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Impact of Parasites and Parasitic Diseases on Animal Health and Productivity

Journal of animal health, 2023
Purpose: The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of parasites and parasitic diseases on animal health and productivity. Methodology: This study adopted a desktop methodology. This study used secondary data from which include review of existing literature from already published studies and reports that was easily accessed through online ...
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Relationship between Eimeria oocyst infectivity for chickens and in vitro excystation of E. acervulina, E. maxima, and E. tenella oocyst during long-term storage

Poultry Science, 2023
: Vaccination of chickens against avian coccidiosis in chickens often involves storing Eimeria oocysts for months after oocyst propagation and sporulation. The purpose of this study was to determine how long E. acervulina, E. maxima, and E.
Mark C. Jenkins, Celia N. O'Brien, Carolyn Parker, Matthew Tucker, Asis Khan   +4 more
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Chromosomal scale assembly reveals localized structural variants in avian caecal coccidian parasite Eimeria tenella

Scientific Reports, 2023
Eimeria tenella is a major cause of caecal coccidiosis in commercial poultry chickens worldwide. Here, we report chromosomal scale assembly of Eimeria tenella strain APU2, a strain isolated from commercial broiler chickens in the U.S.
Subodh K. Srivastava, Carolyn Parker, Celia N. O’Brien, Matthew S. Tucker, Peter C. Thompson, Benjamin M. Rosenthal, Jitender P. Dubey, Asis Khan, Mark C. Jenkins   +8 more
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Raw meat based diet (RMBD) for household pets as potential door opener to parasitic load of domestic and urban environment. Revival of understated zoonotic hazards? A review

One Health, 2021
RMBD (acronym of Raw Meat Based Diet) and BARF diets (acronym for Biologically Appropriate Raw Food or Bones and Raw Food) account dietary regimens based on raw ingredients (including raw meat), popular in pet feeding.
Fahad Ahmed, Maria Grazia Cappai, Sarah Morrone, Lia Cavallo, Fiammetta Berlinguer, Giorgia Dessì, Claudia Tamponi, Antonio Scala, Antonio Varcasia   +8 more
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Study of the helminth fauna in eagle owl (Bubo bubo) in the south of Spain

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022
In this study we show the results of the eagle owls’ (Bubo bubo) helminthfauna found in Andalusia. A total number of 50 specimens have been analysed in a period of 10 years (from 2011 to 2020). Prevalence (P%), mean intensity (IM) and mean abundance (AM)
R. Zafra, F.J. Martínez-Moreno, P.J. Rufino-Moya, P.N. Gutiérrez, S. Martínez-Cruz, L. Buffoni, A. Martínez-Moreno, I. Acosta   +7 more
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Immune reactivity and host modulatory roles of two novel Haemonchus contortus cathepsin B-like proteases

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Haemonchus contortus is a blood-feeding, gastrointestinal nematode (GIN) that causes significant economic losses to the small ruminant industry worldwide.
Mariam Bakshi, Wenbin Tuo, Raffi V. Aroian, Dante Zarlenga   +3 more
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A review of testing and assurance methods for Trichinella surveillance programs

Food and Waterborne Parasitology, 2021
While global cases of trichinellosis have fallen since pork regulation began, the disease remains a danger to pork and animal game consumers as well as a liability to producers.
Alec Barlow, Kayla Roy, Kristopher Hawkins, Ako A. Ankarah, Benjamin Rosenthal   +4 more
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APDDD: animal parasitic diseases and drugs database

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2023
Abstract Animal parasitic diseases not only have an economic impact, but also have serious social and public health impacts. Although antiparasitic drugs can treat these diseases, it seems difficult for users to comprehensively utilize the information, due to incomplete and difficult data collection.
Yilei, Zhang, Guojun, Chen, Siyi, Zhou, Lingru, He, Olalekan Opeyemi, Ayanniyi, Qianming, Xu, Zhenyu, Yue, Congshan, Yang   +7 more
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Sarcocystis cruzi (Hasselmann, 1923) Wenyon, 1926: redescription, molecular characterization and deposition of life cycle stages specimens in the Smithsonian Museum

Parasitology, 2023
Currently, 7 named Sarcocystis species infect cattle: Sarcocystis hirsuta, S. cruzi, S. hominis, S. bovifelis, S. heydorni, S. bovini and S. rommeli; other, unnamed species also infect cattle.
J. P. Dubey, Aditya Gupta, Larissa S. de Araujo, Oliver C. H. Kwok, Asis Khan, Benjamin M. Rosenthal   +5 more
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Recent aspects on epidemiology, clinical disease, and genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii infections in Australasian marsupials

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Toxoplasma gondii infections are common in humans and animals worldwide. Among all intermediate hosts of T. gondii, captive marsupials from Australia and New Zealand are highly susceptible to clinical toxoplasmosis.
Jitender P. Dubey, Fernando H. A. Murata, Camila K. Cerqueira-Cézar, Oliver C. H. Kwok, Chunlei Su, Michael E. Grigg   +5 more
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