Prevalence of Trematodas Family Psilostomatidae Odhner,
E. A. Serbina
Abstract
The results of long-term investigations (1994-2003) of infectiousness of the first intermediate host (Bithyniidae snails) and final hosts (birds) of trematodas of Psilostomatidae Odhner, 1913 Family in the ecosystems of southern West Siberia are discussed. It is concluded that 14 bird species of five families (Anatidae, Rallidae, Laridae, Charadriidae and Scolopacidae) play the role of final hosts of trematodas (Psilostomatidae). Three mollusk species of the Bithyniidae Family play the role of the first intermediate hosts.
It is revealed that the representatives of Charadriiformes rarely are hosts of Psilostomatidae; they are likely to become the hosts only accidentally. Adult trematodas Psilochasmus oxyurus (
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