the parasite fauna of 50 specimens of spiny eel obtained from two lakes, zarivar (in kurdistan province) and parishan (in fars province) and one river, heleh (booshehr province) were examined during the year 2003. a total of nine parasite species were found. gills of spiny eel were infected with ichthyophthirius multifiliis , trichodina pediculus (protozoa) and mastacembelocleidus heteranchorus...

A total of 128 spiny eels Mastacembelus mastacembelus (Mastacembelidae) were collected from theGreater Zab river at Iski Kalak town, west of Erbil city, Kurdistan region, Iraq, from July 2007 to the end ofJune 2008. The fish were examined for ecto and endo parasites. The study revealed the existence of 16species of parasites (with a total prevalence of 89.06%) including: two species of protozoa...

An annotated list of 41 species from 23 genera in three subfamilies Pteromalidae is given. Five Capellia Delucchi, 1958, Globimesosoma Xiao et Hui, 2001, Lyubana Bouček, 1915, Tachingousa Tselikh, 2018 and Thinodytes Graham, 1956 twenty-one are recorded for the first time fauna South Korea. A new data host-parasitic association Gastracanthus nigrescens Kamijo, 1960

Repetitive DNA elements have been a part of the genomic fauna of eukaryotes perhaps since their very beginnings. Millions of years of coevolution have given repeats central roles in chromosome maintenance and genetic modulation. Here we review the genomes of parasitic protozoa in the context of the current understanding of repetitive elements. Particular reference is made to repeats in five med...

Reptiles have increased in popularity worldwide; snakes and lizards are frequently used as pets. As a consequence of their popularity, the interest of the scientific community in these animals has increased. In order to acquire epidemiological data on the parasitic infections affecting reptiles in Italy a survey was carried out in 125 snakes and 25 lizards bred in the Campania region of souther...