title: Rapid growth of Lymnaea viridis, the intermediate host of Fasciola hepatica, under laboratory conditions.
abstract: Reported in this communication is a unusually rapid growth of Lymnaea viridis, the intermediate host of Fasciola hepatica, maintained in the laboratory for experimental purposes. When the snails were fed on blue-green algae at about 20 degrees C, they attained a shell length of 12 mm in 37 days from the date of hatching. The snails began laying eggs from 18 to 24 days following hatching.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Kwangju, South Korea.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000458:Cyanobacteria; D004199:Disease Vectors; D005210:Fasciola hepatica; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D008195:Lymnaea / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology; D010058:Oviposition