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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