Susceptibility of 7 freshwater gastropod species in Zimbabwe to infection with Gastrodiscus aegyptiacus (Cobbold, 1876) Looss, 1896

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 186-188

  Mukaratirwa, S ^a   Munjere, I F ^a   Takawira, M ^a   Chingwena, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Gastrodiscus aegyptiacus; Gastropods; Survival rates; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BULINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GASTRODISCUS AEGYPTIACUS; GASTROPOD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SNAIL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS; ZIMBABWE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOMPHALARIA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BASOMMATOPHORA; BIOMPHALARIA PFEIFFERI; BULINUS FORSKALII; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; BULINUS TROPICUS; EQUIDAE; GASTRODISCUS; GASTROPODA; HELISOMA; HELISOMA DURYI; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA; PHYSA ACUTA; TREMATODA;

FRESH WATER;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; BULINUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE VECTORS; FRESH WATER; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; SNAILS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 18744376869     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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