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Experimental life cycle of Philophthalmus gralli (Trematoda: Philophthalmidae) in Venezuela
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Revista de Biología Tropical ISSN 0034-7744, Junio 2002, vol.50, no.2, p.629-641
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Autor
Díaz, Marcos T.
Hernández, Luz E.
Bashirullah, Abul K.
Institución
Resumen
ABSTRACT: Descriptions of the miracidium, mother redia, daughter redia, grandaughter redia, cercaria, metacercaria
and adult stages of Philophthalmus gralli Mathis and Leger,1910 recovered from experimental infections
are presented. The intermediate host, Melanoides tuberculata, was collected from freshwater rivulets in
Aguasanta and Yaguracual, Sucre State, Venezuela. Chicken were orally infected with cercariae and metacercariae,
and metacercariae were introduced directly into the eyes by pipette. Both processes of infection produced
adult worms. This is a new geographical record for P. gralli.