Cracking the Code of Snails to Elucidate Parasite Disease Transmission

Mitogenomic characterisation of non-native freshwater snails in Australia: Implications for biosecurity and trematode vector surveillance

T Sukee, SB Sumanam, ZY Chen, JE Hodgkinson, N Wiedemar, BL Webster, WF Ponder, BCH Chang, RB Gasser, AV Koehler, ND Young

2026-12-01

Freshwater snails play essential roles in the transmission of trematode parasites that affect humans, livestock and wildlife. Aust..

A practical miracidial motility assay for assessing Fasciola hepatica sensitivity to compounds in vitro

M Zheng, AC Taki, T Sukee, J Hodgkinson, TW Spithill, RB Gasser, ND Young

2026-04-01

Fasciola hepatica causes fasciolosis in livestock and humans worldwide, yet reliable tools to assess drug efficacy against the ear..

Intermediate host recognition abilities of Fasciola hepatica miracidia

N Sharma, T Sukee, SF Cummins, BL Webster, WF Ponder, AV Koehler, ND Young

2025-12-01

Background: Fasciola hepatica, the causative agent of fascioliasis in sheep and cattle, requires a compatible snail intermediate h..

Mitogenome and nuclear rRNA gene cluster of Austropeplea subaquatilis (Tate, 1880) from South Australia, with molecular and morphological comparison of A. cf. brazieri (Smith, 1882) from Victoria (Gastropoda, Hygrophila, Lymnaeidae)

ZY Chen, T Sukee, AV Koehler, BL Webster, RB Gasser, WF Ponder, ND Young

2025-01-01

Species of Austropeplea are lymnaeid snails endemic to Australia and New Zealand, and most are intermediate hosts of parasitic tre..

Mitochondrial genome of the fluke pond snail, Austropeplea cf. brazieri (Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae).

Tanapan Sukee, Anson V Koehler, Bonnie L Webster, Charles G Gauci, Conor E Fogarty, Winston F Ponder, Robin B Gasser, Neil D Young

2024-07-02

BACKGROUND: Lymnaeid snails of the genus Austropeplea are an important vector of the liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica), contributing..