Klara Hanefeld Egeriis

CNS migration of Diplostomum pseudospathaceum in rainbow trout: neuro-immunological interactions

Abstract Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss serves as second intermediate host to the eyefluke Diplostomum pseudospathaceum , which resides as the metacercarial stage in the fish lens. The parasite uses a fish-eating bird as the definitive host and a pulmonate lymnaeid snail as fi...