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Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Knowledge about parasite species of orcas, their prevalence, and impact on the health status is scarce. Only two records of lungworm infections in orca exist from male neonatal orcas stranded in Germany and Norway.
Kristina Lehnert +2 more
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Helpful invaders: Can cane toads reduce the parasite burdens of native frogs?
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2015 Many invading species have brought devastating parasites and diseases to their new homes, thereby imperiling native taxa. Potentially, though, invaders might have the opposite effect. If they take up parasites that otherwise would infect native taxa, but
Felicity B.L. Nelson +3 more
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The Global Spread Pattern of Rat Lungworm Based on Mitochondrial Genetics
Pathogens, 2023 Eosinophilic meningitis due to rat lungworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, is a global public health concern. Human cases and outbreaks have occurred in the new endemic areas, including South America and Spain. The growing genetic data of A.
Xia Tian +5 more
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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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One Health, 2022 The nematode parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis (rat lungworm) has a complex life cycle involving rats (definitive hosts) and gastropods (intermediate hosts), as well as various paratenic hosts.
Helena C. Turck +2 more
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Nematode control in 'green' ruminant production systems [PDF]
, 2004 Collectively, nematode parasites of domestic ruminants continue to pose the greatest disease problem in grazing livestock systems worldwide, despite the powerful and extensive chemotherapeutic arsenal available for their control.
Thamsborg, Stig M., Waller, Peter J.
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Desired and Feared Identities and Their Role in Occupational Identity Regulation
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This paper extends theory by showing how occupational identity regulation operates jointly through both desired and feared identities which, in combination, enforce normative control. Taking a narrative identity perspective and drawing on an ethnographic and interview‐based study of veterinarians, we make three principal contributions to our ...
Sarah Page‐Jones, Andrew D. Brown
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Lungworm Infections in German dairy cattle herds--seroprevalence and GIS-supported risk factor analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 In November 2008, a total of 19,910 bulk tank milk (BTM) samples were obtained from dairy farms from all over Germany, corresponding to about 20% of all German dairy herds, and analysed for antibodies against the bovine lungworm Dictyocaulus viviparus by
Anne-Marie Schunn +6 more
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Veterinary Record Open, Volume 13, Issue 1, June 2026.Abstract Background The giant African land snail (Lissachatina fulica), an invasive species with significant medical, agricultural and economic importance, is abundant in urban areas of Kota Samarahan, Sarawak. The proximity between humans and the snail may increase the risk of pathogen transmission.
Farid Farhan Mohd Nor +4 more
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Marine Mammal Science, Volume 42, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT Climate change associated transformations of Arctic marine ecosystems are having detrimental impacts on Arctic endemic marine mammals. However, warming conditions are providing new habitats for temperate marine mammals, some of which are expanding into Arctic regions, posing a threat of novel pathogen introduction and disease transmission.
Luca A. Schick +11 more
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