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Excystment of metacercariae of Parorchis acanthus, Posthodiplostomoides leonensis, Posthodiplostomum sp. and Clinostomum tilapiae was found to be an active process initiated by the metacercariae when the correct physico-chemical conditions exist in the environment; but in the excystment of Posthodiplostomum nanum the metacercaria seems not to take part in the process.
Temperature, osmotic pressure, pH and eH are factors which influence all the five species studied. Fresh ox bile was found not to be an absolute necessity for the excystment of the five species studied but its presence in the medium increased the rate of excystment of three species.
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Asanji, M.F., Williams, M.O. Studies on the excystment of trematode metacercariae in vitro . Z. F. Parasitenkunde 47, 151–163 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00382638
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