Table 1. Group and total number of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior larvae detected in the mucus of Helix aspersa snails or in the water solution where gastropods had died.
Larvae in the mucus | Larvae in water | |||
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Groups (Stimulus) | A. abstrusus | T. brevior | A. abstrusus | T. brevior |
G1 (Water and stirring) | - | - | 18 | 4 |
G2 (Lettuce and stirring) | 9 | 12 | 12 | 4 |
G3 (Cat food and stirring) | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 |
G4 (Water) | 7 | 1* | 18 | 6 |
G5 (Lettuce) | 13 | 4 | 34 | 0 |
G6 (Cat food) | 6 | 2 | 63 | 11 |
Total | 37 | 20 | 172 | 39 |
*Second-stage larva