To obtain more information about Paragonimus species prevalent in Manipur, India, hundreds of freshwater crabs, Potamiscus manipurensis, were captured from mountain streams in the Motbung Mountains in Senapati District, from December 1997 to January 1998. Crab extracts were prepared by digestion, differential filtration, and sedimentation. The filtered sediments were critically examined under a...

this investigation was undertaken to verify the prevalence of helminths parasites in the gastrointestinal tract of catfish. a total number of 116 catfish (silurus glanis) were collected from zarrine-roud river and examined for helminths. fish were examined after washing contents of gastrointestinal tract and observed for the presence of helminths using a stereo microscope and a light microscope...

Ever since the discovery of the first indigenous case in 1981, paragonimiasis has gained recognition as a significant food borne parasitic zoonosis in India. The data available on the occurrence of paragonimiasis, until today, may be just the tip of an iceberg as the study areas covered were restricted to Northeast Indian States. Nevertheless, the results of research on paragonimiasis in India ...

Thelaziasis is an infestation caused by the parasite Thelazia which is transmitted from one host to another host by the intermediate host face fly. Face fly is a non-penetrate secretophagic or tear feeding flies of the genera Musca. Thelazia is a genus of parasitic round worms that affects the eyes of numerous domestic animals, including cattle, dogs, cats, sheep, goats and other livestock. Man...

Twenty-seven species of the genus Onchocerca (Nematoda; Filarioidea) can cause a vector-borne parasitic disease called onchocercosis. Most Onchocerca species infect wild and domestic ungulates or the dog, and one species causes river blindness in humans mainly in tropical Africa. The European red deer (Cervus e. elaphus) is host to four species, which are transmitted by blackflies (simuliids) o...

The research was conducted from 1998 to 2019 at the nine water bodies of Azerbaijan. During study, 94 individuals Little Grebes (Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas, 1764)) were examined by method complete helminthological dissection. As a result, 12 trematode species belonging one order, seven families, and eight genera found: Patagifer bilobus, Petasiger megacantha, P. skrjabini, Echinochasmus coa...