Three specimens of the nematode Crenosoma vulpis (Rudolphi, 1819) were isolated from the lungs of the Eurasian badger (Meles meles L.) found dead on a road in the north-western part of Wrocław (Lower Silesia, SW. Poland) in August 2008. Since this is the first record of the parasite in the badger from Poland, description, biometrical data and figures are given.

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 ...

BACKGROUND Recently there is a high tendency among exotic pet owners for keeping hedgehogs. This mammal can transfer some significant zoonotic pathogens to human. Hence, the present study was conducted for the first time to prepare 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 duri...

Introduction: The dorsal striatum plays an important role in the control of motor activity and learning processes within the basal ganglia circuitry. Furthermore, recent works have suggested functional differentiation between subregions of the dorsal striatum Methods: The present study examined the effects of bilateral electrolytic lesions of the dorsomedial striatum on motor behavior and learn...

introduction: the dorsal striatum plays an important role in the control of motor activity and learning processes within the basal ganglia circuitry. furthermore, recent works have suggested functional differentiation between subregions of the dorsal striatum methods: the present study examined the effects of bilateral electrolytic lesions of the dorsomedial striatum on motor behavior and learn...

the study aimed to investigate the protective effects of crocin (cro) against streptozotocin (stz)-induced oxidative damage in rat striatum. animals were randomly divided into four groups (five each). group 1 (sham) were treated with normal saline (2 ml/kg, p.o.). group 2 (stz-lesioned or lesion) were injected with icv-stz (3 mg/kg bilaterally, on day 1 and 3) and treated with normal saline (2 ...

While the incidence ofmany parasitic diseases has decreased because of the development of anthelmintics and environmental hygiene, infection by Trichuris still occurs. This parasite exhibits some special parasitological and clinical features. Beaver et al introduced the term visceral larva migrans in the case of toxocariasis.' While the visceral larva migrans syndrome has been reported to be ca...