ECOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF TERRESTRIAL MOLLUSKS OF THE INTERMEDIATE HOST PROTOSTRONGYLUS SPP.

Abstract

This paper presents the results of studies of the population of land mollusks of different biotopes, depending on the relief features of the area and the infestation of mollusks with larvae of pulmonary nematodes. The infestation of mollusks with Protostrongylidae larvae in the steppe zone was only 338, including 160 mollusks with Protostrongylus spp. (13.3%) from the number of 1200 mollusks studied. The number of infected mollusks with Protostrongylidae larvae in areas around water bodies was only 535 specimens, including 192 specimens with Protostrongylus spp. larvae (16.3%), in woodlands this figure was 350 specimens with Protostrongylidae larvae, including 130 with Protostrongylus spp. larvae (13.0%). In lowland meadows was 400 copies of mollusks with Protostrongylidae larvae, and 180 copies with Protostrongylus spp. larvae (13.8%). A high percentage of shellfish infected with the larvae of Protostrongylus spp. set in rural pastures 440 (21.0%). A relatively high percentage of infestation in mollusks in areas around reservoirs is 5 specimens per 1 mollusk. The intensity of invasion (II) is the highest in mollusks uncovered in presell pastures and amounted to 9 larval specimens; the lowest intensity of invasion in woodland mollusks is 1 specimen per 1 mollusk.