Hildreth's Research Interests             
PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF THE TRYPANORHYNCH BLASTOCYST

PUBLICATIONS IN A REFEREED FORUM (JOURNALS/BOOKS):
1) Hildreth, M.B. 1989. Compartmentalization of radioactive glucose within a trypanorhynch plerocercus (Otobothrium insigne). International J. Parasitol. 19:417-423.

2) Hildreth, M.B. and R.D. Lumsden. 1988. Carbohydrate composition, utilization and absorption in the plerocercus metacestode of Otobothrium insigne (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha). International J. Parasitol. 18:251-257.

3) Hildreth, M.B. and R.R. Lazzara. 1987. Factors affecting excystment in the plerocercus metacestode of Otobothrium insigne (Trypanorhyncha: Cestoda). Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 54:262-263.

4) Hildreth, M.B. and R.D. Lumsden. 1986. Microanatomy of the Otobothrium insigne plerocercus (Trypanorhyncha: Cestoda) J. Parasitol. 73:400-410.

5) Hildreth, M.B. and R.D. Lumsden. 1985. A description of the Otobothrium insigne (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) plerocercus and its incidence in marine catfish from the Gulf coast of Louisiana. Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 52:44-50.

6) Lumsden, R.D. and M.B. Hildreth. 1983. Fine structure of adult tapeworms. In "Biology of the Eucestodes" Vol. I (C. Arm and P. Pappas, eds.) pp. 177-233, Academic Press.

PAPERS PRESENTED:
1) Compartmentalization of glucose within a trypanorhynch bladderworm. 58th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists, San Antonio, Texas. 1983.

2) Tegumental ultrastructure of the Otobothrium sp. plerocercus metacestode (Cestoda, Trypanorhyncha): Blastocyst and juvenile Scolex. Spring Symposia of the Louisiana Society for Electron Microscopy, New Orleans, Louisiana. 1982.

3) Blastocyst of the Otobothrium sp. plerocercus: fine stucture and glucose movement. 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Parasitologists, Berkely, California. 1980.

4) Ultrastuctural studies on the plerocercus blastocyst of the trypanorhynch cestode, Otobothrium sp. 13th Annual Meeting of the Southwest Association of Parasitologists, University of Oklahoma Biological Station, Texoma, Oklahoma. 1980.