This study describes the structure of the digestive gland of Strombus gigas in individuals from Guadeloupe and discusses the function of its cell types and their relationship with intracellular Apicomplexa-like parasites. Three cellular types were found in the epithelium of the blind-ending tubules of the digestive gland according to histological and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) obser...

Among the countless examples of interspecific interactions in biology, surely non-could be more interesting than which established between host animals and their specific parasites. The members of the genus Leishmania are peculiar obligate intracellular protozoans in that they proliferate in the enzyme rich phagolysosomes, an organelle which is essential component of all defence reactions of an...

Review Due to the severe impact of parasites of veterinary importance on livestock, pets, wildlife and, for those of zoonotic relevance, humans, veterinary parasitology has generated great interest in the field of medical sciences. This makes the study of veterinary parasitic diseases an essential, basic discipline for veterinary courses. From this arises the need for having a broad choice of t...

background: organ transplant recipients can experience serious diseases from infections due to emerging and reemerging parasitic infections. this study was carried out to evaluate the prevalence of intestinal parasites among renal transplant re-cipients of iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted from june 2003 to august 2004 on renal transplant recipients in iran. a total of 706...

sunflower (helinathus annuus) is a susceptible host to the holoparasite hemp broomrape (orobanche ramosa) in central parts of iran, causing yield loss due to severe infestations. a field study was conducted in 2006 to evaluate the efficacy of glyphosate for controlling the parasitic weed hemp broomrape in sunflower. glyphosate was applied once or twice at five rates ranging from 0.075 to 0.450 ...

in this study parasitic infection of bobwhite and japanese quails were clarified in farms of garmsar city in province of semnan. forty quails from two breeds randomly were selected and they examined to identify all internal and external parasites .finding was shown that five percent of the quails examined harbored one or more species of helminthes. two cestodes, raillietina echinobothrida and r...