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Snail vectors of animal diseases
Nature
Snails act as intermediate hosts for certain animal diseases, notably liver flukes, blood flukes and tapeworm diseases. The part played by snails as intermediate hosts complicates the eradication of the disease and its control.
Broader
Animal vectors of disease
Aggravates
Liver flukes
Schistosomiasis
Aggravated by
Difficulty in identifying carriers of animal diseases
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Disease
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems