2018•Tropical parasitologyOpen access

Effectiveness of Chaetogaster limnaei as a controller of Fasciola hepatica in experimental infections of Galba truncatula

Flavia Muñiz Pareja, Paul Iturbe-Espinoza

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BACKGROUND: in laboratory conditions. PROCEDURES: to devour miracidia at different times of exposure. RESULTS: devouring an average of 3.79 ± 0.21 miracidia. The results of these experiments have a potential value as a control measure against fascioliasis in the environment.

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Key concepts: Fasciola hepatica, Hepatica, Snail, Biology, Fasciola, Annelid, Trematoda, Zoology