Hello !
Here is a mail posted on Mollusca list. Some of you might be able to help.
Thank you in advance,

Sophie

>From: "Ian Fontanilla" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: [MOLLUSCA] Achatina fulica
>
>Hello!  My name is Ian Fontanilla and I am a PhD student at the
>University of Nottingham. For my PhD project I am undertaking a
>global population survey of the Giant African Snail Achatina fulica
>and the nematodes present in them, particularly the rat lung worm
>Angiostrongylus cantonensis.  In line with this, I am therefore
>asking for anyone who can provide us with population samples of
>these snails (20 or so).  I prefer receiving them live and not
>preserved in ethanol since I need to extract the worms from them.
>The snails can be wrapped individually in tissue paper, afterwhich
>they can all be bundled together in a single sturdy box--this way
>they will last for a week or so in shipment.  We will of course be
>more than happy to reimburse the cost of shipment.  I hope you can
>help us on this matter or refer us to people who can.  To date we
>already have population samples from the Philippines, Hawaii, New
>Caledonia, Thailand, Sabah in Malaysia, Mayotte near Madagascar,
>Ogasa!
>  wara near Japan, Tahiti, Moorea, and Singapore, but we still need
>more samples from other parts where these snails are present,
>particularly in East Africa where they originated and the Indian
>subcontinent.
>
>We look forward to hearing from you.
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Ian Fontanilla
>Institute of Genetics
>Queen's Medical Centre
>University of Nottingham
>Nottingham NG7 2UH
>United Kingdom
>Tel: +44 9249924 ext 44746

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