Development and hatching mechanism of Fasciola eggs, light and scanning electron microscopic studies

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-251

  Hussein, Abdel Nasser A ^a,b   Hassan, Ismael M ^b   Khalifa, Refaat M A ^c  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Eggs; Egypt; Epidermal plates; Fasciola gigantica; Fasciola hepatica; Hatching mechanism; Light microscope; Miracidium; Scanning electron microscope

Indexed keywords

FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; TREMATODA;

EID: 77958197502     PISSN: 1319562X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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