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

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 35 , Issue 3-4 , September 1961 , pp. 269 - 274
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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