Hydrolyzation of snail (Achatina fulica) meat with rice water as novel probiotic supplements for animal feed [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2022 Background and Aim: Snail meat and digestive tract hydrolyzate fermented with a consortium of preserved rice water microorganisms could serve as new sources of probiotics.
Ujang Suryadi +2 more
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Transcriptional responses of Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Schistosoma mansoni following exposure to niclosamide, with evidence for a synergistic effect on snails following exposure to both stressors. [PDF]
, 2019 BackgroundSchistosomiasis is one of the world's most common NTDs. Successful control operations often target snail vectors with the molluscicide niclosamide.
Bu, Lijing +5 more
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Ants as shell collectors: notes on land snail shells found around ant nests [PDF]
Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, 2009 We investigated the shell collecting activities of harvester ants (Messor spp.) in semi-arid grasslands and shrubs in Turkey. We found eleven species of snails in the area, two of them were not collected by ants.
Barna Páll-Gergely, Péter Sólymos
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Snails in the sun: Strategies of terrestrial gastropods to cope with hot and dry conditions
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Terrestrial gastropods do not only inhabit humid and cool environments but also habitat in which hot and dry conditions prevail. Snail species that are able to cope with such climatic conditions are thus expected to having developed multifaceted ...
M. Schweizer, R. Triebskorn, H. Köhler
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Veterinární Medicína, 2013 The use of anticoagulants has increased in recent times as a method for controlling rodent populations. However, this increased use also provokes accidental and intentional ingestion for both animals and humans, triggering poisoning of non-target ...
D. Hernandez-Moreno +5 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Establishing strontium isotope (87Sr/86Sr) geographical variability is a key component of any study that seeks to utilize strontium isotopes as tracers of provenance or mobility.
Kate Britton +13 more
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An Epidemiological Trend of Urogenital Schistosomiasis in Ethiopia
Frontiers in Public Health, 2018 Schistosomiasis is a major public health problem in Ethiopia. Currently, the prevalence of the disease can possibly be heightened due to man-made ecological transformations particularly related to the recent development programs involving irrigation and ...
Bayissa Chala +2 more
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Microhabitat preferences of Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Lymnaea natalensis in a natural and a man-made habitat in southeastern Tanzania. [PDF]
, 2000 Schistosoma mansoni is an important human parasitic disease which is widespread throughout Africa. As Biomphalaria pfeifferi snails act as intermediate host, knowledge of their population ecology is an essential prerequisite towards understanding disease
Tanner, M, Utzinger, J
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Cone Snails: A Big Store of Conotoxins for Novel Drug Discovery
Toxins, 2017 Marine drugs have developed rapidly in recent decades. Cone snails, a group of more than 700 species, have always been one of the focuses for new drug discovery.
Bingmiao Gao +5 more
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Advancing Discovery of Snail Mucins Function and Application
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021 Mucins are a highly glycosylated protein family that are secreted by animals for adhesion, hydration, lubrication, and other functions. Despite their ubiquity, animal mucins are largely uncharacterized. Snails produce mucin proteins in their mucous for a
Maxwell McDermott +14 more
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