the laboratory infection of lymnaea gedrosiana with 2,5 and 10 miracidia of fasciola gigantica resulted in infection rates of 20%, 40% and 69%, respectively, with a prepatent period of 66-88 days. there was a significant difference in infection rate between the snails infected with 2 and those with 10 miracidia (p<0.05). at 92 days post- infection there was 25% to 33.3% of live snails still har...

Trematodes of Audouin 3 gull, La rus audouinii (Aves, Laridae), from Chafarinas lslands (W Mediterranean).-A survey was carried out on the trematode fauna of Larus audouinii Payraudeau, 1826 (Aves, Laridae) in the Alboran Sea, south-western Mediterranean. A total of 10 trematode species was found: Sch/josomaatinae gen. sp., Ornithobilharzia sp., Pachytrerna calculus, Renico/a lar( Brachylecithu...

BACKGROUND Infection with Ornithobilharzia turkestanicum has been reported in a wide range of animals worldwide. This study was undertaken to assess the utility of polymerase chain reaction (PCR), for detecting the infection with O. turkestanicum larvae stages in Lymnaea gedrosiana. METHODS A total of 6,759 Lymnaeidae snails were collected from six aquatic habitats in West Azarbaijan, northwe...

background: infection with ornithobilharzia turkestanicum has been reported in a wide ran ge of animals worldwide. this study was undertaken to assess the util-ity of polymerase chain reaction (pcr), for detecting the infection with o . turke-stanicum larvae stages in lymnaea gedrosiana . methods: a total of 6,759 lymnaeidae snails were collected from six aquatic habitats in west azarbaijan, no...

ornithobilharziosis, as one of the parasitic infections, may give rise to serious economic problems in animal husbandry.the objective of the present study was determining prevalence of ornithobilharzia turkestanium in sheep in the mazandaran province and identify snails which could be responsible for transmission of infection animals from 2005 to 2010. a total of 900 faecal from 900 sheep herds...

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...

background: ornithobilharziosis as one of the parasitic infections may give rise to serious economic problems in animal husbandry. the aim of the study was to prepare and compare the somatic and excretory-secretory (es) antigens of o. tur­kestanicum in gel diffusion test. methods: excretory-secretory (es) and somatic antigens of ornithobilharzia turkestanicum were prepared from collected worms ...

  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...