Echinostoma liei (Jeyarasasingam, Heyneman, Lim and Mansour, 1972), was used for the first time as bio control agent for the wild rat Rattus rattus frugivorus Rafinesque. Two levels of infection were used (250 and 500 metacercariae / rat) and histopathological alterations were studied in the affected organs (intestine ,liver and testis). The investigation revealed that high infection of E. liei resulted in severe pathological alteration in rat intestine, and liver, such as edema, lymphocytic infiltration, necrosis and hemorrhage in the liver lead to death in addition to testis hypertrophy with seminiferous tubules devoid of sperms that may lead to sterility. Thus, E. liei could be considered a new effective biological agent for controlling wild rats causing either death or sterility and also safe to human since people in Egypt don't eat fresh water snails either raw or cocked).
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.