Efficacy of emodepside plus toltrazuril (Procox(®) oral suspension for dogs) against Toxocara canis, Uncinaria stenocephala and Ancylostoma caninum in dogs.

abstract：:In the search of alternatives for the control of mosquitoes of medical importance, we evaluated the larvicidal activity of micronized suspensions of calcium hydroxide [Ca(OH)₂] against Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus. Tests conducted under laboratory conditions determined a LC50 = 0.027% (LC90 = 0.096%) for A...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Estrada-Aguilar A,Sánchez-Manzano RM,Martínez-Ibarra JA,Camacho AD,Márquez-Navarro A,Nogueda-Torres B

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2001, an international surveillance initiative was established, utilising a validated larval development inhibition assay to track the susceptibility of cat flea isolates to imidacloprid. In 2009, an Australian node was incorporated into the programme, joining laboratories in the United States and Europe. Field iso...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kopp S,Blagburn B,Coleman G,Davis W,Denholm I,Field C,Hostetler J,Mencke N,Rees R,Rust M,Schroeder I,Tetzner K,Williamson M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors previously reported that an extract from Zingiber officinale, traditionally eaten along with raw fish and used in traditional Chinese medicine, effectively destroyed Anisakis larvae in vitro. In this study, we analyzed the effective components of ginger rhizomes. Methanol extracts were fractionated after f...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Goto C,Kasuya S,Koga K,Ohtomo H,Kagei N

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efforts to derive a physical map of the genome of Eimeria tenella are being made to complement genetic mapping and to assist in the production of an integrated map. A large insert library of DNA from the Houghton (H) reference strain of E. tenella has been constructed in yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs). The librar...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hoogendoorn B,Toye AA,Bumstead N,Shirley MW

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 585 persons from several occupational groups (farmers, slaughterhouse staff, hunters, veterinarians) exposed to Toxocara infestations and 50 persons of a control group were tested for the presence of specific antibodies to the Toxocara canis antigen using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and a western b...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Deutz A,Fuchs K,Auer H,Kerbl U,Aspöck H,Köfer J

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proboscis apex of the eoacanthocephalan parasite Paratenuisentis ambiguus was studied, using electron and light microscopy, for a better understanding of the parasite's attachment at the intestinal wall of its definitive hosts (Anguilla rostrata and A. anguilla). The results suggest the presence of an epidermis co...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Herlyn H

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seventy-five previously frozen Northern Lapwings, Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) were dissected and examined for trematodes. The available birds were euthanized after suffering severe injuries from a hail storm. Trematode specimens were found in the air sacs, body cavities and kidneys. They were cleared, stained i...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Hintzen J,Thielebein J,Daugschies A,Schmäschke R

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased gametocytemia in infections with resistant strains of Plasmodium species and their enhanced transmissibility are a matter of concern in planning and evaluating the impact of malaria control strategies. Various studies have determined weekly gametocyte carriage in response to antimalarial drugs in clinical tr...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Abdul-Ghani R,Farag HF,Allam AF,Azazy AA

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The localisation and distribution of the cytoskeletal protein tubulin in the adult liver fluke Fasciola hepatica have been determined by an indirect immunofluorescence technique using a monoclonal antibody raised against beta-tubulin. Tubulin was demonstrated in the tegumental syncytium and in the tegumental cell bodi...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Stitt AW,Fairweather I,Trudgett AG,Johnston CF

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcocystis sarcocysts are common in muscles of herbivores but are rare in muscles of carnivores. Here, we report sarcocysts in the muscles of a gray wolf (Canis lupus) from Alaska, USA, for the first time. Sarcocysts extracted from the tongue of the wolf were up to 900 μm long and slender and appeared to have a relat...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Calero-Bernal R,Cerqueira-Cézar CK,Verma SK,Mowery J,Carmena D,Beckmen K,Dubey JP

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial peptides are increasingly being explored as alternative agents for therapy against the parasitic protozoan Leishmania. Previously, we reported that the synthetic magainin analog, pexiganan, induced apoptosis of surface protease-deficient Leishmania. Here, we report the development of an arginine-rich var...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kulkarni MM,Karafova A,Kamysz W,McGwire BS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenicity of 19 hypocrealean entomopathogenic fungi from seven different genera in adult Aedes aegypti was tested. All fungi proved to be pathogenic, and Isaria fumosorosea, Lecanicillium muscarium, Lecanicillium psalliotae, Metarhizium anisopliae, Metarhizium lepidiotae, Metarhizium majus, Metarhizium frigidu...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Leles RN,Sousa NA,Rocha LF,Santos AH,Silva HH,Luz C

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is focused on the feasibility of two treatments of alcohol-fixed monogenean parasites which are intended to be use for the combined morphological and molecular characterizations. The monogenean parasite, Eudiplozoon nipponicum, was selected as a model parasite species; however it is expected that these tech...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kosková E,Matejusová I,Civánová K,Koubková B

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ethanolic leaf extract of Cassia obtusifolia was investigated for their larvicidal and oviposition deterrence effects against Anopheles stephensi. Concentrations ranging from 25 to 125 mg/l were assessed at 24 h post-treatment against late third instar larvae. The leaf extract had significant larvicidal effect wit...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rajkumar S,Jebanesan A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral larva migrans (VLM) syndrome caused by Toxocara canis larvae was first described in the 1950s. The role of other nematode larvae, i.e. the pig roundworm Ascaris suum as a causative agent of visceral larva migrans-associated symptoms like general malaise, cough, liver dysfunction, hypereosinophilia with hepato...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Schneider R,Obwaller A,Auer H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-plasmodial activity of different solvent extracts of Adhatoda vasica (root), Caesalpinia pulcherrima (leaf), Carica papaya (pulp), Erythroxylum monogynum (leaf), Lantana camara (whole plant), Ocimum sanctum (root) and Phyllanthus niruri (whole plant) were studied against Plasmodium falciparum. Of the 35 extra...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Venkatesalu V,Gopalan N,Pillai CR,Singh V,Chandrasekaran M,Senthilkumar A,Chandramouli N

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacies of 20 mg/kg body weight (BW) of toltrazuril (Toltra) 2 days post-infection (dpi), 2 mg/kg BW of diclazuril 2 and 3 dpi and 200 mg/kg BW of sulphadimidine 2, 3 and 4 dpi were compared in a model for piglet isosporosis. Weight gain (first 4 weeks of life) and diarrhoea and oocyst excretion from 4 to 11 dp...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Mundt HC,Mundt-Wüstenberg S,Daugschies A,Joachim A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of abamectin 1%, when injected subcutaneously in cattle at a dose of 200 micrograms/kg body weight, against the larval stages (grubs) of the fly Dermatobia hominis was evaluated in two trials in endemic areas of Brazil and Argentina. Eighteen Holstein x Brahman castrated males and 16 Brahman-cross with na...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Cruz JB,Benitez-Usher C,Cramer LG,Gross SJ,Kohn AB

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemonchus contortus isolates were evaluated for benzimidazole (BZ) resistance or susceptibility by allele-specific PCR based on β-tubulin isotype 1 gene polymorphisms at the F167Y, E198A, and F200Y sites. Two isolates, one presumed susceptible from wild pronghorn antelope (PH) and one known to be resistant from goats...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Arafa WM,Holman PJ,Craig TM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevalence and intensity of gastrointestinal parasites were studied through a longitudinal survey in 400 horses over a 17-month period in an abattoir in Germany. Three hundred and ten horses (77.5 %) were demonstrated harbouring endoparasites either by direct recovery of parasites from the digestive tract and/or in te...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Rehbein S,Visser M,Winter R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, advances in proteomic and mass spectrometry techniques and the sequencing of the Plasmodium falciparum genome have led to an increasing number of studies regarding the parasite proteome. However, these studies have focused principally on parasite protein expression, neglecting parasite-induced va...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Fontaine A,Bourdon S,Belghazi M,Pophillat M,Fourquet P,Granjeaud S,Torrentino-Madamet M,Rogier C,Fusai T,Almeras L

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the anisakid nematode distribution pattern in the fish collected from coasts of Mediterranean Sea, Egypt, during the period September 2010-April 2011. Two hundred thirty out of 300 (76.7%) Dicentrarchus labrax (European seabass) marine fishes belonging to family Moronidae were dissected and found t...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Morsy K,Bashtar AR,Abdel-Ghaffar F,Mehlhorn H,Quraishy SA,El-Mahdi M,Al-Ghamdi A,Mostafa N

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplasma phagocytophilum is an obligate intracellular bacterium that is transmitted to humans through the bite of Ixodes spp. ticks, and causes a febrile disease known as human granulocytic anaplasmosis. The presence of A. phagocytophilum in Wisconsin white-tailed deer blood and in deer ticks was assessed using PCR a...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Michalski M,Rosenfield C,Erickson M,Selle R,Bates K,Essar D,Massung R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were conducted in Mwea Rice Scheme, Kenya during the period April 2005 and January 2007 to determine the host-feeding pattern of culicine mosquitoes. Mosquitoes were collected indoors and outdoors and tested for human, bovine, goat, and donkey blood meals by an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay. A total of 1,7...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Muturi EJ,Muriu S,Shililu J,Mwangangi JM,Jacob BG,Mbogo C,Githure J,Novak RJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological data and a unique phylogenetic position had suggested that Sarcocystis ovalis in moose and red deer might use a definitive host other than canids, felids, or humans. Corvid birds and rats were therefore evaluated as potential definitive hosts for this species in a small pilot study. Four laboratory rat...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Gjerde B,Dahlgren SS

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemoproteus spp. are cosmopolitan vector-born haemosporidian parasites, some species of which cause diseases in non-adapted birds. Recent polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based studies have detected mitochondrial cytochrome b gene lineages of these Haemoproteus parasites in blood-sucking mosquitoes and speculated abou...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Valkiūnas G,Kazlauskienė R,Bernotienė R,Palinauskas V,Iezhova TA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquito bites can elicit dermal hypersensitivity reactions, but little is known about the chemotactic factors for host leukocytes in mosquito saliva. In this study, we determined that saliva from a malarial vector mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, possesses intense neutrophil chemotactic activity. In contrast, the midgu...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Owhashi M,Harada M,Suguri S,Ohmae H,Ishii A

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of alpha-bacteroids in relation to the fat-body cells of the lantern bug Pyrops candelaria was described. The fat-body-cell cytoplasm contained numerous mitochondria, rough endoplasmic reticula, vacuoles, and storage granules. Its nucleus had scattered chromatin materials. The alpha-bacteroid was en...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Wang JB,Cheung WW

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analyses were made on the adenosine transporter-1 gene in Trypanosoma brucei (TbAT1), encoding a P2-like nucleoside transporter, from T. brucei brucei field stocks to investigate a possible link between the presence of mutations in this gene and isometamidium resistance. We have analysed the gene from 11 isometamidium...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Afework Y,Mäser P,Etschmann B,von Samson-Himmelstjerna G,Zessin KH,Clausen PH

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the emergence of Schmallenberg virus (SBV) in 2011, 21,397 culicoid biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from targeted and non-targeted sampling activities carried out during the summer months of 2011 to 2013 and in late 2014 in various regions in Germany were analyzed for the virus by real-time RT-PCR. ...

journal_title：Parasitology research

authors： Kameke D,Werner D,Hoffmann B,Lutz W,Kampen H

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00