A Biological Technique to Assess Numbers of Fasciola hepatica Metacercariae on Pastures
- 1 September 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Helminthology
- Vol. 40 (3-4) , 375-378
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022149x00021003
Abstract
A biological test to estimate the numbers of infective metacercariae of F. hepatica on pastures is described. The test is shown to be successful provided a snail site can be determined. Results from samples collected from field outbreaks are described and the possible applications of the test are discussed.Keywords
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- Mouse Test for the Infectivity of Metacercariae with Particular Reference to Metacercariae in Snail FaecesTransactions of the American Microscopical Society, 1957