Breeding of Biomphalaria tenagophila in mass scale

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Florence Mara Rosa, Daisymara P. Almeida Marques, Engels Maciel, Josiane Maria Couto, Deborah A. Negrão-Corrêa, Horácio M. Santana Teles, João Batista dos Santos, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2013
• Subjects: Mass scale breeding; Biomphalaria; Biomphalaria tenagophila; Resistant lineage; Schistosoma mansoni; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Red Earth
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652013000100007; https://doaj.org/article/074946bb2e3c4ce99ae8ffaef06e33fa

An efficient method for breeding Biomphalaria tenagophila (Taim lineage/RS) was developed over a 5-year-period (2005-2010). Special facilities were provided which consisted of four cement tanks (9.4 x 0.6 x 0.22 m), with their bottom covered with a layer of sterilized red earth and calcium carbonate...