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Bulinus truncatus
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31 Mar 2013
TL;DR: In this paper, the suitability of Tridax procumbens leaves in laboratory feeding of Bulinus truncatus and Bulinus globosus was assessed in comparison with Lactuca sativa between September and October, 2011.
Abstract: Suitability of Tridax procumbens leaves in laboratory feeding of Bulinus truncatus and Bulinus globosus was assessed in comparison with Lactuca sativa between September and October, 2011. The snails were collected from Eri-lope stream in Ago-Iwoye, while T. procumbens were collected from the Mini Campus of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ijebu North, Southwestern Nigeria. For B. truncatus, fresh, sun-dried and oven-dried T. procumbens were used, while only fresh T. procumbens were used for B. globosus. The mean percentage survivals of B. truncatus fed with fresh, sun-dried and oven-dried T. procumbens compared with those of the corresponding control snails showed no significant difference (i£2 = 0.51, 1.85, and 2.21, respectively). B. truncatus fed with fresh T. procumbens had the highest mean live-weight percentage increase (46.4%) as compared to those fed with sun-dried and oven-dried (i£2 = 45.65). The mean percentage survival of B. globosus fed with fresh T. procumbens (79.2%) was similar with that of the control (84.6%) (i£2 = 0.18). The percentage increase in mean live-weight of B. globosus fed with fresh T. procumbens (24.0%) was lower as compared to the control (i£2 = 5.34). This study showed that feeding the studied snails using T. procumbens may be profitable in Ijebu North, Southwestern Nigeria.
Key words: Bulinus truncatus, Bulinus globosus, laboratory feeding, Tridax procumbens.
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TL;DR: There is a correlation between egg laying and the in vitro activity of albumen glands and the results show a short-term effect of starvation on the fecundity of the snails.
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TL;DR: The prevalence of schistosomiasis is rapidly increasing with the extension of water development projects and it is transmitted by specific snail species present in irrigation systems.
Abstract: Schistosomiasis is considered a tropical parasitic disease of poverty caused by certain blood flukes of the genus Schistosoma, which induces cerious health problems to infected humans and it is transmitted by specific snail species present in irrigation systems (WHO, 2017). The three major forms of human shistosomiasis are S. mansoni, S. haematbium and S. japonicum transmitted by the snail intermediate hosts of the genera Biomphlaria, Bulinus and Oncomelania, respectively (Malek & Cheng, 1974). The prevalence of schistosomiasis is rapidly increasing with the extension of water development projects (Yapi et al 2005).
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TL;DR: The authors studied biological competition between some african snails (Biomphalaria pfeifferi, Bulinus truncatus sericinus, Limnea natalensis) and Helisoma duryi in the laboratory and the results are irregular and less successful than with the closely related species, Biomphaaria glabrata.
Abstract: The authors studied biological competition between some african snails (Biomphalaria pfeifferi, Bulinus truncatus sericinus, Limnea natalensis) and Helisoma duryi in the laboratory.
TL;DR: The lack of deep molecular divergences between populations of Bulinus sp.