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FIRST REPORT OF LYMNAEA COUSINI JOUSSEAUME, 1887 NATURALLY INFECTED WITH FASCIOLA HEPATICA (LINNAEUS, 1758) (TREMATODA: DIGENEA) IN MACHACHI, ECUADOR
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Russian People’s Friendship University. Agrary Faculty. Department of Veterinary Pathology. Moscow, Russia.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Biologia. Núcleo de Biologia e Controle de Endo e Ectoparasitas de Interese Médico e Veterinário. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Biologia. Núcleo de Biologia e Controle de Endo e Ectoparasitas de Interese Médico e Veterinário. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract
We report the first finding of Lymnaea cousini naturally infected with Fasciola hepatica in Ecuador. A sample of
70 snails was collected in April 2005 from a wetland located in a valley at approximately 3000 m a.s.l., near the
locality of Machachi, Pichincha Province. The prevalence of natural infection in L. cousini was 31.43%, which is
the highest value ever recorded for naturally infected lymnaeid species.
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