The use of leeches in medicine [PDF]
, 2006 A Leech is any parasite annelid of the class Hirudinea. While leeches can be harmful some have been used medically in the past.
Boffa, Charles J.
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Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2003 The presence of the marine leech, Stibarobdella loricata (Harding, 1924) (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae), is reported on the southern coast of Brazil, based on seven lots with 47 specimens, between 71 and 182 mm in total length, collected on the dorsal region ...
Soto J. M. R.
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Changes in feeding biology of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.), after invasion of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms, in Lake Victoria, Kenya [PDF]
, 1999 Oreochrimis niloticus (L.) was introduced to Lake victoria in the 1950s. It remained relatively uncommon in catches until 1965, when the numbers began to increase dramatically.
Njiru, M.
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Biological and toxicological investigations of Chicago area navigation projects [PDF]
, 1987 unpublishednot peer ...
Dorkin, John +4 more
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Hirudinea as Human Parasites in Palestine [PDF]
Parasitology, 1908 Leeches are common in the fountains and pools of Palestine, particularly in the northern parts, known to us familiarly as ‘Galilee,’ and further north in the district of the Lebanon. In the later summer and autumn months they are so plentiful in places that almost every horse and mule passing through these parts has a bleeding mouth.
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Sturgeon Parasites: A Review of Their Diversity and Distribution
DiversitySturgeon species have inhabited the world’s seas and rivers for more than 200 million years and hold significant taxonomic significance, representing a strong conservation interest in aquatic biodiversity as well as in the economic sector, as their meat ...
György Deák +3 more
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Leeches Found on Two Species of Helisoma from Fleming's Creek, Michigan [PDF]
, 1971 Author Institution: Biology Department, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197A survey of leeches in three genera of gastropods collected from Fleming's Creek, near Ypsilanti, Michigan, revealed a selective association between the smaller
Sarah, Hugh H.
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Notes on the Natural History of the Leeches (Hirudinea) on the George Reserve, Michigan [PDF]
, 1968 Author Institution: Department of Zoology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MichiganThe local distribution and relative abundance of the leeches of the E. S. George Reserve, located in southeastern Michigan, were investigated.
Sawyer, Roy T.
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Beobachtungen zur Kleintierwelt der oberen und mittleren Hase [PDF]
, 1976 An fünf Beobachtungsstellen der oberen und mittleren Hase wurden die Zoozönosen von Cnidaria, Plathelminthes, Nemathelminthes, Annelida, Tentaculata, Mollusca, Crustacea und Hexapoda in den Jahren 1966 bis 1969 beobachtet.
Hoffmeister, Maria
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Zoocoenological state of microhabitats and its seasonal dynamics in an aquatic macroinvertebrate assembly (Hydrobiological case studies on lake Balaton, No. 1.) [PDF]
, 2005 In the years 2002, 2003 and 2004 we collected samples of macroinvertebrates on a total of 36 occasions in Badacsony bay, in areas of open water (in the years 2003 and 2004 reed-grassy) as well as populated by reed (Phragmites australis) and cattail ...
Gaál, Márta +2 more
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