Studies on some developmental stages in the life cycle of Pygidiopsis genata Looss. 1907 (Trematoda: Heterophidae) from Egypt

Youssef, M.M.; Mansour, N.S.; Hammouda, N.A.; Awadalla, H.N.; Khalifa, R.; Boulos, L.M.

Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology 17(2): 463-474

1987


ISSN/ISBN: 1110-0583
PMID: 3693947
Document Number: 298110
Pleurolophocercous cercariae of P. genata were obtained from naturally infected Melania tuberculata and used to infect Gambusia affinis and Tilapia nilotica under laboratory conditions. Metacercariae were recovered 4-6 weeks pi and were fed to mice, which were killed 1-3 days later. The juvenile stages of P. genata are described and the morphology of the adult worm is compared with that of P. pindoramensis, P. summa and P. phalacrocracis.

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