Seasonal transmission of Fasciola hepatica in Montana, USA, with detection of infected intermediate hosts using a DNA-based assay

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 65, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 297-305

  Rognlie, Matthew C ^a   Dimke, Kristi L ^a   Potts, Robert S ^a,b   Knapp, Stuart E ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cashmere goats; Experimental infection; Fasciola hepatica; Liver fluke; Lymnaea bulimoides; Lymnaea modicella; Natural infection; Snail intermediate host; Tracer sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; GOAT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; SNAIL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; LYMNAEA; MALE; MONTANA; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GASTROPODA; HEPATICA; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA BULIMOIDES; LYMNAEIDAE; MODICELLA; OVIS ARIES; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS;

EID: 0030601756     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)00957-0     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Boyce, W.M., and Courtney, C.H., 1990. Seasonal transmission of Fasciola hepatica in north central Florida (U.S.A.) Int. J. Parasitol., 20: 695-696.
2. Briskey, D.W., Scroggs, M.G., and Hurtig, F.S., 1994. A prevalence survey of liver flukes (Distoma) in beef cows at slaughter in the western United States. Agri-Practice, 15 (4): 8-11.
3. Cooper, J.G., 1868. The shells of Montana. Amer. Naturalist, 2: 486-487.
4. Craig, T.M., and Bell, R.R., 1978. Seasonal transmission of liver flukes to cattle in the Texas Gulf Coast. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc., 173: 104-107.
5. Dunkel, A.M., Rognlie, M.C., Johnson, G.R., and Knapp, S.E., 1996. Distribution of potential intermediate hosts for Fasciola hepatica and Fascioloides magna in Montana, USA. Vet. Parasitol., 62: 63-70.
6. Hoover, R.C., Lincoln, S.D., Hall, R.F., and Wescott, R., 1984. Seasonal transmission of Fasciola hepatica to cattle in northwestern United States. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc., 184: 695-698.
7. Kaplan, R.M., Dame, J.B., Reddy, G.R., and Courtney, C.H., 1995. A repetitive DNA probe for the sensitive detection of Fasciola hepatica infected snails. Int. J. Parasitol., 25: 601-610.
8. Kendall, S.B., 1965. Relationships between the species of Fasciola and their molluscan hosts. Adv. Parasitol., 3: 59-98.
9. Knapp, S.E., Dunkel, A.M., Han, K., and Zimmerman, L.A., 1992. Epizootiology of fascioliasis in Montana. Vet. Parasitol., 42: 241-246.
10. Lang, B.Z., 1977. Snail and mammalian hosts for Fasciola hepatica in eastern Washington. J. Parasitol., 63: 938-939.
11. Laursen, J.R., and Stromberg, B.E., 1993. Fascioloides magna intermediate hosts: habitat preferences and infection parameters. J. Parasitol., 79 (6; Suppl.): 302.
12. Leathers, C.W., Foreyt, W.J., Fetcher, A., and Foreyt, K.M., 1982. Clinical fascioliasis in domestic goats in Montana. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc., 180: 1451-1454.
13. Lindsay, M.G., 1979. Dynamics of Fasciola hepatica infected snail populations in south Louisiana. Ph.D. Thesis, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
14. Malone, J.B., Loyacano, A.F., Hugh-Jones, M.E. and Corkum, K.C., 1984. A three-year study on seasonal transmission and control of Fasciola hepatica of cattle in Louisiana. Prev. Vet. Med., 3: 131-141.
15. Ollerenshaw, C.B., 1959. The ecology of the liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica). Vet. Rec., 71: 957-965.
16. Olsen, O.W., 1944. Bionomics of the lymnacid snail, Stagnicola bulimoides techella, the intermediate host of the liver fluke in southern Texas. J. Agr. Res., 69: 389-403.
17. Rognlie, M.C., Dimke, K.L. and Knapp, S.E., 1994. Detection of Fasciola hepatica in infected intermediate hosts using RT-PCR. J. Parasitol., 80: 748-755.
18. Shaw, J.N. and Simms, B.T., 1929. Galba bulimoides Lea an intermediate host of Fasciola hepatica in Oregon. Science, 69: 357.
19. Sinitsin, D., 1929. Rediae and cercariae of Fasciola hepatica found in water snails, Galba bulimoides techella. J. Parasitol., 15: 222.
20. Wilson, G.I. and Samson, K.S., 1971. The incidence of fascioliasis of sheep and cattle in the southwest with observations on the snail vectors. Proc. Helminthol. Soc. Wash., 38: 52-56.