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Table 2 Percent composition of Angiostrongylus vasorum and Crenosoma vulpis L3 recovered from slugs following storage times

From: Infectivity of gastropod-shed third-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus vasorum and Crenosoma vulpis to dogs

Storage

Number of slugs

Number of L3

Species mix after storage

Time

Euthanized

Placed in storage

A. vasorum (%)

C. vulpis (%)

0 Weeks

5

–*

84

16

2 Weeks

7

1098

68

32

4 Weeks

13

2116

57

43

8 Weeks

30

3820

–

–

  1. *The total number of L3 recovered was not quantified after the infective dose (100 L3) and the larvae needed for morphological identification and hot fixation (100 L3) were collected
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Parasites & Vectors

ISSN: 1756-3305

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