EFFECT OF DIFFERENT MOLLUSK ASSOCIATIONS ON TARGET MOLLUSK GROWTH AND PARASITE CERCARIAL PRODUCTION IN THE TRIPLE SYSTEM - BULINUS-WRIGHTI-SCHISTOSOMA-BOVIS AND MELANOPSIS-PRAEMORSA

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作者
MOUAHID, A
BOUHADDIOUI, N
JANA, M
COMBES, C
MONE, H
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[1] UNIV CADI AYYAD, FAC SCI, DEPT SCI VIE, PARASITOL LAB, MARRAKECH, MOROCCO
[2] UNIV CADI AYYAD, FAC SCI, DEPT SCI VIE, IMMUNOL LAB, MARRAKECH, MOROCCO
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10.1093/mollus/58.4.349
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Q17 [水生生物学];
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071004 ;
摘要
The influence of different mollusc associations in the triple system: Bulinus wrighti (target mollusc: TM)-Schistosoma bovis (parasite)-Melanopsis praemorsa (non-target mollusc: NTM) is analysed. The results show that: (i) for a TM/NTM density ratio of 1/1, the NTM stimulates both growth of the TM and parasite cercarial production; (ii) for a TM/NTM density ratio of 1/5, the effects of the NTM on TM growth and cercarial production were not additive and were less marked than for the 1/1 ratio. Hypotheses on a chemical explanation for these density-dependent effects are discussed.
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