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Snails from two populations highly susceptible to Fasciola hepatica and their F1 generations were subjected to individual bimiracidial exposures to determine if changes noted in infection parameters were due to an effect imposed on the snail by the parasite, or to some other effect such as the food used for the snails. Apart from the higher survival of unexposed parents at day 30 post exposure (p.e.) and their higher shell heights at day 45 p.e., the differences between the survival rates of exposed parents, prevalences of infections, and shell sizes were not significant. In the F1 snails born to previously infected parents, the prevalences of F. hepatica infection and cercarial production were significantly lower than those noted for the F1 born to unexposed parents. The survival of these snails and their shell growth did not show any significant variation. The F1 snails born to previously exposed snails would have developed a partial resistance against F. hepatica and this process would probably be maximal in the first 2 weeks of larval development inside the snail.
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Vignoles, P., Rondelaud, D. & Dreyfuss, G. A first infection of Galba truncatula with Fasciola hepatica modifies the prevalence of a subsequent infection and cercarial production in the F1 generation. Parasitol Res 91, 349–352 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-003-0891-9
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