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On the Capture and Destruction of Miracidia by Chaetogaster limnaei (Oligochaeta)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

L. F. Khalil
Affiliation:
From the Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Extract

In an attempt to demonstrate experimentally the life cycle of Fasciola gigantica, the snails Lymnaea natalensis were exposed to newly hatched miracidia of this trematode.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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