A dangerous species of liver fluke has been found in Southern California around the Colorado River, scientists report.
An invasive, dog-killing parasite is now lurking in Southern California. In new research this week, scientists say they’ve confirmed the newfound spread of the flatworm Heterobilharzia americana to the area. The parasite is not thought to be a danger to humans, but it could become an emerging threat to pets and animals living along the lengthy Colorado River, the researchers say. H. americana is one of many worm species nicknamed the liver fluke.
They went to regions of the river where dog cases had likely occurred and collected samples of snails that they took back to their lab, hoping to catch some worms right as they were about to be shed from the snails. “It was kind of like looking for a needle in a haystack, since we were trying to pick up snails that had been infected around three weeks earlier...And when we saw , we were all jumping up and down excited taking pictures. It was a thrilling moment for us,” Dillman told Gizmodo.
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