A complete understanding of how parasites influence marine ecosystem functioning requires characterizing a broad range of parasite-host interactions while determining the effects of parasitism in a variety of habitats. In deep-sea fishes, the prevalence of parasitism remains poorly understood. Knowledge of ectoparasitism, in particular, is limited because collection methods often cause dislodgm...

BACKGROUND Domestic cavies (Cavia porcellus) are increasingly reared in rural areas of Cameroon for meat and income generation. Unfortunately, health constraints due to various pathogens including parasites stand as one of the major obstacles to the development of cavy industry in the country. The main objective of this study was to investigate the species of gastrointestinal parasites in cavy ...

Parasitic infections are generally regarded as the most prevalent and important health problems of grazing ruminants in Australia, with losses associated with nematodes, and ectoparasites causing a combined annual loss of approximately a billion dollars (McLeod 1995). Liver fluke, although having a restricted distribution in temperate regions has been estimated to cost upwards of $100 million (...

Studies on the relationship between host species and ectoparasites are limited small oceanic islands such as Philippine archipelago, particularly bat their associated ectoparasites. Prior to our study, only a single fly (Leptocyclopodia simulans), wingless in family Nycteribiidae, was reported Bohol Island located central Philippines. We report additional records of nycteribiid collected from c...

Vannamei shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) is a type of that often cultivated. This study aims to identify ectoparasites and their prevalence in vannamei the village Pantai Gading, Kec. Secanggang Kab. Langkat. research method survey method, where observed ponds are 3 ponds, samples taken as much 5% stocking density biota. Samples were randomly then examined at Laboratory Faculty Agriculture, Unive...