Studies on the life cycle of Haplorchis pumilio (Looss, 1896) (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) in Venezuela

Revista Cientifica de la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias de la Universidad del Zulia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-42

  Díaz, Marcos T ^a   Hernandez, Luis Elena ^a   Bashirullah, Abul K ^b  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones en Biomedicina y Ciencias Aplicadas

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Fish hosts; Haplorchis pumilio; Life cycle; Melanoides tuberculata; New records; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ASTYANAX; BUTORIDES STRIATUS; CERCARIA (TREMATODE GENUS); CYPRINODONTIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; HAPLORCHIS PUMILIO; HETEROPHYIDAE; MELANOIDES TUBERCULATA; MUS; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; POECILIA RETICULATA; RATTUS; RIVULUS HARTII; TREMATODA;

EID: 40949121070     PISSN: 07982259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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