[Alaria alata (Trematoda: Alariidae)--the parasite of canines in the Byelorussian woodlands].

The canines have been investigated during 19 year (1980-1998) in the Belorussian Polesie in realtion to their infection with the trematode Alaria alata (Goeze, 1782). Four species of canines (Canis familiaris, C. lupus, Vulpes vulpes and Nyctereutes procyonoides) have been recorded as definitive hosts. A significance of meliorative channels as potentian foci of the alariasis infection is considered for the first time.