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Table 11.2
Disease associated with freshwater mollusca in India
Schistosomiasis
Intermediate host
Host
Trematode species
Distribution
Reported by
Ferrissia tenuis
Man, monkey
Schistosoma haematobium
(Bilharz)
Ratnagiri, Maharashtra
Gadgil and Shah ( 1952 )
Indoplanorbis exustus
Horse, donkey, camel, sheep, goat,
cattle, buffaloes, zebra, antelope
Schistosoma indicum
Montgomery
Throughout India
Dutta and Srivastava ( 1955 )
Lymnaea luteola
Dog, pig, cat, sheep, goat, rabbit,
guinea pig, rat
Schistosoma incognitum
Chandler
Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,
Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal
Dutta and Srivastava ( 1955 )
f.australis, f. succinea, f. ovalis
Indoplanorbis exustus, Lymnaea
luteola, Lymnaea acuminata
Buffaloes, bandicoot, cattle, goat,
guinea pig
Schistosoma spindle
Montgomery
Throughout India
Dutta and Srivastava ( 1955 )
Indoplanorbis exustus, Lymnaea
luteola
Cat, buffalo, goat
Schistosoma nasale
Rao
Throughout India
Dutta and Srivastava ( 1955 )
Lymnaea luteola
Buffaloes, rabbit guinea pig, mouse
Orientobilharzia dattai
(Dutta
and Srivastava)
Bareilly (UP)
Dutta and Srivastava ( 1955 )
Lymnaea auricularia, Lymnaea
acuminata rufescens
Cattle, buffalo, goat, horse, donkey,
mule, camel
Orientobilharzia turkestanicum
(Skrjabin)
Kashmir
Dutta and Srivastava ( 1955 )
Amphistomiasis
Bithynia
( Dignostoma
)
pulchella
( Benson
), Lymnaea
auricularia Lymnaea luteola
Highly pathogenic to man, pig
Gastrodiscoides hominis
Throughout India
Mukherjee and Chauhan ( 1965 )
Indoplanorbis exustus
Gyraulus convexiusculus
Paragonimiasis
Terebia granifera, Melanoides
tuberculata
Brain, spinal cord and other organs of
man, cat, dog, fox, pig, goat, cattle
Paragonimus
spp .
Various part of India
Mukherjee and Chauhan ( 1965 )
Diseases: Jackson epilepsy,
Eosinophilic meningitis and other
nervous diseases
B. Tripathy and A. Mukhopadhayay