Excystation of the encysted metacercariae of Echinostoma trivolvis and Echinostoma caproni in a trypsin-bile salts-cysteine medium and morphometric analysis of the excysted larvae

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 669-671

  Saxton, Tyler M ^a   Fried, Bernard ^a   Peoples, Robert C ^a  

^a LAFAYETTE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE SALT; CYSTEINE; FORMALDEHYDE; TRYPSIN;

ALLOPATRY; AMINO ACID; EXCRETION; FLATWORM; LARVA; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MORPHOMETRY;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA CAPRONI; ECHINOSTOMA TRIVOLVIS; METACERCARIA; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BIOMPHALARIA; CULTURE MEDIA; ECHINOSTOMA; LARVA; SNAILS; TRYPSIN;

ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMA CAPRONI; ECHINOSTOMA TRIVOLVIS;

EID: 39749108046     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1500R.1     Document Type: Article

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