We used a Biomphalaria glabrata snail model for our studies and investigated the suitability of B. glabrata neonates, reared on a Nostoc sp. diet, for infection with Echinostoma caproni miracidia. We found that neonatal snails could become infected with E. caproni miracidia with 31 +/- 11% standard error (SE) of our exposed snails containing rediae infections at 4 wk post-exposure (PE). However, the survival of exposed neonates was significantly (P < 0.05, Student's t-test) less than that of the unexposed controls at 1, 2, 3, and 4 wk PE.
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Infection of Neonatal Biomphalaria glabrata with the Miracidia of Echinostoma caproni
Balaban, A. E. and B. Fried. (2013 Jun.) "Infection of Neonatal Biomphalaria glabrata with the Miracidia of Echinostoma caproni." Journal of Parasitology 99 (3): 543.