接种来自小鼠的2000个猬迭宫绦虫四槽蚴。每隔5天对犬进行剖检，并将每只犬的小肠分成3个等距段。对成虫绦虫进行计数并进行形态学鉴定。猬迭宫绦虫在比格犬体内通过亲代头节纵向分裂、新个体分离以及随后在亲代和新形成的头节上再长出另外2个吸盘进行无性繁殖。给予四槽蚴5天后，出现了亲代头节分裂的迹象。猬迭宫绦虫在终末宿主体内进行无性繁殖的能力使新生物体能够快速增殖，接种后45天约有53000个。
