Consequence of temperature changes on cercarial shedding from Galba truncatula infected with Fasciola hepatica or Paramphistomum daubneyi

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Table 1.

Experimental protocol used to study the effect of thermal shock on production of F. hepatica or P. daubneyi cercariae. TC, temperature-challenged.

Snail population and parasite	Number of snails at exposure	Subgroups at day 30 p.e.
		Water temperature	Number of snails per subgroup	Physiological state of snails
(A)
F. hepatica	200	20 °C constantly	81	Controls
		Thermal shock	81	TC snails
P. daubneyi	100	20 °C constantly	44	Controls
		Thermal shock	45	TC snails
(B)
F. hepatica	200	20 °C constantly	77	Controls
		Thermal shock	78	TC snails
P. daubneyi	100	20 °C constantly	39	Controls
		Thermal shock	40	TC snails

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