Optimum conditions for growth in liquid medium of Oscillatoria formosa Bory used as the principal food in laboratory culture of intermediate hosts for schistosomosis and fasciolosis

The rearing of snails, intermediate hosts of Schistosoma haematobium, S. intercalatum, S. bovis and Fasciola hepatica is the first step to maintain the life cycle of these parasites in laboratory in order to have biological material for the different studies, namely on the systematic biology and imm...

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Main Authors: Ferreira Filipa M., Delgado M.L., Seixas Lopes A.M., Sampaio Silva M.L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2000-09-01
Series:Parasite
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2000073227