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Laboratory experiments indicate that the Cichlidae Sarotherodon mossambica and, mainly, Tilapia rendalli may be promising biological control agents of Schistosomiasis by acting as predators of eggs and young Biomphalaria glabrata less than 10 mm diameter.
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Graber, M., Euzeby, J.A. & Gevrey, J.P. Lutte biologique contre les mollusques vecteurs de Bilharziose. Action predatrice de Tilapia rendalli, Boulenger et de Sarotherodon mossambica, Peters a l'égard de Biomphalaria glabrata, Say. Hydrobiologia 78, 253–257 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00008521
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