Abstract
IT was recently shown that third-stage infective larvæ of the family Strongylidae commonly parasitic in the horse would readily shed their protective sheaths in equine duodenal contents1. Similar results have also been obtained by Sommerville2 using ovine material.
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Poynter, D., Nature, 173, 781 (1954).
Sommerville, R. I., Nature, 174, 751 (1954).
Silverman, P. H., Ann. Trop. Med. Parasitol., 48, 207 (1954).
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POYNTER, D. Effect of a Coliform Organism (Escherichia) on the Second Ecdysis of Nematode Larvæ parasitic in the Horse. Nature 177, 481–482 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177481a0
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