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Preliminary observation on the role of conditioning and mechanical Interference with egg masses and Juveniles in the competitive relationships Between Helisoma Durvi (Wetherby) and the Intermediate host of Schistosoma Mansoni Sambon: Biomphalaria Camerunensis (Boettger).

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Biological control of the intermediate hosts of schistosomiasis by means of the introduction oa a competitor snail Helisoma duryi has been suggested. The effect of conditioning by Biomphalaria camerunensis and H. duryi respectively on growth and egg laying capacity of B. camerunensis and on the hatchability of B. camerunensis egg masses was compared. No differences were found besides an indication of a growth promoting effect of B. camerunensis conditioning.

B. camerunensis egg masses were found to be much more sensitive to mechanical interference from snails than were H. duryi egg masses. Both juvenile and adult H. duryi caused a great reduction in the number of B. camerunensis egg masses and adult B. camerunensis showed a great tendency to destroy its own egg masses. Newly hatched B. camerunensis appeared to be destroyed to a greater extent by adult H. duryi than by adult B. camerunensis.

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Madsen, H. Preliminary observation on the role of conditioning and mechanical Interference with egg masses and Juveniles in the competitive relationships Between Helisoma Durvi (Wetherby) and the Intermediate host of Schistosoma Mansoni Sambon: Biomphalaria Camerunensis (Boettger).. Hydrobiologia 67, 207–214 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00023177

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