| distribution of freshwater snails in family-based vac ponds and associated waterbodies with special reference to intermediate hosts of fish-borne zoonotic trematodes in nam dinh province, vietnam. | fish-borne zoonotic trematodes, such as clonorchis sinensis, heterophyids and others, constitute a public health concern in parts of northern vietnam and infections with these trematodes are often thought to be linked to fish culture. one common fish culture system is the integrated fish-livestock (vac) ponds where individual households have 1 or more ponds. fish fry, mainly of various carp species, produced in hatcheries, not necessarily local, are introduced into nursery ponds and after approx ... | 2010 | 20457118 |
| occurrence of a blood group a-like substance in eggs of the prosobranch snail pomacea canaliculata. | in the eggs of the prosobranch snails pomacea canaliculata and pomacea insularum a blood group a-like substance has been detected by anti-a from the snails helix pomatia, helix aspersa and cepaea nemoralis. | 1976 | 815102 |
| the identity, distribution, and impacts of non-native apple snails in the continental united states. | since the mid 1990s populations of non-native apple snails (ampullariidae) have been discovered with increasing frequency in the continental united states. given the dramatic effects that introduced apple snails have had on both natural habitats and agricultural areas in southeast asia, their introduction to the mainland u.s. is cause for concern. we combine phylogenetic analyses of mtdna sequences with examination of introduced populations and museum collections to clarify the identities, intro ... | 2007 | 17594487 |
| the occurrence of the rat lungworm, angiostrongylus cantonensis, in nonindigenous snails in the gulf of mexico region of the united states. | nonindigenous apple snails, pomacea maculata (formerly pomacea insularum), are currently spreading rapidly through the southeastern united states. this mollusk serves as an intermediate host of the rat lungworm parasite (angiostrongylus cantonensis), which can cause eosinophilic meningitis in humans who consume infected mollusks. a pcr-based detection assay was used to test nonindigenous apple snails for the rat lungworm parasite in louisiana, texas, mississippi, and florida. only apple snails o ... | 2013 | 23901374 |