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In resistant snails, haemocytes infiltrate the tissues surrounding young sporocysts and form multi-layered cellular encapsulations that result in larval destruction within 24-48 hours.
Therefore, we only excluded juvenile snails from the analysis to lessen the effects of the dynamics or local heterogeneity of host population on parasite prevalence.
The encystation of metacercariae in primary infected snails without the release of cercariae into the environment may also be an artefact of the experimental procedure.
The collected snails were then identified by species using an identification key [16].
Trematodes, however, not only modify their immediate habitat (snails), they also can affect the positioning of that habitat in an ecosystem.
We then focus on flukes and snails, highlighting important biological traits with regard to population structure.
They collected 18 uninfected snails, 162 with single infections (5 species), 134 with double infections (11 combinations), and 65 with triple infections (5 combinations).
Of snails examined, 12n57 % carried multiple-species infections, usually involving core species.
Potentiation of zinc stress caused by parasitic infections of snails.
Only 8.0% of the snails with shell length 15 mm were infected, in contrast to 98.0% of the snails with shell length > 26 mm.
Overall, 51n04 % of snails were infected (range across 9 sites l 8n7-100 %) with 1 or more species.
In most habitats, infections were recorded in both cattle and snails.
Each replicate line was maintained in large (51i31 cm) tanks containing 60 snails of matched compatibility selection status, with no intervention on mating strategy incorporated.
However, these have not been fully applied for the detection of infections in snails under field conditions.
Ecological factors in schistosome transmission, and an environmentally benign method for controlling snails in a recreational lake with a record of schistosome dermatitis.
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