• DOI:10.1016/0035-9203(87)90362-2
Corpus ID: 24470475

Field evaluation of controlled release copper glass as a molluscicide in snail control.

@article{Chandiwana1987FieldEO,
  title={Field evaluation of controlled release copper glass as a molluscicide in snail control.},
  author={S. Chandiwana and J. Ndamba and O. Makura and P. Taylor},
  journal={Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene},
  year={1987},
  volume={81 6},
  pages={
          952-5
        }
}

S. Chandiwana, J. Ndamba, +1 author P. Taylor

Published 1987

Biology, Medicine

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Limited field evaluation of a new molluscicide, copper controlled release glass (CRG), was carried out in 4 human water contact sites in shallow and slow flowing streams in the highveld region of Zimbabwe during 1984 to 1986. The results indicate that the copper CRG has great potential as an inexpensive snail control agent to reduce schistosomiasis transmission. There was a marked reduction in snail numbers in the treated sites after application of 2 forms of the copper molluscicide; a "fast… CONTINUE READING

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