''Calicophoron daubneyi'' is a species of
digenetic
Digenea (Gr. ''Dis'' – double, ''Genos'' – race) is a class of trematodes in the Platyhelminthes phylum, consisting of parasitic flatworms (known as ''flukes'') with a syncytial tegument and, usually, two suckers, one ventral and one oral ...
trematode in the family
Paramphistomidae.
The parasite is commonly found infecting cattle, sheep and goats in
France,
Spain,
Portugal,
Italy,
United Kingdom,
Republic of Ireland,
Belgium,
Netherlands and
Germany.
Hosts
* Intermediate hosts include ''
Galba truncatula'' or ''
Omphiscola glabra
''Omphiscola glabra'' (Synonym: Stagnicola glaber (O. F. Müller, 1774)) is a species of small to medium-size, air-breathing, freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae.Glöer P. (2002). Überfamilie Lym ...
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* Final hosts include Sheep, Goats and Cattle.
[Díaz P. et al. (2007). "Risk periods of infection by ''Calicophoron daubneyi'' (Digenea:Paramphistomidae) in cattle from oceanic climate areas". '']Parasitology Research
''Parasitology Research'', formerly known as ''Zeitschrift für Parasitenkunde'' (German for ''Journal for Parasite Study'') is a journal founded by Albrecht Hase (born March 16th, 1882, died November 20th, 1962), a German entomologist and par ...
'' 101(2): 339-342. .
References
Digenea
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