Introduction: The nematophagus fungi have been suggested as an alternative way to eliminate the zoonotic helminths eggs from the environment. In the present study, we evaluated the ovicidal activity of a fungus, Paecilomyces lilacinus, recovered from a compost soil, on the eggs of parasitic helminths under in vitro condition. Methods: Water suspension of the soil samples collected from differen...

Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) have been in contact with humans for thousands of years, playing an important role societies. Nonetheless, the lack responsible ownership has contributed to transition from companion free-ranging or feral that can be reservoirs zoonotic parasites. Our goal was identify intestinal parasites a Mexican Protected Area. A total 132 scat samples were collected a...

Parasites, which are considered a subclass of predators, are important controllers of host species density (Primack & Rodrigues, 2001). In Brazil, although data on parasites of domestic mammals are quite common (Nichol et al., 1981; Farias et al., 1995; Pimentel Neto & Fonseca, 2002; Serra et al., 2003), studies about helminth parasites preying on arboreal rodents are rare due to the general la...

to combat food insecurity and malnutrition among the local populace. However, giant rat has been reported harbour many parasites thus, its close association with man in raising them as mini-livestock consumption of meat could be a public health risk individuals handling them. This study was conducted investigate gut their prevalence on African Nsukka metropolis. A total 21 rats comprising 13 ma...