Fascioliasis in Llama, Lama glama, in Andean Endemic Areas: Experimental Transmission Capacity by the High Altitude Snail Vector Galba truncatula and Epidemiological Analysis of Its Reservoir Role
South American camelids are definitive hosts of Fasciola hepatica. However, their capacity to participate in the transmission and epidemiology of fascioliasis has never been appropriately studied. Therefore, an F. hepatica isolate from Argentine llama is for the first time analyzed using Galba trunc...
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| author | Mas-Coma, Santiago Cafrune Wierna, María Mercedes Funatsu, Ilra Renata Mangold, Atilio José Angles, Rene Buchon, Paola Fantozzi, Maria Cecilia Artigas, Patricio Valero, Maria Adela Bargues, Maria Dolores |
| author_browse | Angles, Rene Artigas, Patricio Bargues, Maria Dolores Buchon, Paola Cafrune Wierna, María Mercedes Fantozzi, Maria Cecilia Funatsu, Ilra Renata Mangold, Atilio José Mas-Coma, Santiago Valero, Maria Adela |
| author_facet | Mas-Coma, Santiago Cafrune Wierna, María Mercedes Funatsu, Ilra Renata Mangold, Atilio José Angles, Rene Buchon, Paola Fantozzi, Maria Cecilia Artigas, Patricio Valero, Maria Adela Bargues, Maria Dolores |
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| description | South American camelids are definitive hosts of Fasciola hepatica. However, their capacity to participate in the transmission and epidemiology of fascioliasis has never been appropriately studied. Therefore, an F. hepatica isolate from Argentine llama is for the first time analyzed using Galba truncatula lymnaeids from Bolivia. Experimental follow-up studies included egg embryogenesis, miracidial infection of lymnaeid snails, intramolluscan larval development, cercarial production, chronobiology of cercarial shedding, vector survival to infection, and metacercarial infectivity of mammal host. Shorter prepatent and patent periods were leading to markedly lower cercarial production, shorter cercarial shedding, and a higher negative impact on snail survival. The usually low liver fluke prevalences and intensities and low daily fecal outputs indicate that llamas do not substantially contribute to fascioliasis transmission. The defecating behavior in dung piles far from freshwater collections prevents lymnaeid infection by eggs shed by this camelid. All results suggest the reservoir role of the llama to be negligible and, therefore, no priority within control measures in endemic areas. However, llamas may play a disease-spreading role if used as pack animals in rural areas. In the Northern Bolivian Altiplano human hyperendemic area, neither llamas nor alpacas should be considered for control measures within a One Health action. |
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| spelling | INTA102912021-09-17T14:19:07Z Fascioliasis in Llama, Lama glama, in Andean Endemic Areas: Experimental Transmission Capacity by the High Altitude Snail Vector Galba truncatula and Epidemiological Analysis of Its Reservoir Role Mas-Coma, Santiago Cafrune Wierna, María Mercedes Funatsu, Ilra Renata Mangold, Atilio José Angles, Rene Buchon, Paola Fantozzi, Maria Cecilia Artigas, Patricio Valero, Maria Adela Bargues, Maria Dolores Llama Enfermedades de los Animales Fascíolosis Vectores Fasciola hepatica Epidemiología Llamas Animal Diseases Fasciolasis Vectors Epidemiology Lama glama Galba truncatula Región Andina South American camelids are definitive hosts of Fasciola hepatica. However, their capacity to participate in the transmission and epidemiology of fascioliasis has never been appropriately studied. Therefore, an F. hepatica isolate from Argentine llama is for the first time analyzed using Galba truncatula lymnaeids from Bolivia. Experimental follow-up studies included egg embryogenesis, miracidial infection of lymnaeid snails, intramolluscan larval development, cercarial production, chronobiology of cercarial shedding, vector survival to infection, and metacercarial infectivity of mammal host. Shorter prepatent and patent periods were leading to markedly lower cercarial production, shorter cercarial shedding, and a higher negative impact on snail survival. The usually low liver fluke prevalences and intensities and low daily fecal outputs indicate that llamas do not substantially contribute to fascioliasis transmission. The defecating behavior in dung piles far from freshwater collections prevents lymnaeid infection by eggs shed by this camelid. All results suggest the reservoir role of the llama to be negligible and, therefore, no priority within control measures in endemic areas. However, llamas may play a disease-spreading role if used as pack animals in rural areas. In the Northern Bolivian Altiplano human hyperendemic area, neither llamas nor alpacas should be considered for control measures within a One Health action. EEA Salta Fil: Mas-Coma, Santiago. Universidad de Valencia. Facultad de Farmacia. Departamento de Parasitologia; España Fil: Cafrune Wierna, María Mercedes. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Salta; Argentina Fil: Funatsu, Ilra Renata. Universidad de Valencia. Facultad de Farmacia. Departamento de Parasitologia; España Fil: Mangold, Atilio Jose. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina. Fil: Angles, Rene. Universidad Mayor de San Andrés. Facultad de Medicina. Cátedra de Parasitología; Bolivia Fil: Buchon, Paola. Universidad Mayor de San Andrés. Instituto de Ecología. Unidad de Limnología; Bolivia Fil: Fantozzi, Maria Cecilia. Universidad de Valencia. Facultad de Farmacia. Departamento de Parasitologia; España Fil: Artigas, Patricio. Universidad de Valencia. Facultad de Farmacia. Departamento de Parasitologia; España Fil: Valero, Maria Adela. Universidad de Valencia. Facultad de Farmacia. Departamento de Parasitologia; España Fil: Bargues, Maria Dolores. Universidad de Valencia. Facultad de Farmacia. Departamento de Parasitologia; España 2021-09-17T14:06:35Z 2021-09-17T14:06:35Z 2021-09 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/10291 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/9/2693 2076-2615 https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11092693 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf MDPI Animals 11 (9) : 2693. (September 2021) |
| spellingShingle | Llama Enfermedades de los Animales Fascíolosis Vectores Fasciola hepatica Epidemiología Llamas Animal Diseases Fasciolasis Vectors Epidemiology Lama glama Galba truncatula Región Andina Mas-Coma, Santiago Cafrune Wierna, María Mercedes Funatsu, Ilra Renata Mangold, Atilio José Angles, Rene Buchon, Paola Fantozzi, Maria Cecilia Artigas, Patricio Valero, Maria Adela Bargues, Maria Dolores Fascioliasis in Llama, Lama glama, in Andean Endemic Areas: Experimental Transmission Capacity by the High Altitude Snail Vector Galba truncatula and Epidemiological Analysis of Its Reservoir Role |
| title | Fascioliasis in Llama, Lama glama, in Andean Endemic Areas: Experimental Transmission Capacity by the High Altitude Snail Vector Galba truncatula and Epidemiological Analysis of Its Reservoir Role |
| title_full | Fascioliasis in Llama, Lama glama, in Andean Endemic Areas: Experimental Transmission Capacity by the High Altitude Snail Vector Galba truncatula and Epidemiological Analysis of Its Reservoir Role |
| title_fullStr | Fascioliasis in Llama, Lama glama, in Andean Endemic Areas: Experimental Transmission Capacity by the High Altitude Snail Vector Galba truncatula and Epidemiological Analysis of Its Reservoir Role |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fascioliasis in Llama, Lama glama, in Andean Endemic Areas: Experimental Transmission Capacity by the High Altitude Snail Vector Galba truncatula and Epidemiological Analysis of Its Reservoir Role |
| title_short | Fascioliasis in Llama, Lama glama, in Andean Endemic Areas: Experimental Transmission Capacity by the High Altitude Snail Vector Galba truncatula and Epidemiological Analysis of Its Reservoir Role |
| title_sort | fascioliasis in llama lama glama in andean endemic areas experimental transmission capacity by the high altitude snail vector galba truncatula and epidemiological analysis of its reservoir role |
| topic | Llama Enfermedades de los Animales Fascíolosis Vectores Fasciola hepatica Epidemiología Llamas Animal Diseases Fasciolasis Vectors Epidemiology Lama glama Galba truncatula Región Andina |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/10291 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/9/2693 https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11092693 |
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