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ArticleVeterinary research communications2025

New record of the cercariae of liver fluke (Opisthorchis sp.) (Digenea: Opisthorchiidae) from Gabbia kiusiuensis (S. Hirase, 1927) (Caenogastropoda: Bithyniidae) in Shiga prefecture, Japan.

Shin Kubo, Shigefumi Kanao, Karin Tsuchida, Misako Urabe

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Shin KuboGraduate School of Environmental Science, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Shiga, Japan.
Shigefumi KanaoLake Biwa Museum, Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan.
Karin TsuchidaSustainable Design for the Global Environmental Infrastructure (Ueda Memorial Foundation), Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Misako UrabeFaculty of Environmental Science, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Shiga, Japan. urabe@ses.usp.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3546-4035

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Abstract

We investigated two species of bithyniid snails, Gabbia kiusiuensis and Parafossarulus manchouricus japonicus, in Shiga Prefecture, Japan, between 2021 and 2024, to evaluate their infections with cercariae of trematodes. A type of parapleurolophocercous cercariae was detected in G. kiusiuensis from a locality near Lake Biwa. 28S rDNA and cox1 sequence analyses revealed that these cercariae probably belong to the genus Opisthorchis Blanchard, 1895. This is the first record of this genus in snails in Japan. Species of Opisthorchis can be pathogenic to mammals and birds, but the actual pathogenicity of the present species remains unknown. The recent spread of G. kiusiuensis in Japan could lead to cases of liver fluke infections.

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CercariaOpisthorchisSnailsAnimalsJapanPhylogenyRNA, Ribosomal, 28SRNA, Ribosomal, 28SBithyniid snailFirst intermediate hostFreshwater habitatLiver fluke

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