Wild animals are infected by diverse parasites, but how they influence host health is poorly understood. We examined the relationship of trypanosomatids and gastrointestinal parasites with health of wild brown-nosed coatis (Nasua nasua) from the Brazilian Pantanal. We used coati body condition and hematological parameters as response variables in linear models that were compared using an inform...

BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal parasites infections are widespread in Africa and their prevalence infections vary from country to country. This study aimed at assessing the prevalence of opportunistic intestinal parasites infection and other gastrointestinal parasites infection among patients attending the laboratory of Parasitology and Mycology of the University Hospital Souro Sanou of Bobo-Dioul...

OBJECTIVE Establishing the presence of zoonotic gastrointestinal nematodosin soil samples in recreational areas in Suba (one of the largest localities of Bogotá, Colombia) between July 2005 and June 2006. METHODOLOGY The presence of several gastrointestinal parasites' eggs, larvae and oocysts were determined by initial soil sedimentation and later flotation with Sheather solution; some of the...

Oral administration of closantel in a dose of 10 mg/kg plus albendazole in a dose of 5mg/kg liquid suspension was studied in 75 camels naturally infected with various types of gastrointestinal parasites. The camels involved were 15 pregnant she-camels, 20 nonpregnant she-camels and 40 male camels of various ages. Each camel received a single oral dose of closantel (10 mg/kg) plus albendazole (1...

AIM The study was conducted to know the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites of captive wild animals at Bir Moti Bagh Mini Zoo (Deer Park), Patiala, Punjab. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 31 fecal samples from eight species of captive animals including Civet cat (Viverra zibetha), Porcupine (Hystrix indica), Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus), Spotted deer (Axis axis), Black buck (Antelop...

Livestock plays an essential role in supporting mixed production systems, particularly traction, fertilization, and adaptation to climatic problems. However, the breeding of small ruminants on pasture limited by numerous parasites. Thus, knowledge parasitic fauna is for a better approach parasite control. In this sense, study consisted determining prevalence gastrointestinal parasites evaluate ...

conclusions rodents play an important role in the transfer of zoonotic parasite diseases, especially those that live near human habitats. control of rodent population in the city should be considered to decrease risk of transmission. results all studied rodents were infected at least by one parasite. the collected parasites included: three species of cestodes, eight species of nematodes, one sp...

Introduction Gastrointestinal nematodes, external parasites, and Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke) can all adversely affect productivity of cattle.(1-5) Previously, little to no work has been done to quantify the effect of treating yearling replacement beef heifers for both gastrointestinal nematodes and bovine liver fluke on weight gain, body condition scores, pregnancy rates, and subsequent wea...

To the Editor: Entamoeba nuttalli parasites are frequently found in fecal samples of nonhuman primates (NHPs) in zoos (1). This gastrointestinal pathogen is the causative agent of invasive amebiasis in NHPs, which may result in hemorrhagic dysentery, liver abscess or other extraintestinal pathologies, and even death (2). E. histolytica infection is the cause of invasive amebiasis in humans and ...

Infectious diseases are influenced by where patients have lived or travelled in the past, e.g., infection with Schistosoma mekongi can be acquired during freshwater contact in Cambodia, but not in the United States. Here the infectious diseases of Khmer immigrants in the United States were studied by reviewing published reports. Thirteen case series and 9 case reports of 5,222 patients were ide...