Gastrodiscosis outbreaks due to Gastrodiscus aegyptiacus were recorded in horses in the vicinity of Harare, Zimbabwe, in the absence of Bulinus forskalii, B. senegalensis and Cleopatra sp. which are considered to be the only intermediate host snails. This suggested the possibility of other snail species acting as intermediate hosts in the life cycle of the trematode. A study was carried out to ...

Introduction: Some snails play an important role in the transmission of helminthes, mainly trematodes of medical and veterinary importance. There seems to be no information on the freshwater snails of Gahar Lake in Lorestan province of Iran. The present study aimed to identify medically important snails of this lake. Methods: Samples were collected from ten localities around Gahar Lake in April...

A study on trematode obtained from freshwater snails in 30 grow-out giant gourami ponds supplied by well water was conducted Chau Thanh district, Tien Giang province, Vietnam. The were sampled the flooding season (October 2020), intermediary (January 2021) and non-flooding (April 2021). Eight snail species belonging to 8 genera, 4 families found including Sermyla tornatella (48.6%), Sinotaia li...

The terrestrial and freshwater malacofauna of southern Bahia is little known, especially in comparison to the well-studied eastern portion state covered by remnants Atlantic Forest. We present here a synopsis all gastropod species known from central region state, as ‘Centro-Sul Baiano’, focusing on four municipalities: Condeúba, Cordeiros, Mortugaba, Piripá. list herein contains data literature...

To better understand the gastropod community dynamics of fresh water snails in Upper Victoria Nile (UVN), spatial and temporal abundance changes assemblage were assessed biannually from April 2006 to 2021 at three transects. Biannual abundances gastropoda obtained by a ponar grab examine their structure relation Bujagali Hydropower Project (BHP). The consisted nine speciesbelonging five familie...

The hot-spots of transmission food-borne zoonotic trematodes in northern Vietnam have been known as the integrated fish-livestock (VAC- Garden, Fish pond, Poultry shed) ponds. A cross-sectional study was conducted Ha Noi capital and Yen Bai province to investigate trematode larval infections (cercariae) freshwater snails these areas. Snails were collected from 35 VAC ponds, including 25 grow-ou...