author(s)
Govindasamy Nagarajan, Rajavelu Venkitesan and Pachaiyappan Kuppachari

abstract
Southern Regional Research Centre (SRRC), a regional centre of ICAR- Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute (ICAR-CSWRI), at Mannavanur, Tamil Nadu, maintains synthetic breeds of Sheep (Bharat Merino and Avikalin) and broiler rabbits (major breeds- White Giant and Soviet Chinchilla). Sheep are accompanied by graziers into the pasture area nearby reserve forest and they noticed some snails and slugs are crawling in the pasture area of sheep. These specimens were collected by graziers during September 2018 and July 2020 from the pasture area. Three species of gastropods were identified as Mariaella beddomei, Pseudaustenia atra and Ariophanta basileus. Effect of the usage on the ideal control methods of these molluscan species, restriction of sheep grazing in the pasture area during the rainy seasons, vector potential of these molluscan species in the spread of Dicrocoeliosis and lung worm infections among sheep and Periodical deworming of both sheep & rabbits using the suitable anthemintics were dealt.