Printed in Great Britain DESICCATION SURVIVAL OF THE INFECTIVE LARVA OF HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS

The infective stage of Haemonchus contortus, the third-stage larva, retains the second-stage larval cuticle. Exsheathment takes place in the rumen of the host (Somerville, 1954), under the influence of a number of factors, chiefly unionized carbonic acid and dissolved gaseous carbon dioxide (Rogers,...

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Main Author: C. Ellenby
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1968
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.507.6402
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/49/2/469.full.pdf