Differences in the compatibility of infection between the liver flukes Fascioloides magna and Fasciola hepatica in a Colombian population of the snail Galba sp.

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Authors

DREYFUSS Gilles CORREA Ana Cristina DJUIKWO-TEUKENG Félicité Flore NOVOBILSKY Adam HÖGLUND Johan PANKRÁC Jan KAŠNÝ Martin VIGNOLES Philippe HURTREZ-BOUSSES Sylvie POINTIER Jena-Pierre RONDELAUD Daniel

Year of publication 2015
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Helminthology
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9992351&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0022149X14000509
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X14000509
Field Animal diseases, veterinary medicine
Keywords Galba sp.;Fascioloides magna;Fasciola hepatica; comparibility
Description Experimental infections of Galba sp. (origin, Colombia) with allopatric isolates of Fasciola hepatica from France or Fascioloides magna from the Czech Republic were carried out during five successive snail generations to determine if this lymnaeid might sustain complete larval development of either parasite. In snails exposed to F. hepatica, 7 of 400 snails harboured several rediae and only two snails contained a small number of free cercariae on day 50 post-exposure. In contrast, the intensity of F. magna infection in Galba sp. progressively increased from the F1 to F5 generations. Spontaneous cercarial shedding of F. magna occurred in 7 of 100 Galba sp. belonging to the F5 generation and the number of shed cercariae did not differ significantly from that noted in control Galba truncatula of French origin. Galba sp. from Colombia can be added to the list of potential intermediate hosts for F. magna.
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