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The Breeding of Bulinus truncatus in Total Darkness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

J. M. Watson  and
A. S. Al-Ali
J. M. Watson
Affiliation:
Director, Commonwealth Bureau of Helminthology, St. Albans, Herts. Formerly, Head of the Department of Zoology and Microbiology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Iraq
A. S. Al-Ali
Affiliation:
Demonstrator, Department of Zoology and Microbiology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Iraq
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Starting with eggs from a natural habitat the authors were able to raise and breed Bulinus truncatus, the snail vector of schistosomiasis haematobia, under conditions of total and continuous darkness and to complete the life-cycle from egg to egg in 70 days. The rearing of a second generation was interrupted by circumstances beyond the authors’ control. Darkness is shown nevertheless to have a restrictive effect on population growth and the use of covered channels and pipes for irrigation water, although not a complete control measure, should therefore be adopted wherever possible in endemic foci of schistosomiasis haematobia where snail control is necessary.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 35 , supplement S1 , April 1961 , pp. 199 - 204
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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