Department of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2024;1454:391-440. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-60121-7_11.
The trematodes are a species-rich group of parasites, with some estimates suggesting that there are more than 24,000 species. However, the complexities associated with their taxonomic status and nomenclature can hinder explorations of the biology of wildlife trematodes, including fundamental aspects such as host use, life cycle variation, pathology, and disease. In this chapter, we review work on selected trematodes of amphibians, birds, mammals, and their snail intermediate hosts, with the goal of providing a tool kit on how to study trematodes of wildlife. We provide a brief introduction to each group of wildlife trematodes, followed by some examples of the challenges each group of trematodes has relative to the goal of their identification and understanding of the biology and interactions these organisms have with their wildlife hosts.
吸虫是一类物种丰富的寄生虫，据估计，其种类超过 24000 种。然而，它们在分类地位和命名法方面的复杂性可能会阻碍对野生动物吸虫生物学的研究，包括宿主利用、生命周期变异、病理学和疾病等基本方面。在本章中，我们回顾了一些关于两栖动物、鸟类、哺乳动物及其蜗牛中间宿主的吸虫的研究工作，旨在提供一个研究野生动物吸虫的工具包。我们对每一组野生动物吸虫进行了简要介绍，然后介绍了每组吸虫在鉴定和理解其生物学和与野生动物宿主相互作用方面所面临的一些挑战。
