Larval trematode infections in Lymnaea glabra populations living in the Brenne Regional Natural Park, central France

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Title: Larval trematode infections in Lymnaea glabra populations living in the Brenne Regional Natural Park, central France
Authors: Rondelaud Daniel, Vignoles Philippe, Dreyfuss Gilles
Source: Parasite, Vol 22, p 38 (2015)
Publisher Information: EDP Sciences, 2015.
Publication Year: 2015
Collection: LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases
Subject Terms: Brenne Regional Natural Park, Cercaria, Digenean, Lymnaea glabra, Lymnaeidae, Snail, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
More Details: Lymnaea glabra is known to be a natural intermediate host of two flukes, Calicophoron daubneyi and Fasciola hepatica, in central France. But it can also sustain larval development of other digeneans. Adult snails were thus collected from 206 habitats in 2014 and 2015 to identify parasite species and determine the prevalence of each digenean infection in relation to the five types of snail habitats. Seven digenean species were noted in 321 infected snails (out of 17,647 L. glabra). Snails with F. hepatica or C. daubneyi were found in 14.5% and 12.6% of habitats, respectively. Percentages were lower for snails with Opisthoglyphe ranae (5.8%), Haplometra cylindracea (5.3%) and were less than 5% for those infected with Echinostoma revolutum, Notocotylus sp. or Plagiorchis sp. Prevalence noted for each parasite species varied with the type of habitat. The number of species in L. glabra was lower than that found in G. truncatula from the same region (7 instead of 10). The distribution and prevalence of each digenean species were thus dependent on the type and location of each snail habitat.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1776-1042
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1776-1042
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2015038
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/4ad41be9f1bb47a29755237bae564d15
Accession Number: edsdoj.4ad41be9f1bb47a29755237bae564d15
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:17761042
DOI:10.1051/parasite/2015038
Published in:Parasite
Language:English