Preliminary study on the culture and breeding of Bulinus nyassanus (Mollusca: Pulmonata) under laboratory conditions

African Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-144

  Lundeba, Mary ^a   Likongwe, Jeremy S ^a   Madsen, Henry ^b   Stauffer Jr , Jay R ^c  

^a LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Bulinus nyassanus; Lake Malawi; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FISH; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY; MOLLUSC CULTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BULINUS; BULINUS NYASSANUS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PISCES; PULMONATA; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 33745445949     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2006)41[143:PSOTCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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