background: recently there is a high tendency among exotic pet owners for keeping hedgehogs. this mammal can transfer some significant zoonotic patho-gens to human. hence, the present study was conducted for the first time to pre-pare a list of helminth parasites of hedgehogs ( erinaceus concolor ) in north of iran. methods: ten (four males and six females) road killed hedgehogs were collected ...

-Prevalence of gastro-intestinal parasites in <15 years old children in Muzaffarabad city was 29.26%. Protozoal infection was higher than helminth infestation. Prevalence of Giardia lamblia (11.8%) was higher than Entamoeba histolytica (5.9%). Ascaris lumbricoides (3.8%) was the most prevalent helminth followed by hookworms (2.4%). Prevalence of all other helminths namely Enterobius vermiculari...

Co-infection may affect transmission and recovery from infection, but remains an understudied element of disease ecology, particularly with regard to antagonism between parasites sharing a host. Helminth and giardia infections are often endemic in the same populations and both occupy the small intestine; yet few studies have examined interactions between these parasites. We report on helminth-g...

Although some studies have identified parasites in green turtles (Chelonia mydas), little is known about the morphology of helminth eggs feces these animals. The aim this study was to morphologically characterize recovered coproparasitological exams by sedimentation and analyze their relationship with species during necropsy juvenile specimens C. mydas. Four different egg morphotypes were found...

Anthelmintic resistance is a serious problem in veterinary medicine and appears to be developing in some helminths of importance to human health. Anthelmintic drugs remain the principal means of control of helminth infections in animals and humans and the continued dependence on these pharmaceuticals will continue to impose selection pressure for resistance development. Our ability to detect an...