Infectivity, Growth, Distribution and Fecundity of a Six Versus Twenty-Five Metacercarial Cyst Inoculum of Echinostoma Caproni in ICR Mice

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 203-206

  Kaufmar, A R ^a   Fried, B ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SMALL INTESTINE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMIASIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PARASITE EGG COUNT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0028031084     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X00014358     Document Type: Article

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