Red Midge Larvae Are an Invertebrate Alternative Diet to Beef Liver for Planarian Husbandry
Jonah Pacis, Danielle Ireland, Evangeline Coffinas, Jerome Sheehan, Kate Sun, Eva-Maria S Collins, Oné R Pagán · 2025
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A peer-reviewed research article from Europe PMC (2025). Freshwater planarians are an emerging model for toxicology and neuroscience because of their amenability to rapid behavioral screening and remarkable ability to regenerate a cephalized nervous system. As invertebrates, planarians can help reduce the use of vertebrates in research; however, laboratories typically maintain planarians on diets of homogenized organic beef or chicken liver, raising ethical concerns with feeding a vertebrate diet. Organic liver is difficult to obtain, and preparation methods vary, introducing intra- and interlaboratory variability.
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| CREATOR | Jonah Pacis, Danielle Ireland, Evangeline Coffinas, Jerome Sheehan, Kate Sun, Eva-Maria S Collins, Oné R Pagán |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |