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A snail releases different kinds of mucus depending on the way it is stimulated. When the stimulation is normal, the slime is viscous (sticky) but if the snail is disturbed continuously or even violently, it releases clear foamy secretions. If the snail is sexually aroused the slime it releases is clear and
Within the snails, two successive generations of sporocysts occur; Sporocysts give rise to the infective free-swimming larvae with forked tails called cercariae, and they leave the snails to enter the water; Cercariae find the human hosts and penetrate their skin; Upon entrance into the human hosts, cercariae lose their tails and become ...
Molluscicides (/ m ə ˈ l ʌ s k ɪ ˌ s aɪ d s,-ˈ l ʌ s-/) [1] [2] – also known as snail baits, snail pellets, or slug pellets – are pesticides against molluscs, which are usually used in agriculture or gardening, in order to control gastropod pests specifically slugs and snails which damage crops or other valued plants by feeding on them.
The anatomy of a common air-breathing land snail: much of this anatomy does not apply to gastropods in other clades or groups. Snails are distinguished by an anatomical process known as torsion, where the visceral mass of the animal rotates 180° to one side during development, such that the anus is situated more or less above the head. This ...
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Several detection methods can be used in order to determine the concentration of saxitoxin within an organism (be it shellfish or human), both in vivo and in vitro. The most commonly used in vivo method is the mouse bioassay, which provides quantitative and qualitative data in case of a (suspected) PSP neurotoxin exposure; in vitro receptor ...
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