A field study of natural infections in three freshwater snails with Fasciola hepatica and/or Paramphistomum daubneyi in central France.
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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Laboratoire d'Histopathologie Parasitaire, Faculté de Médecine, Limoges, France.
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D000818:Animals; D004777:Environment; D005210:Fasciola hepatica / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005602:France; D008195:Lymnaea / Q000469:parasitology*; D010250:Paramphistomatidae; D015995:Prevalence; D012621:Seasons; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*