CALCIUM DETERMINATION IN THE SHELL OF LYMNAEA-COLUMELLA (MOLLUSCA, GASTROPODA) INFECTED WITH FASCIOLA-HEPATICA (PLATYHELMINTHES, DIGENEA)

Authors
PINHEIRO J AMATO SB
Citation
J. Pinheiro et Sb. Amato, CALCIUM DETERMINATION IN THE SHELL OF LYMNAEA-COLUMELLA (MOLLUSCA, GASTROPODA) INFECTED WITH FASCIOLA-HEPATICA (PLATYHELMINTHES, DIGENEA), Arquivos de biologia e tecnologia, 38(3), 1995, pp. 761-767
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Arquivos de biologia e tecnologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
03650979
Volume
38
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
761 - 767
Database
ISI
SICI code
0365-0979(1995)38:3<761:CDITSO>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A quantitative analysis of calcium, as calcium carbonate, in the shell of Lymnaea columella infected with larval stages of Fasciola hepatica was made. The quantity of calcium in the shell of infected snails inc reased 111,92%, being significatively different and higher than that o bserved in the shell of uninfected molluscs (alpha=1%).