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A proposed standard method for the maintenance ofDiplostomum spp. (Digenea: Diplostomatidae) in the laboratory

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  1. Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Shore Road, BT37 OQB, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland

    J. S. Field, C. A. McKeown & S. W. B. Irwin

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Field, J.S., McKeown, C.A. & Irwin, S.W.B. A proposed standard method for the maintenance ofDiplostomum spp. (Digenea: Diplostomatidae) in the laboratory. Parasitol Res 80, 253–254 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00932683

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