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Bleeding of pulmonate snails
1Department of Veterinary Medicine, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania.
Laboratory Animals
|July 1, 1994
A technique for removing blood (haemolymph) by syringe from African land snails (Achatina spp.) is described. The method avoids the need for shell perforation or incision of soft tissues and appears to have few adverse effects on the snail.
A technique for removing blood (haemolymph) by syringe from African land snails (Achatina spp.) is described. The method avoids the need for shell perforation or incision of soft tissues and appears to have few adverse effects on the snail.