Observations on the mechanism of eggshell formation in the liver fluke, Fasciola hepatica

Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 555-567

  Colhoun, L M ^a   Fairweather, I ^a   Brennan, G P ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC); Eggshell formation; Fasciola hepatica; Fluorescence microscopy; Lasalocid; Monensin; Transmission electron microscopy; Vitelline cells

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; LASALOCID; MONENSIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIDOTES; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DITIOCARB; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; LASALOCID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MONENSIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

ANIMALIA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031837346     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098002662     Document Type: Article

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