Amphistome Infection and Species Diversity of Freshwater Snails Collected from Selected Wildlife Drinking Water Sources in Matebeleland Region of Zimbabwe.

Madeline Siyazisiwe Sibula, Mokgadi Pulane Malatji, Cosmas Nyahunda, Samson Mukaratirwa

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Article in Veterinary sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Morphological and molecular identification of amphistomes of wild ruminants from selected conservancies of Matebeleland region of Zimbabwe.International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2025
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Madeline Siyazisiwe SibulaSchool of Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban 4001, South Africa.

Mokgadi Pulane MalatjiSchool of Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban 4001, South Africa.

Cosmas NyahundaDepartment of Applied Biology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Applied Science, National University of Science and Technology, Bulawayo P.O. Box AC939, Zimbabwe.

Samson MukaratirwaSchool of Life Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville Campus, Durban 4001, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-6843-1497

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This study aimed at determining the identity of freshwater snails collected from selected water habitats frequented by wildlife as source of drinking water in the Matebeleland region of Zimbabwe and further screening the identified snails for natural infections with amphistomes using PCR. A total of 487 freshwater snails were collected from six areas in the Matebeleland region of Zimbabwe for identification and screening of amphistome infection. Eight freshwater snail species were morphologically identified and

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amphistomesdiversitygastropodsidentificationmolecular detectionZimbabwe

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PMID38787183

DOI10.3390/vetsci11050211

PMCPMC11125948

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