The experimental production of Fasciola hepatica metacercariae from three aquatic populations of Galba truncatula

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-277

  Vignoles, P ^a   Favennec, L ^b   Rondelaud, D ^a   Dreyfuss, G ^a  

^a UPRES EA no 3174   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING METHOD; CERCARIA; EXPERIMENTATION; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NONHUMAN; SNAIL; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE VECTORS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; PARASITOLOGY; SNAILS; SURVIVAL RATE; WATER;

FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GASTROPODA; HEPATICA; LACTUCA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0041526744     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/JOH2003177     Document Type: Article

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