The present report describes Syphacia (Syphacia) maxomyos sp. n. (Nematoda: Oxyuridae) from two species of spiny rats, Maxomys musschenbroekii from Sulawesi and M. whiteheadi from Sumatra. It is characterized by a cephalic plate extending laterally with dorsoventral constriction and stumpy eggs with an operculum rim reaching pole. It is readily distinguishable by the former feature from all of ...

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...

The purpose of our study was to evaluate the efficacy of chlorine dioxide gas for environmental decontamination of Syphacia spp. ova. We collected Syphacia ova by perianal cellophane tape impression of pinworm-infected mice. Tapes with attached ova were exposed to chlorine dioxide gas for 1, 2, 3, or 4 h. After gas exposure, ova were incubated in hatching medium for 6 h to promote hatching. For...

Mice and rats are the most common laboratory animals used in research centers worldwide [1]. Animal houses that supply mice and rats for experimental researches should have facilities to produce and maintain specific pathogenfree animals under controlled sanitary conditions. However, 95% of laboratory animals are kept in conventional situations that can expose them to various infectious agents ...

Syphacia caudibandata was found in the gut of the common hare Lepus capensis (Linn.) in Karachi, Pakistan. The new species is characterized by having a typical caudal region provided with transverse band and bead like structures placed at wellproportioned spaces in the females and one or two cuticular mamelons and relatively short spicules in males. Scanning micrographs of the cuticle show a ty...

Introduction: There is not much data on parasitic infections of laboratory animals that are kept in conventional conditions in Iran. The present study was designed to investigate intestinal helminths infections in laboratory colonies of rats and mice. Methods: Droppings from 110 mice and 110 rats (each animal one dropping) belonging to experimental and breeding groups in four animal houses were...

introduction: there is not much data on parasitic infections of laboratory animals that are kept in conventional conditions in iran. the present study was designed to investigate intestinal helminths infections in laboratory colonies of rats and mice. methods: droppings from 110 mice and 110 rats (each animal one dropping) belonging to experimental and breeding groups in four animal houses were...