Three species of the pulmonate snails of the family Planorbidae have been reported from Korea; Gyraulus convexiusculus, Hippeutis (Helicorbis) cantori and Segmentina (Polypylis) hemisphaerula. Of these 3 species, only H. cantori is reported as the molluscan intermediate host of Neodiplostomum seoulensis, one of the important snail-borne human intestinal trematodes in Korea. However, S. hemispha...

Aquatic snails were collected at 148 sites from various wetland habitats in central Minnesota between May and September, 1988. These data were used to determine the distribution, environmental preference and parasite-intermediate host relationships of lymnaeid snails found within the study area. Lymnaeids generally preferred still water of near neutral pH with a small particle size substrate. H...

trematodes are important in economic and public health. ornithobilharzia turkestanicum (o. turkestanicum) is one of the important economic trematodes in domestic animals. ornithobilharzia infection in intermediate host (lymnaea gedrosiana ) can be detected by either exposing snails to light to induce cercarial shedding or by squeezing them between glass slides to detect parasites. the current a...

This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Dicrocoeliidae larval stages in Helix lucorum found Eskisehir and Bartin provinces Turkey. Snails were collected from pastures Bartin. The snails anesthetised with 50 mM sterilized magnesium chloride (MgCl2) before being dissected. Internal organs snail, specifically hepatopancreas, analysed a stereomicroscope terms sporocyst cercaria.The ...

Schistosomiasis is an infectious disease infecting mammals as the definitive host and fresh water snails as the intermediate host. Understanding the molecular and biochemical relationship between the causative schistosome parasite and its hosts will be key to understanding and ultimately treating and/or eradicating the disease. There is increasing evidence that pathogens that have co-evolved wi...

Trematodes form clonal colonies in their first intermediate host. Individuals are, depending on species, rediae or sporocysts (which asexually reproduce) and cercariae (which develop within rediae or sporocysts and infect the next host). Some species use a division of labour within colonies, with 2 distinct redial morphs: small rediae (non-reproducing) and large rediae (individuals which produc...

An important component of the parasite fauna of seabirds in arctic regions are the flukes (Digena). Different species of digeneans have life cycles which may consist of 1 intermediate host and no free-living larval stages, 2 intermediate hosts and 1 free-living stage, or 2 intermediate hosts and 2 free-living larval stages. This study examined the distribution of such parasites in the intertida...

Aim: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of snail’s intermediate host affected with larval stages of different trematodes. Materials and Methods: Snails were collected from ponds, tanks, ditches, canals and crop fields in and around Ranchi. They were transported to the laboratory in water containers and maintained in small aquaria, supplemented with natural food stuff. T...

The first intermediate host of six-known the Paragonimus species in Thailand had not been found until the Filopaludina (Siamopaludina) martensi martensi snail was discovered to maintain the cercariae of a Paragonimus species. An extensive study examined cercarial development through to adult worms by infecting 3 genera of 7 crab species with penetration of cercariae and feeding of snails contai...