The importance of various species of molluscs – second intermediate hosts – in maintaining the circulation of polychostal species of trematodes in the water bodies of the Ukrainian Polissya

• Published in: Bìologìčnì studìï Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 143 - 156
• Main Author: Zhytova, Olena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Львівський національний університет імені Івана Франка 01.06.2025
• Subjects: extensive infection; metacercariae; molluscs; second intermediate host; trematode fauna
• ISSN: 1996-4536; 2311-0783
• DOI: 10.30970/sbi.1902.825

Background. The paper considers the importance of various species of molluscs as second intermediate hosts in the circulation of polyhostal species of trematodes in the Ukrainian Polissya. It was found that the metacercariae of trematodes are concentrated mainly in the most abundant individuals both...