Rearing of Lymnaea columella (Say, 1817), intermediate host of Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Souza, Cecília Pereira de; Magalhães, Kelly Grace

doi:10.1590/s0074-02762000000500023

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“…Snails -Snails measuring 3-8 mm, collected in Belo Horizonte and reared in the laboratory of Malacology of the Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou (CPqRR) (Souza & Magalhães 2000) were used for the infections.…”

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Aspects of the Maintenance of the Life Cycle of Fasciola hepatica in Lymnaea columella in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Souza¹,

Magalhães²,

Passos³

et al. 2002

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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Aspects of the Maintenance of the Life Cycle of Fasciola hepatica in Lymnaea columella in Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Passos³

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“…Only a few experimental works have been conducted to study the life history of P. columella under laboratory conditions (León-Dancel, 1970;Souza, & Magalhães, 2000), and in all of them, snails were reared and maintained under very different conditions of temperature, food, substratum, photoperiod, etc. As was already stated, growth, fecundity, fertility and survival are affected by these variables (Islam et al, 2001), and therefore, the comparison of the results presented here with that of the other published data is very difficult.…”

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Efecto de la espirulina (Arthrospira platensis) (Oscillatoriales: Cyanobacteria) en la cría experimental de Pseudosuccinea columella (Basommatophora: Lymnaeidae)

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Pujadas

Wisnivesky‐Colli

2015

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Snails of the family Lymnaeidae, as Pseudosuccinea columella, are the intermediate hosts of Fasciola hepatica, the causative agent of fasciolosis in human and livestock all over the world. A thorough knowledge of snail biology is essential for describing the transmission dynamics and for controlling this disease. Since food quality has had a significant effect on snail growth, fecundity and fertility, in this study we evaluated the use of spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) as a food resource for the artificial breeding of P. columella, an invasive snail and the main intermediate host of F. hepatica in Northeastern Argentina. The main purpose was to measure the effect of spirulina on fitness parameters such as survival rate, growth rate, size at first reproduction, lifetime fecundity and viable offspring. A total of 20 676 newly-laid F 2 eggs were used; half of them were fed with lettuce (treatment L) and the other half with lettuce plus spirulina (treatment L+S). In comparison with P. columella snails fed only with lettuce, we found that P. columella fed with lettuce plus spirulina: 1) showed higher survival rates, 2) grew faster and showed higher growth increments, 3) attained sexual maturity earlier in time (L+S:60 days vs. L:120 days) and at a smaller size (L+S:4.8mm vs. L:8.2mm), 4) had a longer reproductive period (L+S:150 days vs. L:90 days), 5) produced a higher number of eggs/snail (L+S:29.6 vs. L:13.3), and 6) showed a higher offspring hatching rate (L+S:70% vs. L:40%). The supplementation of P. columella diet with commercial spirulina enhances it fitness and improved the artificial breeding of this species. Spirulina may have a direct positive effect on P. columella development by consuming it, along with an indirect positive effect by improving the water quality. This rearing technique provided large number of reproducing adults and a continuous production of offspring, which are essential for developing future experimental studies in order to improve our knowledge on P. columella biology. Rev. Biol. Trop. 63 (2): 479-489. Epub 2015 June 01.

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“…The snails were killed at different times of infections (1, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20, and 34 days). The specimens of L. columella, measuring approximately 3-5 mm length, were reared and kept at the Snail Rearing of Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-Fiocruz, according to Souza and Magalhães (2000). F. hepatica adult worms were frozen and kept at -70°C.…”

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Detection of Lymnaea columella infection by Fasciola hepatica through Multiplex-PCR

Magalhães

Passos

Carvalho

2004

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

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Rearing of Lymnaea columella (Say, 1817), intermediate host of Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cited by 8 publications

References 9 publications

Aspects of the Maintenance of the Life Cycle of Fasciola hepatica in Lymnaea columella in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Aspects of the Maintenance of the Life Cycle of Fasciola hepatica in Lymnaea columella in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Efecto de la espirulina (Arthrospira platensis) (Oscillatoriales: Cyanobacteria) en la cría experimental de Pseudosuccinea columella (Basommatophora: Lymnaeidae)

Detection of Lymnaea columella infection by Fasciola hepatica through Multiplex-PCR

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