Publications

infection of two lymnaeid snails with fasciola gigantica in giza, a field study.	population density of lymnaea natalensis and l. columella and their natural infection with fasciola gigantica were followed in two water bodies in abu rawash area, giza governorate over two years. l. natalensis snails were more abundant during december-february, while l. columella snails had high density during autumn. according to the snail size, we found that the reproduction of the two vector snails occurred in summer and early autumn. fasciola was present in 0.6 and 2.0% of the examined l. n ...	1999	12561910
morphological and ecological studies on lymnaea natalensis the snail vector of fasciola gigantica in egypt.	lymnaea natalensis were collected from several localities in giza governorate (el-mansouria, kafr hakim and the nile). the collected snails were examined for cercarial shedding and measurement of shell was carried out using a virner caliper. a total of 217 lymnaea was collected from all habitats and 24 snails were found to shed fasciola gigantica cercariae with infection rate 11.1%. the ratio of shell height to shell width (h/w) ranged 1.7-2.1. the ratio between length of aperture to shell heigh ...	2002	12214922