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<p>1,024 individuals of <italic>Hydrobioides nassa</italic> were collected from 12 different localities in eight provinces from north, west, and central regions of Thailand. The infection of parasitic trematodes was investigated using shedding and crushing methods to search for cercariae and metacercariae. Trematode infection was found at a relatively low prevalence of 5.57%. Five different morphological types of cercariae were detected; xiphidio, monostome, mutabile, ophthalmoxiphidio, and microcercous, and three different morphological types of unknown metacercariae were observed. Microcercous cercariae of the lung fluke genus <italic>Paragonimus</italic> is reported here for the first time in a bithyniid snail. Our current finding show that <italic>H. nassa</italic> can serve as intermediate host for a range of parasitic trematodes in Thailand.</p></abstract>

1,024 individuals of Hydrobioides nassa were collected from 12 different localities in eight provinces from north, west, and central regions of Thailand. The infection of parasitic trematodes was investigated using shedding and crushing methods to search for cercariae and metacercariae. Trematode infection was found at a relatively low prevalence of 5.57%. Five different morphological types of cercariae were detected; xiphidio, monostome, mutabile, ophthalmoxiphidio, and microcercous, and three different morphological types of unknown metacercariae were observed. Microcercous cercariae of the lung fluke genus Paragonimus is reported here for the first time in a bithyniid snail. Our current finding show that H. nassa can serve as intermediate host for a range of parasitic trematodes in Thailand.

Trematode infection in a freshwater snail <italic>Hydrobioides nassa</italic> (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae) in Thailand

Helminthologia

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Trematode infection in a freshwater snail  (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae) in Thailand

1,024 individuals of Hydrobioides nassa were collected from 12 different localities in eight provinces from north, west, and central regions of Thailand. The...

Trematode infection in a freshwater snail Hydrobioides nassa (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae) in Thailand

Article Category: Research Note

Published Online: May 04, 2022

Page range: 111 - 116

Received: Nov 25, 2021

Accepted: Mar 19, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2022-0010

Keywords
Bithyniid, parasitic trematode, cercariae, shedding methods, crushing methods

© 2022 S. Tapdara, N. Bunchom, W. Pilap, C. Tantrawatpan, W. Saijuntha, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Trematode infection in a freshwater snail Hydrobioides nassa (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae) in Thailand

Article Category: Research Note

Published Online: May 04, 2022

Page range: 111 - 116

Received: Nov 25, 2021

Accepted: Mar 19, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2022-0010

KeywordsBithyniid, parasitic trematode, cercariae, shedding methods, crushing methods

© 2022 S. Tapdara, N. Bunchom, W. Pilap, C. Tantrawatpan, W. Saijuntha, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Bithyniid, parasitic trematode, cercariae, shedding methods, crushing methods