The in vitro development of the pentastomid Porocephalus crotali from the infective instar to the adult stage

Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 503-512

  Buckle, A C ^a   Riley, J ^a   Hill, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excretory secretory products; in vitro culture; Larval development; Lung parasites; Pentastomid; Porocephalus crotali

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIFE CYCLE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORM;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BLOOD; CATTLE; CROTALUS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GENITALIA; LARVA; LUNG; MALE; ZOOLOGY;

ARTHROPODA; BOVINAE; CROTALUS; PENTASTOMIDA; POROCEPHALUS CROTALI;

EID: 0030840249     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118209700156X     Document Type: Article

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