Table 3.
Composition of gastropod collections made in Swansea in 2012 and Bristol in 2014, and prevalence of Angiostrongylus vasorum using real-time PCR. N = number of each species collected, and number and percentage positive by PCR
| Gastropod I.D. | Location of collection | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family | Genus | Species | Swansea | Bristol | ||||
| N | N positive | % positive | N | N positive | % positive | |||
| Arionidae | Arion | rufus | 68 | 28 | 41 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Arion | flagellus | 27 | 7 | 26 | 115 | 1 | 0.9 | |
| Arion | subfuscus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arion | distinctus | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arion | owenii | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arion | ater | – | – | – | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Arion | fasciatus | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Agriolimacidae | Deroceras | reticulatum | 3 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 |
| Limacidae | Limax | maximus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Limacus | maculatus | 18 | 8 | 44 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Milacidae | Tandonia | sowerbyi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 122 | 43 | 35.2 | 338 | 1 | 0.3 | ||