LIFE CYCLE OF THE TREMATODE ECHINOCHASMUS SPINOSUS ODHNER, 1911 (ECHINOSTOMATIDAE) IN THE NATURAL CONDITIONS OF PRIMORYE

Besprozvannykh V.V.

Parazitologiya 2011; 45(2): 114-119

Life cycle and developmental stages of the trematode Echinochasmus spinosus Odhner, 1911 are described. As it was established experimentally, in the conditions of Primorsky Krai circulation of the trematode involves first intermediate host, mollusk Parafossarulus spiridonovi, and the second one, freshwater fishes. Adult worms were reared in chicken.