In Vitro Ovicidal and Cestocidal Effects of Toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis on the Canine and Human Parasite Dipylidium caninum

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Lethal effect of the GP526 protein of B. thuringiensis on eggs of D. caninum (a). Lysis of the ovigerous capsule. (b) Fracture of the egg shell. (d) Exit of the exacant embryo. ((e) and (f)) Initial and final phases of the destruction of the exacant embryo.

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