In vitro culture of marine trematodes from their snail first intermediate host

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-106

  Lloyd, Melanie M ^a   Poulin, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

In vitro culture; Philophthalmus sp.; Trematode parthenitae; Zeacumantus subcarinatus

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOPARYPHIUM; ARTICLE; CERCARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE OPTIMIZATION; CURTUTERIA AUSTRALIS; EYE FLUKE; GALACTOSOMUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTERMEDIATE HOST; MARINE SNAIL; MARITREMA NOVAEZEALANDENSIS; NONHUMAN; OPECOELIDAE; OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDIA; SPOROCYST; TREMATODE; ZEACUMANTUS SUBCARINATUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CULTURE MEDIA; NEW ZEALAND; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SEAWATER; SNAILS; TREMATODA;

ACANTHOPARYPHIUM; CURTUTERIA AUSTRALIS; GALACTOSOMUM; GASTROPODA; MARITREMA NOVAEZEALANDENSIS; OPECOELIDAE; PHILOPHTHALMUS; TREMATODA; ZEACUMANTUS SUBCARINATUS;

EID: 80052403190     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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