Ototrema_schildti
Ototrema schildti
Species of fluke
Ototrema schildti is a species of trematode that parasitizes bats. It was described as a new species in 1978. O. schildti was first encountered in the intestine of a little brown bat in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.[1] Little brown bats have the highest concentration of O. schildti in September and October. It can be a locally common parasite; in one population in Wisconsin, 97% of examined little brown bats were parasitized by O. schildti, with one bat containing 623 individuals.[2]