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The Neascus (Posthodiplostomulum) Stage of Posthodiplostomutn nanum Dubois and an Experimental Determination of Part of the Life Cycle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

Modupe O. Williams
Modupe O. Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Fourah Bay College, The University College of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone
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Williams and Chaytor (1966) reported the presence of encysted strigeid trematode larvae on the muscles and liver of Epiplatys sexfasciatus and E. senegalensis collected from a stream at Hastings, Sierra Leone. Out of 253 fishes examined 89 or 35% were infected with the parasite.

The parasites when fed to day-old chicks or cattle egrets gave rise to adults which were identified as Posthodiplostomutn nanum Dubois, 1937.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 41 , Issue 2-3 , June 1967 , pp. 269 - 276
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1967

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