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Genome-wide associations and functional gene analyses for endoparasite resistance in an endangered population of native German Black Pied cattle

BMC Genomics, 2019
Background Gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN), liver flukes (Fasciola hepatica) and bovine lungworms (Dictyocaulus viviparus) are the most important parasitic agents in pastured dairy cattle.
Katharina May, Carsten Scheper, Kerstin Brügemann, Tong Yin, Christina Strube, Paula Korkuć, Gudrun A. Brockmann, Sven König   +7 more
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The transcriptome analysis of strongyloides stercoralis L3i larvae reveals targets for intervention in a neglected disease [PDF]

, 2012
10.1371/journal.pntd.0001513PLoS Neglected Tropical ...
Antonio Marcilla, Antonio Marcilla, Gagan Garg, Dolores Bernal, Shoba Ranganathan, Javier Forment, Javier Ortiz, Carla Muñoz-Antolí, M Victoria Dominguez, Laia Pedrola, Juan Martinez-Blanch, Javier Sotillo, Maria Trelis, Rafael Toledo, J Guillermo Esteban   +14 more
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The mitochondrial genome of Angiostrongylus mackerrasae as a basis for molecular, epidemiological and population genetic studies [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Angiostrongylus mackerrasae is a metastrongyloid nematode endemic to Australia, where it infects the native bush rat, Rattus fuscipes. This lungworm has an identical life cycle to that of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a leading cause of ...
Mahdis Aghazadeh, Rebecca J. Traub, Namitha Mohandas, Kieran V. Aland, Simon A. Reid, James S. McCarthy, Malcolm K. Jones, M Bhaibulaya, AB Kamis, DM Spratt, M Bhaibulaya, J Mackie, M Aghazadeh, J Robins, M Hu, AR Jex, RB Gasser, S Lv, RC Edgar, JP Huelsenbeck, A Jabbar, JF Gao, TH Le, M Hu, M Hu, M Bhaibulaya, A Jabbar, VL Stokes, NJ Morton, D Chan, AG Walker, JH Robins, JD Dunsmore, M Aghazadeh, W Maleewong, Y Qvarnstrom, P Eamsobhana   +36 more
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An integrated study of human and animal infectious disease in the Lake Victoria crescent small-holder crop-livestock production system, Kenya [PDF]

, 2017
Background: The neglected zoonotic diseases (NZD) are an understudied group that are a major cause of illness throughout the developing world. In general, little is known about the prevalence and burden of NZDs in affected communities, particularly in ...
Cook, Elizabeth AJ, de Glanville, William A, Fevre, Eric M, Kariuki, Samuel, Thomas, Lian F, Wamae, Claire N   +5 more
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Helminth parasites of cattle from Jaboticabal, São Paulo State, Brazil/
Fauna helmintológica de bovinos da região de Jaboticabal, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2001
This paper deals with the study of parasites in cattle in the region of Jaboticabal, São Paulo. For this, 42 holstein-zebu mixed breeding animals, 8 to 14 month old, were necropsied. At necropsy 17 species of helminth were collected.
Alvimar José da Costa, Adjair Antônio do Nascimento, Vando Edésio Soares, Karina Carrão Castagnolli, Erika Barbosa Neves Graminha, Daniela Miyasaka da Silveira, Fernando de Almeida Borges   +6 more
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Monitoring gastrointestinal nematode and liver fluke infections in Belgium by bulk tank milk ELISA: are we making progress in parasite control? [PDF]

, 2013
Parasitic infections with gastrointestinal (GI) nematodes and liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) are common causes of reduced productivity in ruminants. In this paper, the results of a voluntary monitoring campaign on helminth infections in Belgian dairy ...
Charlier, Johannes, Meyns, T, Soenen, Karen, Vercruysse, Jozef   +3 more
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Eprinomectin pour-on (EPRINEX® Pour-on, Merial): efficacy against gastrointestinal and pulmonary nematodes and pharmacokinetics in sheep

BMC Veterinary Research, 2017
Background The anthelmintic efficacy of the 0.5% w/v topical formulation of eprinomectin (EPN), EPRINEX® Pour-on (Merial) when administered at 1 mg/kg body weight was evaluated in sheep in two dose confirmation laboratory studies and one multicenter ...
Dietmar Hamel, Antonio Bosco, Laura Rinaldi, Giuseppe Cringoli, Karl-Heinz Kaulfuß, Michael Kellermann, James Fischer, Hailun Wang, Katrin Kley, Sandra Mayr, Renate Rauh, Martin Visser, Thea Wiefel, Becky Fankhauser, Steffen Rehbein   +14 more
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Fine-scale mapping of vector habitats using very high resolution satellite imagery : a liver fluke case-study [PDF]

, 2014
The visualization of vector occurrence in space and time is an important aspect of studying vector-borne diseases. Detailed maps of possible vector habitats provide valuable information for the prediction of infection risk zones but are currently lacking
Charlier, Johannes, De Roeck, Els, De Wulf, Robert, Ducheyne, Els, Hantson, Wouter, Hendrickx, Guy, Soenen, Karen, Vancoillie, Frieke, Vercruysse, Jozef   +8 more
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Helminth parasites of sheep and goats in Eastern Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2007
A two-year epidemiology study of helminths of small ruminants involved the collection of viscera from 655 sheep and 632 goats from 4 abattoirs in eastern Ethiopia.
Sissay, Menkir Mekonnen
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The Haemonchus contortus kinome - a resource for fundamental molecular investigations and drug discovery [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Protein kinases regulate a plethora of essential signalling and other biological pathways in all eukaryotic organisms, but very little is known about them in most parasitic nematodes.
Gasser, Robin B., Hofmann, Andreas, Jabbar, Abdul, Korhonen, Pasi K., Sternberg, Paul W., Stroehlein, Andreas J., Young, Neil D.   +6 more
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