Ribeiroia - Wikipedia
Ribeiroia (/ raɪˈbɪəriːə /) is a genus of trematode parasites that sequentially infect freshwater snails in the family Planorbidae (ramshorn snails) as first intermediate hosts, fish and larval amphibians as second intermediate hosts, and birds and mammals as definitive hosts (see § …
Parasite Creating Deformed Frogs in Western U.S. - National …
2011年8月3日 · A flatworm parasite called Ribeiroia ondatrae infects several species of frogs just as they're developing their limbs, causing an assortment of defects such as no legs or even multiple legs that...
Ribeiroia ondatrae - Wikipedia
Ribeiroia ondatrae, or the frog-mutating flatworm is a parasite in the genus Ribeiroia which is believed to be responsible for many of the recent increases in amphibian limb malformations, particularly missing, malformed, and additional hind legs.
Researchers Battle Parasite-Driven Frog Deformities - PBS
2011年10月25日 · The main culprit is a parasite, or flatworm, called Ribeiroia ondatrae, according to Johnson. “This parasite, this tiny little invertebrate, is manipulating frogs and changes body plans to...
Pictures: U.S. Frogs Deformed by Parasite Infections - National …
2011年8月3日 · The deformities are caused by a flatworm parasite called Ribeiroia ondatrae, which infects several species of frogs just as they're developing their limbs. Infections trigger an assortment of...
Aquatic Parasite Observatory
Review of the trematode genus Ribeiroia (Psilostomidae): ecology, life history and pathogenesis with special emphasis on the amphibian malformation problem. Advances in Parasitology, Vol. 57, p. 191-253.
Amphibian deformities and Ribeiroia infection: an emerging ...
2003年8月1日 · Recent evidence from field and laboratory studies has implicated infection by a digenetic trematode – Ribeiroia ondatrae – as an important cause of such deformities. Ribeiroia spp. have a complex life cycle involving planorbid snails, amphibians and water birds.
Review of the Trematode Genus Ribeiroia (Psilostomidae
2004年2月1日 · Although rarely pathogenic in definitive hosts, Ribeiroia infection can cause severe pathology and mortality in snails and amphibians. This group of parasites has gained notoriety for its...
Review of the trematode genus Ribeiroia (Psilostomidae ... - PubMed
Trematodes in the genus Ribeiroia have an indirect life cycle involving planorbid snails as first intermediate hosts, fishes or amphibians as second intermediate hosts and birds or mammals as definitive hosts. Although rarely pathogenic in definitive hosts, Ribeiroia infection can cause severe patho ….
Generalized life cycle of Ribeiroia ondatrae. Clockwise from the …
Here, we examined the longevity and activity of cercariae from four different freshwater trematodes ( Ribeiroia ondatrae , Echinostoma sp., Cephalogonimus sp. and an unidentified strigeid-type ...
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