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Australian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.There is a lack of information on horse parasite management practices currently used by individual horse owners in Australia. A voluntary, anonymous online survey was developed for and distributed by Pony Club Australia to its members seeking information on horse population; housing; paddock, manure and parasite management; and owner attitudes.
W Nixon, P Buckley, R Butler
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Human Pathogens in Body and Head Lice
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2002 Using polymerase chain reaction and sequencing, we investigated the prevalence of Rickettsia prowazekii, Bartonella quintana, and Borrelia recurrentis in 841 body lice collected from various countries. We detected R.
Pierre-Edouard Fournier +4 more
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Mitochondrial Genome Fragmentation Unites the Parasitic Lice of Eutherian Mammals
Systematic Biology, 2018 Organelle genome fragmentation has been found in a wide range of eukaryotic lineages; however, its use in phylogenetic reconstruction has not been demonstrated. We explored the use of mitochondrial (mt) genome fragmentation in resolving the controversial
Fan Song +9 more
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Head lice as vectors of pathogenic microorganisms
Tropical Medicine and Health, 2023 Body lice and head lice are the most common ectoparasites of humans. Head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) occur worldwide in children and their caretakers, irrespective of their social status.
Hermann Feldmeier
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The race between host and sea lice in the Chilean salmon farming: a genomic approach
Reviews in Aquaculture, 2019 Sea lice are a group of ectoparasite copepods negatively affecting fish health in the salmon farming industry worldwide. Due to their biology, including several stages of development with different sensitivities to chemotherapeutants and their complex ...
C. Gallardo‐Escárate +6 more
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Salmon lice dispersion in a northern Norwegian fjord system and the impact of vertical movements
Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2016 The abundance and distribution of salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmons originating from fish farms in a northern Norwegian fjord during the summer of 2010 was investigated by means of a numerical model, underpinned by field observations.
IA Johnsen +3 more
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Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2019 Increasing usage of non-medicinal methods (NMMs) to control sea louse infestations on salmon farms has raised questions about whether sea lice may be able to evolve tolerance of NMMs.
M. Groner +5 more
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Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Municipal collaborations such as shared service centers and joint ventures are widely promoted as ways to strengthen local service capacity. Yet they often develop in uneven and sometimes unstable ways. This paper examines why arrangements built on similar institutional promises take such different trajectories in practice.
Isabell Meltzer +1 more
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Models of care and relevance of territorial management in assisting persons with epilepsy
Global & Regional Health Technology AssessmentEpilepsy is a widespread social disease that affects people of all ages and often involves both diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties. Beyond seizure control, it is necessary to ensure people with epilepsy a good quality of life and respect for human ...
Oriano Mecarelli
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It works! Lumpfish can significantly lower sea lice infestation in large-scale salmon farming
Biology Open, 2018 To assess the efficacy of lumpfish grazing on attached sea lice on Atlantic salmon, six large-scale sea cages, (130 m circumference, 37,688 m3 volume) each stocked with approximately 200,000 salmon 0+ smolts, were stocked with a 4, 6 and 8% density (8000,
A. Imsland +8 more
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