Schistosoma indicum was discovered by the British scientist R. E. Montgomery,[1] in 1906, from a horse from Mukteswar, Uttar Pradesh, India.

This blood-fluke causes hepato-intestinal schistosomiasis in many domestic animals (sheep, goat, water buffalo, cattle, camel, horse, donkey, dog, but not pigs).

S.indicum caused considerable mortality in the sheep flocks in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka but it was misdiagnosed as Rinder Pest,[3] highlighting the problem of proper diagnosis of the infection in domestic animals.

[2][5] Earlier another snail (Lymnaea luteola) was also implicated in transmission of S. indicum, but subsequent research refuted that possibility.

[5] A variant of S. indicum, rather than Schistosoma haematobium, was suggested to be responsible for human schistosomiasis in Gimvi village, Ratnagiri district, India,[6] but was later disputed by other scientists.