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HAVING been attracted on several occasions by the presence of actively swimming cercariæ of Fasciola hepatica in material collected for protozoan studies and searching for the intermediate host, I have come across several examples of Limnaea peregra harbouring perfectly developed cercariæ of the same species. Prof. Graham Kerr has also had similar experiences.
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TAYLOR, M. Water Snails and Liver Flukes. Nature 110, 701 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110701a0
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