GALBA TRUNCATULA INDUCED TO INFECTION WITH MIRACIDIA OF FASCIOLA HEPATICA, COLLECTED IN HUAYLLAPAMPA, SAN JERÓNIMO, CUSCO, PERU

Authors

  • Paul Iturbe Espinoza Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas. Centro de Investigaciones Parasitológicas Regionales Inka-CIPRI Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad de Cusco Av. La Cultura 733 Cusco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1313-5532
  • Flavia Muñiz Pareja Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas. Centro de Investigaciones Parasitológicas Regionales Inka-CIPRI Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad de Cusco Av. La Cultura 733 Cusco https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5556-7686

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2012621010

Keywords:

culture, Fasciola hepatica, Galba truncatula, infection, miracidium

Abstract

Galba truncatula snails were obtained from January to April 2011, from a sub urban biotope (Huayllapampa) district of San Jeronimo, Cusco, Peru, and considered hyperendemic. They were grown in an aquatic environment. They were experimentally infected (n= 215) with miracidia of Fasciola hepatica. The eggs were obtained from the gallbladder and bile ducts of three sheep with fasciolosis, screened and washed in boiled water cooled to incubate at a constant temperature of 26°C. The resulting collection of snails had an abundance of catch per unit effort of 150/h. Shells ranged between: 3.5 to 7.0 mm long, 2.2 to 3.6 mm in width. A survival 75.81%, of which 71.78% showed infection with F. hepatica was noted.

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Published

2012-12-12

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Iturbe Espinoza, P., & Muñiz Pareja, F. (2012). GALBA TRUNCATULA INDUCED TO INFECTION WITH MIRACIDIA OF FASCIOLA HEPATICA, COLLECTED IN HUAYLLAPAMPA, SAN JERÓNIMO, CUSCO, PERU. Neotropical Helminthology, 6(2), 211–217. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh2012621010

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