A field study of natural infections in three freshwater snails with Fasciola hepatica and/or Paramphistomum daubneyi in central France
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- DOI: 10.1017/s0022149x00000275
A field study of natural infections in three freshwater snails with Fasciola hepatica and/or Paramphistomum daubneyi in central France
Abstract
Natural infections of three freshwater snails with Fasciola hepatica and/or Paramphistomum daubneyi were studied during two periods in 1996 and 1997 (June-July and September-October) on 18 farms located in the departments of Vienne and Haute Vienne (central France), and known for low prevalences of F. hepatica infections in ruminants. A total of 1573 Lymnaea glabra and 1421 L. truncatula 6 mm high or more were collected in the meadows of 13 farms and dissected under laboratory conditions. Snails with single or concurrent infections of F. hepatica and/or
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