Lungworm Infection in Extensively Managed Goats in Nyangatom District of South Omo Zone, Southern Ethiopia [PDF]
Veterinary SciencesOne of the common parasitic diseases of goats is lungworm infection, which causes significant economic losses due to losses in production and productivity.
Asrat Solomon Kenasew +2 more
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Lungworm seroprevalence in free-ranging harbour seals and molecular characterisation of marine mammal MSP [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2016 Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) are frequently infected with the lungworms Otostrongylus circumlitus and Parafilaroides gymnurus. The infection is often accompanied by secondary bacterial infections and can cause severe bronchopneumonia and even death in ...
Ana Rubio-Garcia +2 more
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Lungworm infections in small ruminants in uşak province [PDF]
Eurasian Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2023 Aim: This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of lungworm infections in small ruminants in the Uşak province. Materials and Methods: The study was carried out by testing the stool samples of 250 sheep and 250 goats collected from 5 ...
Ercan Erot, Mustafa Kose
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A Review of Rat Lungworm Infection and Recent Data on Its Definitive Hosts in Hawaii [PDF]
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2019 Rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) is a zoonotic nematode that causes rat lungworm disease (angiostrongyliasis), a potentially debilitating form of meningitis, in humans worldwide.
Chris N. Niebuhr +2 more
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A recombinant antigen-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for lungworm detection in seals [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2015 Background Pinnipeds are frequently infected by the lungworms Otostrongylus circumlitus and Parafilaroides gymnurus (Metastrongyloidea). Infections are frequently associated with secondary bacterial bronchopneumonia and are often lethal.
Sophia Arlena Ulrich +3 more
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Insights into the biology of the rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis. [PDF]
Parasit VectorsAngiostrongylus cantonensis is a parasitic nematode with a complex life cycle involving rats as definitive hosts and gastropods as intermediate hosts. The parasite can infect other organisms, including humans, in which it causes neuroangiostrongyliasis ...
Griffin CD, Ezenwa VO, Cowie RH.
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Prevalence and Species Identification of Lungworms in Sheep and Cattle: A Postmortem Study in North Shewa, Central Highlands of Ethiopia [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine InternationalLungworms are among the major nematode parasites causing significant impacts on livestock production, mortality and morbidity in young animals, and poor productivity in adult animals.
Aweke Engdawork, Bersissa Kumsa
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Risk factors for lungworm-associated milk yield losses in grazing dairy cattle.
Veterinary parasitology, 2021 Dictyocaulus viviparus, the causative agent of bovine parasitic bronchitis, is an important parasite of dairy cattle. Infections can lead to substantial economic losses, due to mortality, reduced weight gain and milk production and treatment costs. There
M. Vanhecke +3 more
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Sensitive Detection of Foodborne Parasitic Larvae Using a Sieving-qPCR Workflow: Application to Angiostrongylus cantonensis. [PDF]
J Food SciABSTRACT Contaminated food and water represent potential infection sources of Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a parasitic nematode with significant zoonotic potential. Limited environmental surveillance may be due to the absence of simple and reliable screening methods. Different methods of A.
Kačmaříková J +3 more
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Autochthonous Rat Lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis Infections in Accidental and Definitive Hosts, San Diego, California, USA [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesThe rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is an emerging veterinary and public health concern. We describe A. cantonensis infections in a zoo-housed parma wallaby and free-ranging Virginia opossums and roof rats in San Diego, California, USA ...
Shotaro Nakagun +9 more
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