Experts warn dog owners about Colorado River swimming Peer-Reviewed PublicationUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – RIVERSIDE IMAGE: LIFE CYCLE OF H. AMERICANA. view moreCREDIT: ADLER DILLMAN/UCR UC Riverside scientists confirm, for the first time, that a potentially fatal dog parasite is present in a portion of the Colorado River that runs through California. The parasite, Heterobilharzia americana,...