Host–Pathogen–Vector Continuum in a Changing Landscape: Potential Transmission Pathways for Bartonella in a Small Mammal Community [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 4, April 2025.This study focuses on Bartonella spp. (a Gram‐negative bacteria) in small mammals and their ectoparasites within a rainforest human‐use landscape. We found that a high proportion (40.56%) of the tested small mammals across five species and two sites carry Bartonella, with prevalence being positively correlated with aggregated ectoparasite load. Despite
B. R. Ansil +5 more
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Architecture of Paradiplozoon homoion: A diplozoid monogenean exhibiting highly-developed equipment for ectoparasitism. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Diplozoidae (Monogenea) are blood-feeding freshwater fish gill ectoparasites with extraordinary body architecture and a unique sexual behaviour in which two larval worms fuse and transform into one functioning individual.
Iveta Hodová +3 more
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Epidemiology of Avian Ectoparasitic Infestations Diagnosed in Osun State Veterinary Hospitals, Southwest Nigeria [PDF]
Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 2018 Ectoparasitism is the most devastating parasitic condition of poultry after coccidiosis. This study was conducted to identify the risk factors associated with avian ectoparasitism in Osun State, Nigeria.
Shola D. OLA-FADUNSIN +3 more
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Microbiota and the volatile profile of avian nests are associated with each other and with the intensity of parasitism. [PDF]
FEMS Microbiol EcolBacteria have been suggested as being partially responsible for avian nest odours and, thus, volatiles from their metabolism could influence the intensity of selection pressures due to parasites detecting olfactory cues of their hosts.
Mazorra-Alonso M +8 more
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Effects of Body Condition and Ectoparasitism on Host–Pathogen Interactions of Heteromyid Rodents [PDF]
PathogensRodents play a significant role in the transmission of zoonotic diseases; anthropization has increased human contact with these animals, vectors of infectious agents. However, the processes driving parasitism of hosts remains poorly understood.
Diana M. Beristain-Ruiz +11 more
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Gastrointestinal helminth infections and ectoparasitism in wild rodents along wildlife-human interfaces in Tanzania [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeBackground: Gastrointestinal parasites pose a significant threat to human and domestic animal health across Africa. Despite numerous studies on ectoparasitism and endoparasitism in small mammals across different regions of the continent, the ecological ...
Venance T. Msoffe +6 more
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Land leech (Haemadipsa zeylanica) predating Indosylvirana indica (Indian golden-backed frog) in Agumbe, India [PDF]
Acta HerpetologicaThis study documents the first recorded instance of ectoparasitism of the Indian golden-backed frog (Indosylvirana indica) by the land leech (Haemadipsa zeylanica) in Agumbe, India. Observations indicate a specimen of I.
Mahesh Bilaskar, Surendra Walke
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Ectoparasitic infestations [PDF]
Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2005 Ectoparasitic infestations are highly prevalent in resource-poor populations throughout the world and are associated with considerable morbidity. Reliable data on the epidemiology, immunology, and therapy of ectoparasitic infestations and on the biology of the parasites remain scarce. The control of parasitic skin diseases, such as scabies, pediculosis,
Heukelbach, J, Walton, S F, Feldmeier, H
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Of Mites and Brains: Ectoparasitism in Nestlings Alters the Development of Song Control Nuclei in European Starlings [PDF]
, 2022 The developmental stress hypothesis suggests that birdsong can reflect the current condition and developmental history of a songbird. Developmental stressors such as food restriction or ectoparasitism can hinder normal song development, leading to ...
Lusk, Elliot Parker
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Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 2020 Diverse groups of ectoparasitic arthropods cause significant morbidity and mortality in most of the approximately 1.49 billion head of cattle worldwide. Hematophagous ectoparasites (ie, blood-feeding flies, myiasis-causing flies, lice, mites, ticks) are the most important in cattle.
Adalberto A, Pérez de León +2 more
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