Oncomelania hupensis, Gredler, 1881

Yan, Wenguang, Dibo, Nouhoum, Cao, Yunchao, Peng, Wenfeng, Tang, Chongti & Huang, Shuaiqin, 2023, Exorchis sp. in the catfish Silurus asotus and Oncomelania hupensis in marshlands of Poyang Lake, China: A potential biological control tool for Schistosoma japonicum, International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 21, pp. 129-133 : 130-131

2.5. Laboratory examination of O. hupensis by shedding method

All the field-collected O. hupensis snails were placed individually into

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a tissue culture plate chamber containing 2 ml of clear de-chlorinated tap water, then covered and left under fluorescent light ( Tang et al., 2008; Li et al., 2020b). After 2 h, these snails were examined under a stereo light microscope. The infected snails were carefully isolated and the liberated cercariae were killed by Lugol’ s iodine solution and identified. All the field-collected snails were screened individually three times at one week interval for any patent trematode infection.