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On a New Amphistome Cercaria (Diplocotylea) from Planorbis exustus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

J. J. C. Buckley
Affiliation:
Milner Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Extract

A new species of amphistome cercaria from Planorbis exustus in Cachar District, Assam, is described.

Feeding experiments with the encysted cercariae to two calves and a pig proved negative.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1939

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