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Feline lungworms unlock a novel mode of parasite transmission. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Snail-borne lungworms exert an enormous toll on the health and welfare of animals and humans. Of these parasites, Aelurostrongylus abstrusus and Troglostrongylus brevior affect the respiratory tract of felids.
Brianti, Emanuele   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

Angiostrongylus vasorum and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus: Neglected and underestimated parasites in South America

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2018
The gastropod-borne nematodes Angiostrongylus vasorum and Aelurostrongylus abstrusus are global causes of cardio/pulmonary diseases in dogs and cats. In the last decade, the number of reports on canine and feline lungworms has increased in several areas ...
Felipe Penagos-Tabares   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Angiostrongylus chabaudi Biocca, 1957: a new parasite for domestic cats?

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Natural infection with a species of Angiostrongylus has been reported only once in wildcats from central Italy by Biocca in 1957. The causative species of this infection was identified as Angiostrongylus chabaudi.
Antonio Varcasia   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluación del estado de la población de cabra montés de los montes de Toledo: relaciones con el ciervo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
[EN]: Iberian wild goat subsp. Capra pyrenaica victoriae inhabits fewer and smaller areas than subs. C. p. hispanica reason why the former is considered as Vulnerable by IUCN. Therefore studies aimed to assess the status of C. p.
Acevedo, Pelayo   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Fine‐scale distribution of the lungworm Halocercus delphini in the lungs of the striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba: implications about migration pathways and functional significance

open access: yesMarine Mammal Science, Volume 40, Issue 3, July 2024.
Abstract Despite their high pathogenicity, limited knowledge is available on intrahost migration pathways and microhabitat distribution of pseudaliid lungworms. In this study, the distribution of Halocercus delphini in the lungs of the striped dolphin, Stenella coeruleoalba, was analyzed on three scales: between the right and left lungs, within the ...
Rachel V. Pool   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review of Ethnomedicinal Plants as Potential Anthelmintic Agents to Alternatively Control Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Ruminants in South Africa

open access: yesJournal of Parasitology Research, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Small ruminant production is one of the most important animal productions for food security in the world, especially in the developing world. Gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) infection is a threat to this animal’s production. Conventional drugs that are used to control these parasites are losing their efficacy due to the development of resistant ...
Lindokuhle Christopher Mhlongo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A post-mortem study of respiratory disease in small mustelids in south-west England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
14 páginas, 3 tablas, 11 figuras.--This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in ...
Alexandra J. Tomlinson   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Prevalence, Infection Intensity and Molecular Diagnosis of Mixed Infections with Metastrongylus spp. (Metastrongylidae) in Wild Boars in Uzbekistan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The aim of the present study was to characterize the diversity of Metastrongylus spp. in wild boars and the earthworm intermediate host species contributing to the maintenance of the life cycle.
Krücken, Jürgen   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Redescrição de Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) costaricensis isolado de novo hospedeiro silvestre, Proechimys sp., na Venezuela (Metastrongyloidea, Angiostrongylidae)

open access: yesMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1985
Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) costaricensis, nematódeo encontrado em artérias mesentéricas do rato silvestre Proechimys sp., na Venezuela, é redescrito e colocado no subgênero Parastorngylus.Angiostrongylus (Parastrongylus) costaricensis is reported ...
Cláudia Portes Santos
doaj   +1 more source

Andersonstrongylus captivensis gen. et sp. n. (Metastrongyloidea: Filaroididae) from the Lungs of the Striped Skunk, Mephitis mephitis

open access: hybridCanadian Journal of Zoology, 1978
Filaroides mephitis n.sp. is described and compared to other members of the genus reported from mustelids. F. mephitis differs from F. martis (Werner, 1782) Dougherty, 1943 in that the spicules are much smaller and there is no swelling of the body in the region of the vulva; from F.
W. A. Webster
openalex   +3 more sources

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