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A parasite called Heterobilharzia americana, a flatworm commonly referred to as liver fluke, was behind the illness of the 11 dogs. The parasite normally makes its home in Texas and in the South ...
Some of the symptoms of Heterobilharzia Americana include a dog losing weight and vomiting. The disease is transmitted by the host (snails), and can be dangerous to dogs, horses and other mammals.
Heterobilharzia is a genus of trematodes in the family Schistosomatidae. [1] The species Heterobilharzia Americana is a parasite of the Southeastern United States and typically found in raccoons. Species of this genus are responsible for Schistosoma in canines. Cercariae found in freshwater may also cause Swimmer's itch in humans.
A group of scientists from UC Riverside confirmed the presence of Heterobilharzia americana — a flatworm known as liver fluke — along the banks of the Colorado River in Southern California.
The eggs of these parasites were first described by Theodor Bilharz, a German pathologist working in Egypt in 1851 who found the eggs during the course of an autopsy. He wrote two letters to his former teacher Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold in May and August 1851 describing his findings. von Siebold wrote a paper (published in 1852) summarizing ...
Intestinal fluke - Nanophyetus salmincola, Alaria alata, Alaria canis, Heterobilharzia americana; Paragonimus - Lung flukes in dogs and cats. Paramphistome - AKA Amphistomes, Rumen flukes, Conical flukes. Disease in ruminants. Schistosomiasis - Disease in horses and ruminants
Parasitic bronchitis, also known as hoose, husk, or verminous bronchitis, [1] is a disease of sheep, cattle, goats, [2] and swine caused by the presence of various species of parasite, commonly known as lungworms, [3] in the bronchial tubes or in the lungs. It is marked by cough, dyspnea, anorexia and constipation.
Schistosomiasis is spread by contact with fresh water contaminated with parasites. [5] These parasites are released from infected freshwater snails. [5] The disease is especially common among children in underdeveloped and developing countries because they are more likely to play in contaminated water. [5]