Neurocysticercosis (NC) is a common parasito­ sis affecting the central nervous system. It is en­ demic in many developing countries. PraziquanteI was the first drug to show potential efficacy for treatment of NC (Sotelo et ai, 1984). Recently albendazole, an imidazole with activity against in­ testinal and systemic infections by trematodes and cestodes (Anonymous, 1984), demonstrated its effic...

The present study was designed to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites in ruminants. A total 124 fecal samples from ruminants (92 large – cattle, buffalo and 32 small ruminants- goat sheep) were collected Gabtoli cattle market Keraniganj, Dhaka May September 2017. Formol ether concentration technique used process samples. Among ruminants, maximum shown by Entamoeba sp. among protozo...

The study of the functional morphology reproductive system trematodes, as well its individual parts, provides an opportunity to solve important problem that plays a huge role in theoretical and practical terms directed regulation fecundity endoparasites. article is devoted vitelline glands Mehlis process formation resistant egg shells on example Parastrigea robusta trematode. mechanisms are rev...

Examination of the original descriptions of genera placed within the family Opisthorchiidae has revealed that only 33 of the original 43 genera are valid members of this family. Further study of these descriptions should also reveal that many of the subfamilies are also invalid. With reference to the original descriptions of these genera, and subsequent literature, a brief survey of the family ...

Four trematodes, all new host records, were found in synaphobranchid eels from the continental slopes in the Gulf of Mexico and the Straits of Florida. Hypertrema ambovatum Manter, 1960 (Fellodistomidae), previously known only from near New Zealand, is reported from Synaphobranchus oregoni, including data in addition to the original description; Pseudopecoelus vulgaris (Manter, 1934) (Opecoelid...

We examined the in vivo activity of tribendimidine against selected trematodes. A single 150-mg/kg dose of tribendimidine achieved a 99.1% reduction of Clonorchis sinensis in rats. A 400-mg/kg dose of tribendimidine reduced Opisthorchis viverrini in hamsters by 95.7%. High doses of tribendimidine showed no activity against Schistosoma mansoni and Fasciola hepatica.

The prevalence of helminthiasis was found to be 15.2 % in buffaloes. Out of 500 samples examined, 9.2 % and 5.4 % were infected with nematodes and trematodes respectively. Mixed infection was observed in 0.6 %. The chief helminths identified were: Toxocara vitulorum (3.6 %), Fasciola gigantica (3.2 %) Oesophagostomum radiatum (3.0 %) Strongyloides papillosus (2.4 %), Fasciola hepatica (2.2 %), ...