Susceptibility of Japanese Lymnaea ollula to Nigerian Fasciola gigantica.
1989
T Itagaki, and
A Uchida, and
H Itagaki
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D008195
Lymnaea
A genus of dextrally coiled freshwater snails that includes some species of importance as intermediate hosts of parasitic flukes.
Lymnea,Lymnaeas,Lymneas
D005209
Fasciola
A genus of trematode liver flukes of the family Fasciolidae. Two species of this genus are F. hepatica and F. gigantica. The parasites are found in the liver and gallbladder and associated ducts in mammals and occasionally man. F. gigantica occurs rarely in man.
Fasciolas
D000818
Animals
Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.