In Kenya, releasing the edible American crayfish Procambarus clarkii as an introduced species has helped eliminate the mollusc, which it feeds on, as well as provided a new source of food and income,[3][11] but may also be impacting the environment by reducing the amount of native aquatic plants.[12]
1 2 3 4 Hofkin, Bruce V.; Koech, Davy K.; Oumaj, John; Loker, Eric S. (October 1991). "The North American Crayfish Procambarus clarkii and the Biologica Control of Schistosome-Transmitting Snails in Kenya: Laboratory and Field Investigations". Biological Control. 1 (3): 183–187. Bibcode:1991BiolC...1..183H. doi:10.1016/1049-9644(91)90065-8.
↑ (in French) Sarr A., Kinzelbach R. & Diouf M. (2011, in press). "Diversité spécifique et écologie des mollusques continenatux de la basse vallée du Ferlo (Sénégal). [Specific diversity and ecology of continental molluscs from the Lower Ferlo Valley (Senegal)]". MalaCo7: 8 pp. PDFArchived 2011-10-02 at the Wayback Machine .
1 2 3 4 Hamidou T. H., Kabore H., Ouattara O., Ouédraogo S., Guissou I. P. & Sawadogo L. (2002) "Efficacy of Balanites aegyptiaca(L.) DEL Balanitaceae as Anthelminthic and Molluscicid Used by Traditional Healers in Burkina Faso". International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases 2002. page 37. PDF
↑ Adenusi A. A. & Odaibo A. B. (2009). "Effects of varying concentrations of the crude aqueous and ethanolic". African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative medicines6(2). abstract, PDF.
Further reading
Nguma, J. F.; McCullough, F. S.; Masha, E. (1982). "Elimination of Biomphalaria pfeifferi, Bulinus tropicus and Lymnaea natalensis by the ampullarid snail, Marisa cornuarietis, in a man-made dam in northern Tanzania". Acta Tropica. 39 (1): 85–90. PMID6122367.
Wright C. A. (1963). "The freshwater gastropod mollusca of Angola". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)10(8): 447–528. 16 plates. page 455.
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