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To present culture and analytical methods for research on hydras and their associated ectoparasitic fauna, with special emphasis on the use of the hydra—Hydramoeba system as a model for epizootilogical investigations. I use the term epizootic to characterize the dynamics of infectious disease in host populations (Tanada, 1963).
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Stiven, A.E. (1983). Experimental Methods for Epizootilogical Research with Hydras. In: Lenhoff, H.M. (eds) Hydra: Research Methods. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0596-6_60
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