Occurrence of larval Philophthalmus gralli (Mathis and Leger, 1910) in freshwater snail Melanoides tuberculatus (Muller) from Al-Hafuf, Saudi Arabia and its development into adult in various experimental hosts

Parasitology International

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-136

  Kalantan, A M N ^a   Arfin, M ^a   Al Arefi, H I ^a   Bobshait, H I ^a   Hamadah, S A ^a   Al Thawab, F H ^a   Al Shamrani, A A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adult; Development; Larval digenea; Melanoides tuberculatus; Philophthalmus gralli

Indexed keywords

BASOMMATOPHORA; COLUMBA; GALLUS GALLUS; GASTROPODA; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHILOPHTHALMUS GRALLI; TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 0041732660     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(97)00019-6     Document Type: Article

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