Adults of Physalaemus cuvieri were collected and necropsied between November 2009 and January 2010. This was carried out in order to report and compare the helminth fauna associated with two populations of this anuran species from the Brazilian Atlantic rain forest under different conditions of habitat integrity. The hosts from the disturbed area were parasitized with five helminth taxa: Cosmoc...

CAWTHORN, R . J., and R. C. ANDERSON. 1976. Development of Physaloptera maxillaris (Nematoda: Physalopteroidea) in skunk (Mephitis mephitis) and the role of paratenic and other hosts in its life cycle. Can. J. Zool. 54: 313-323. The development of Physaloptera maxillaris in skunk (Mephitis mephitis) was examined. The third moult was first observed at 5 days after infection and the fourth at 10 ...

All of the 111 baboons examined from the Loskop Dam, Suikerbosrand and Scrutton Nature Reserves and the Sabie-Tweefontein Forest Reserve were infested with helminths of the digestive tract. The helminths recovered were Bertiella studeri, Enterobius vermicularis, Oesophagostomum bifurcum, Physaloptera caucasica, Streptopharagus pigmentatus, Strongyloides fülleborni, Trichostrongylus falculatus, ...

Evidence of rare human helminthiasis in paleoparasitological records is scarce. we report here the finding of Physaloptera spp. eggs in a soil sample collected in the pelvic and sacrum bones area of a skeleton excavated from a grave of Shahr-e Sukhteh archeological site dating back to the Bronze Age. The site is located in southeastern Iran and has attracted the attention of numerous archeologi...

The proofs generated by clausa reasoners are often too long and hard to follow by the user (even if experienced), because most of the structure of the initial problem is not expressed by the clausal formula. For this reason, it is very important, especially for practical applications, to express the proofs in a more natural style. This paper analyzes the method suggested by [Meier], namely to p...

Faecal samples were collected from fifty three freshly captured monkeys which were kept at the Barbados Primate Research Centre and Wildlife Reserve (BPRCWR). Examination of these samples for gastrointestinal helminths using the zinc sulphate floatation method revealed an overall infection rate of 88.7%. The parasites observed included Strongyloides (62.4%), Physaloptera (58.5%), Trichuris (52....

Our study aimed to add information about the diet and endoparasites of Enyalius brasiliensis from an Atlantic Rainforest remnant in the state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil. Regarding diet, E. brasiliensis consumed arthropods, with caterpillars and beetles being the most important preys. Regarding helminth parasites, overall prevalence was low (9.5%), with 238 nematodes of the genus Phy...

A total of 111 samples (43 faeces and 79 gastrointestinal tracts) of 14 wild carnivore species from 12 Argentine provinces were analyzed. Helminth eggs were identified in 73% of the faecal samples and adult worms were recovered from 81% of the gastrointestinal tracts. We found 19 helminth species. Among the most frequent findings were parasites of domestic carnivores, namely Toxocara canis, Tox...

One hundred prairie rattlesnakes, Crotalus viridis viridis, from western South Dakota were examined for evidence of helminth parasites. Twenty-one percent were infected with 1 of 6 parasite species. The following species were recovered: Manodistomwn sp., Mesocestoides sp., Physaloptera sp., 2 different species of oligacanthorhynchid acanthocephala, and an unidentified species of acanthocephalan...