Helminthology - Science topic

shakarboev@rambler.ru Сардорбек Нумонжон угли Тургунов, докторант Джалалиддин Азимович Азимов, главный научный сотрудник, академик АН РУз Институт зоологии АН Республики Узбекистан (г. Ташкент) Изучали распространенность Ascaris suum среди свиней в Ферганской и Ташкентской областях. При гельминтоло-гическом вскрытии 96 животных у 37 (38,6 %) обнару...

In 2019-2021 studying of contamination of small cattle with anoplocephalides in various farm of Nakhchivan is carried out. It is ascertained anoplocephalatoses of small cattle are widespread. Disease of small cattle is observed in all districts. The species compositions of anoplocephalides of small cattle in the territory includes 5 species: Moniez...

Background and Aim: Echinococcosis is one of the most dangerous parasitic diseases common to humans and animals. In Kazakhstan, echinococcosis is widespread in animals. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and biological characteristics of echinococcosis in agricultural animals, dogs, wild carnivores, and rodents in the Western region of the...

Infeksi kecacingan merupakan kasus yang sering terjadi pada sapi perah yang dapat menimbulkan kerugian berupa penurunan produktivitas. Indikasi adanya infeksi kecacingan dilaporkan terjadi di PT. Nusantara Agri Sejati (NAS) yang memiliki populasi sapi perah yang cukup besar. Bukti laporan sebelumnya menunjukkan hasil pemeriksaan post-mortem dari sa...

Piscivorous Salminus brasiliensis and herbivorous/omnivorous Brycon orbignyanus often form mixed schools in the same habitats. The aims of this study were: (a) to analyze and compare ecto- and endoparasite communities in juvenile S. brasiliensis and B. orbignyanus in the Middle Paraná River, Argentina; and (b) to evaluate the possible relationships...

During necropsies of 22 mouflons (Ovis gmelini) from game farms in Tver and Smolensk regions, respiratory and digestive organs were examined for the presence of helminths. In the abomasa of 11 mouflons there were found from 7 to 30 specimens of Teladorsagia circumcincta nematodes. Beside the major morphs of this species ("T. circumcincta"), minor m...

The purpose of the research is to study the fauna of gastrointestinal nematodes of goats in the Moscow region. Materials and methods . The studies were carried out from December 2022 to April 2023. The object for the studies was the contents of the digestive tracts of 10 goats from small farms in the Moscow region, which were collected and fixed ac...

ABSTRACT. Non-parasitic vermiform organisms can circumstantially be associated with humans and their identification can be challenging for medical professionals. The present report describes the finding of a vermiform organism in the toilet bowl by a patient from Brazil, who thought he had expelled it in his faeces. The gross analyses in a clinical...

Conservation agriculture (CONS A) is a sustainable agriculture system based on crop rotation with no tillage. It has various environmental advantages compared to conventional agriculture (CONV A): decreased water evaporation, erosion, and CO 2 emissions. In this first study of its kind, we aim to evaluate the impact of this type of agriculture on s...

Ensuring the veterinary and sanitary welfare of animals is essential. Parasitic diseases are especially dangerous for deer. Helminths cause considerable material damage to deer farms, mainly decreasing the productive, trophy, and marketable qualities of animals. This article studies the distribution and features of preventing helminthiasis of wild...

The genus Baruscapillaria Moravec, 1982 has six valid species recorded in birds Phalacrocoracidae, namely Baruscapillaria appendiculata Freitas, 1933, B. spiculata Freitas, 1933, B. carbonis (Dubinin & Dubinina, 1940), B. jaenschi (Johnston & Mawson, 1945), B. phalacrocoraxi (Borgarenko, 1975) and B. rudolphii Moravec, Scholz and Našincová, 1994. H...

Soil biota is characterized by high structural, taxonomic and functional diversity and determines the leading trends in the process of soil formation, while the microorganisms content in the soil varies widely depending on its chemical composition, humidity, temperature, pH and other properties. On the other hand, the soil microbiome has a signific...

The article presents the results of studies on the infection of cattle with dicroceliasis, depending on the age group and seasons of the year, conducted in livestock farms of Bilasuvar, Gabala, Guba and Goranboy regions As a result of the research, it was found out that the average degree of infection of animals with dicroceliasis in private livest...

In this study, we present our dataset containing up-to-date information about occurrences of trematodes in small mammals in the Middle Volga region (European Russia). The dataset summarizes micromammals’ trematode occurrences obtained by long-term field helminthological studies of soricomorphs, erinaceomorphs, bats and rodents during a period of mo...

The purpose of the research is to study the fauna of gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep in the European part of the Russian Federation. Materials and methods . The studies were carried out in 2022–2023. The objects for the study were the sets of the gastrointestinal tracts of sheep aged from one to 2.5 years, delivered to the slaughterhouse in the...

In 2014-2022, complex helminthological studies were conducted domestic waterfowl (Anser anser dom. and Anas platherhynchos dom.) in Babek, Julfa, Sharur, Kangarli, Shahbuz, Ordubad and Sadarak regions of Nakhchivan AR, and 14 species of helminths (cestodes -3, trematodes - 2 and nematodes - 9) were found. Of them, 11 species were registreted in dom...

The monotypic genus Pneumoatractis Bursey, Reavill, and Greiner, 2009 was erected to allocate nematodes collected from the lungs of the freshwater turtle Podocnemis unifilis Troschel. During a helminthological survey of parasites from freshwater turtles of Tocantins and Xingu rivers, Para´ State, eastern Amazon, Brazil, we found nematodes parasitiz...

Conservation agriculture (CONS A) is a sustainable agriculture system which is based on rota-tion crops with no tillage. It has various environmental advantages compared to conventional agriculture (CONV A), namely decrease water evaporation, erosion and CO2 emission. We report herein the first study aiming evaluation of the impact of this type of...

The parasitofauna of amphibians from the province of San Juan has been studied very little. In particular, only one helminthological study has been reported on Odontophrynus occidentalis (Berg, 1896). The aim of the present study was to describe the endoparasites of O. occidentalis, including protozoa and nematodes. Twenty-one adults (13 males and...

The helminth fauna present in the gut contents of Iberian adders, Vipera seoanei (Squamata: Viperidae), were characterised and analysed in respect to biological and eco-geographic factors that may affect the occurrence and diversity of helminths in this species. A total of 317 samples of preserved stomachs and intestines, covering the distributiona...

Background: Contact between wild (saiga) and domestic (sheep) animals on pastures results in a composite community of helminths. Wild animals like saigas are vulnerable to parasites and the diseases they transmit are fatal. Adults may be less susceptible to infection than their offspring but remain a dangerous source of parasite spread. Aim: The...

Konstantin Ivanovich Skryabin is an outstanding Helminthologist, Academician of three Academies of Sciences (V. I. Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences, USSR Academy of Sciences, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences), Hero of Socialist Labor, Lenin and Stalin (twice) prize winner, and Recipient of six Orders of Lenin. In 2023, the 145th Ann...

Wild carnivores are involved in the maintenance of natural foci of helminth infections, and among their pathogens there are species of zoonotic significance. The purpose of the research was the study of helminth distribution in the fox (Vulpes vulpes) in the Central Region of the European part of Russia. Thirty foxes were examined by the method of...

The Helminthological Collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute is the biggest in Latin America and it is among the largest collections at worldwide reference level, with around 40,000 sets of specimens and approximately one million individual specimens. It contains helminths parasites of vertebrate and invertebrate animals that form part of the faun...

Treatments of ecto- and endoparasitic infestations of cats adopt drugs based on imidacloprid and moxidectin. Therefore, the objective of our study was comparing spot-on applied complex drugs, which have different action mechanisms of their active agents, during ecto- and endoparasitic infestations of cats. We provide the data on effectiveness of th...

The purpose of the research is to study the influence of various technological factors on obtaining of complex solid dispersions of anthelmintics with polyvinylpyrrolidone and licorice extract on anthelmintic efficacy in experimental trichinellosis of white mice. Materials and methods . The study of the nematodocidal activity of complex solid dispe...

The research was performed in the Absheron region of the Azerbaijan Republic on private and farmer sheep farms from 2015 to 2020. The complete helminthological dissection method revealed that nematodes such as Trichocephalus ovis, Haemonchus contortus, and Chabertia ovina parasitize the gastrointestinal system of sheep. All 3 species belong to geoh...

The article presents data on the effectiveness of the new domestic complex antiparasitic drug "Megastop ultra for dogs" in comparison with the reference drug "Advokat@ for dogs" when used for the treatment and prevention of ecto- and endoparasitic infestations in dogs of different breeds, ages, sexes and body weights. Based on the results of an ent...

Host animals – red deer (Cervus elaphus) and European fallow deer (Dama dama) for industrial cultivation in the conditions of the “Amila” farm in the Western Polissia of Ukraine can be the primary source of the spread of the helminthic infestation. Following this, in September 2022, samples of feces from a red deer (n = 22) and a European fallow de...

The results of studies on toxocariasis in dogs are presented. Out of 49 dogs subjected to helminthological autopsy, 26 (53,1%) were infested with the nematode Toxocara canis, with an invasion intensity of 11,2±0,6 ind. A coproovoscopic examination of 132 dogs revealed that they were infected with toxocariasis by 79 (59,8 %), rural – 22 (16,6 %), ur...

Background Monogenean parasites have never been formally reported on fishes from the Lufira River Basin. In this context, we decided to record the monogenean parasite fauna of three cichlid species found in the Upper Lufira River Basin for the first time by inventorizing their diversity (species composition) and analysing their infection parameters...

The Journal of Helminthology (JHL) was first published in 1923 and was originally created as a house journal of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The JHL was devised by its first Editor, Robert Leiper, to allow for rapid publication of results from the Department of Helminthology and its offshoot the Institute of Agricultural Para...

shakarboev@rambler.ru Джалалиддин Азимович Азимов, академик АН РУз, главный научный сотрудник Сардорбек Нумонжон угли Тургунов, докторант Институт зоологии АН Республики Узбекистан (г.Ташкент) Абат Султамуратович Бердибаев, старший преподаватель Нукусский государственный педагогический институт (г. Нукус) Зироатхон Солиджоновна Абдукодирова, старши...

The most common nematode in rabbits is passalurosis, and climate change in Ukraine in recent decades has altered the epizootic manifestation of this parasitosis, which predetermines the relevance of this study. Therefore, the purpose of this paper was to establish the epizootic situation regarding the passalurosis invasion and to investigate the pa...

Strongyloides papillosus infections in sheep is associated with great economic setbacks. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence, haematological and biochemical alterations associated with Strongyloides papillosus infections among Awassi breed sheep in Mosul, Iraq. This research was conducted between September and December of 2021...

Introduction: Taeniasis is known as a global human and animal parasite. Infestation by Echinococcus has significantly decreased in some countries as a result of modern research aiming to combat this type of tapeworm. To obtain protective biologics, biomass of inactivated material is required. The present study aimed to obtain the maximum number of...

Helminth fauna and some biotic and abiotic traits were analysed in Iberian adder Vipera seoanei (Squamata: Viperidae) a European viper nearly endemic to northern Iberian Peninsula, in an attempt to confirm previous claims of relationships between this ecological traits in this genus. A total of 317 samples mostly covering the distributional range o...

Annotation According to the results of helminthological studies, 32 species of helminthes were identified in 13 species of fish in the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan, including 12 species of cestodes, 6 species of trematodes, 12 species of nematodes and 2 species of acanthocephalans. Of these, 15 species were recorded in the sexually mature form, and...

The article presents data on the effectiveness of the new domestic complex antiparasitic drug «Moxistop for dogs» in comparison with the reference drug «Vormazol for dogs spot-on» that used for the treatment and prevention of endoparasitic infestations in dogs of different breeds, ages and sexes. According to the results of parasitological studies,...

The paper presents the results of the study of the epizootiological characteristics of echinococcosis in dogs, sheep and goats in the Caspian Sea region of Russia where Echinococcus occurrence varies from 30 to 80%, as well as the results of tests of the complex product Prazibars (at different doses) for its effectiveness against this parasitosis....

More than 24,000 species of helminth parasitize wild birds worldwide, and this number is expanding as interest in wildlife parasitology increases. The objective of the current study was to update the baseline of helminthological surveys conducted on chukar partridges ( Alectoris chukar ) in northern Pakistan. After reviewing the available literatur...

Reports of filarial nematodes in wild birds are scarce in South America, particularly in the Amazon region. We analyzed the organs in the thoracic and abdominal cavities of 34 wild birds belonging to 12 different species of the order Passeriformes in the Periurban areas of Para State. Adult filariae was observed in 3/34 (9%) birds, located in the a...

The article presents data on the effectiveness of the new domestic antiparasitic drug complex “Moxistop for cats” in comparison to the referenced drug “Vormazol for cats spot-on” used for the treatment and prevention of endoparasitic infestations in cats of different ages, body weights, breeds, and sex. According to the results of parasitological r...

The development of the Antarctic krill fishery is a promising direction of Russian food industry. Euphausia superba is the largest source of animal protein in the global oceans. According to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), the year of 2021 saw a steady increase in the global catch of krill. The Gov...

The paper analyses landscape and ecological features of moniesiosis pathogen transmission in livestock in the Ganja-Gazakh Region in different seasons and age groups. Since 2010, 957 sheep and 619 goats were tested for moniesiosis pathogens in different landscape/ecological areas of the region using K. I. Skryabin’s full helminthological anatomisat...

In recent decades in Europe there has been a decline in the population of European brown hare (Lepus europaeus L.). Diseases, including parasitoses, are one of the factors considered to be the cause for the phenomenon. In this connection the aim of the present work was to update the data on the composition and distribution of endoparasites of this...

Poster session 3, September 23, 2022, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM As the world enters the third decade of the 21st century, infectious diseases continue to pose major challenges to the survival and well-being of human kind. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated how indispensable technological advances and innovations are in our fight against the vast legion of...

Background: Dermatoparasitic infestations due to the mites Demodex spp. and Sarcoptes scabie are prevalent dermatological disorders worldwide. Methods: Referral patients from the Departments of Dermatology, Infectious Diseases, and from the psychologists, in some cases, to the laboratory of Medical Helminthology, School of Public Health, Tehran Un...

Objective. To carry out the retrospective and operative analysis of the epidemiological situation regarding human dirofilariosis in Astrakhan Region for the period from 1951 to 2019. Materials and methods. Eighty-one epidemiological maps of persons infected with dirofilaria as well as case histories of ambulatory patients of Helminthological Center...

In order to gain a better etiological and epidemiological knowledge of the parasitic diseases of local breed chickens reared in extensive (traditional) mode, a study was carried out in the Oran region during the periods from February 2020 to April 2020. Ten chickens were examined by the helminthologic autopsy method to identify parasitic helminths...

Parasitic infection research, performed on both humans and domestic animals, has been mostly focused on vaccines, diagnostic methods, epidemiology, and the evolutionary origins of parasites, thanks to the emergence of genomics and proteomics. However, the basic biology of the host-parasite interactions of several medical or veterinary important par...

The European pilchard is one of the most frequently consumed fish species in Mediterranean countries, especially in Italy and Spain, and has been reported as the cause of at least eight human anisakidosis cases in Spain. With the aim to shed light on the potential human parasitosis risk posed by nematode larvae belonging to families Anisakidae or R...

The present work was taken up in August, 1950 when the author was appointed a Research Assistant to Professer G. S. Thapar by the Uttar Pradesh Government to study the Helminthiasis of the animais dying in the Prince of Wales' Zoological Gardens at Lucknnw. Later, the author also studied sorne nematode parasites of sheep and goat. Most of the colle...

This paper provides an overview of wolf research in Russia at the beginning of the 21st century. Wolf research covered various directions, including population density estimation, management methods and minimization of human-wildlife conflicts, general and behavioral ecology, behavior, wolf population genetics and morphology, paleontology, dog dome...

The study dealt with the helminthic fauna infecting Black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus (L.) (Charadriiformes, Recurvirostridae) from Sindh, Pakistan, includes the investigation of new varieties of helminths in wader birds of Sindh and the assessment of prevalence and the rate of infection in Black-winged Stilt, during August-November 2018. A...

The aim of this research was to assess the scale and determine the possible reasons of the death of Caspian seals (Pusa caspica), that were washed up by a storm on the coast of the Republic of Dagestan in early December 2020. The corpses of seals were found on the Dagestan coast from the mouth of the Terek River to the southern outskirts of Derbent...

The purpose of the research is identifcation of epidemically and epizootically dangerous fsh species for opisthorchosis in the Novosibirsk Region. Materials and methods. Helminthological studies were carried out from 2002 to 2020. We studied a total of 2994 fsh specimens belonging to 8 species of Cyprinidae, carps and allies, namely, ide, Leuciscus...

The purpose of the research is to identify the species composition of helminths in lake frogs (Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771)) caught in rivers of the Belgorod Region. Materials and methods. We studied frogs collected using a hydrobiological net in the rivers in fve Belgorod Region districts during the spring-summer 2016–2019. Species identif...

The research was conducted from 1998 to 2019 at the nine water bodies of Azerbaijan. During the study, 94 individuals of the Little Grebes (Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas, 1764)) were examined by the method of complete helminthological dissection. As a result, 12 trematode species belonging to one order, seven families, and eight genera were found:...

Nematology is an important branch of biological science, which deals with a complex, diverse group of round worms known as Nematodes that occur worldwide in essentially all environments. Nematodes are also known as eelworms in Europe, nemas in the United States and round worms by zoologists. Many species are important parasites of plants and animal...

Raquel de Oliveira Simões: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5130-3341 Valéria da Silva Carneiro: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4682-9431 José Luis Luque: https://orcid.org/ ABSTRACT Keywords: birds-Cestoda-Nematoda-parasite ecology-prevalence-parasite richness The domestic chicken, Gallus gallus domesticus Linnaeus, 1758, is an important component of the...

An annotated checklist of the helminth parasites associated with reptiles from Peru is provided, as the result of a compilation of parasitological papers published between 1963 and January 2022 and records of species deposited in national and international collections. The list provides data on hosts, developmental stage, sites of infection, geogra...

April 7, 2022 All-Russian Scientific Research Institute for Fundamental and Applied Parasitology of Animals and Plant – a branch of the Federal State Budget Scientific Institution "Federal Scientific Centre VIEV" celebrates the 90th anniversary of the establishment of an independent scientific institution in the field of helminthology in Russia. Fo...

The study of the peculiar species Collyriclum faba (Bremser in Schmalz, 1831) has a long history. Trematodes of this species have been recorded in many passerine species and rarely in other groups of birds. Subcutaneous cysts in infested birds are localized in various parts of the body: at the base of the lower jaw, chin or throat, around the cloac...

9 species of rodents belonging to the families Muridae and Cricetidae have been caught in different habitats of Lankaran natural region (dry steppe semi-desert habitats, humid subtropical temperate climate habitats, humid subtropical medium climate habitats, warm broad-leaved forest habitats, mountain forest steppe habitats and mountain steppe habi...

Helminth infections impact the health of hundreds of millions of persons globally and also cause important economic losses in livestock farming. Methodological limitations as well as the low attention given to the study of helminths have impacted biological research and, thus, the procurement of accurate diagnosis and effective treatments. Understa...

The study of the peculiar species Collyriclum faba (Bremser in Schmalz, 1831) has a long history. Trematodes of this species have been recorded in many passerine species and rarely in other groups of birds. Subcutaneous cysts in infested birds are localized in various parts of the body: at the base of the lower jaw, chin or throat, around the cloac...

The purpose of the research is to study mixed infections of gastrointestinal strongylates and Anoplocephala sp. in sheep in the context of the vertical zonality of Dagestan. Materials and methods . In 2000-2020, 360 collections of the digestive tract of sheep and 600 fecal samples were studied in the plain, foothill, and mountain belts of Dagestan....

The purpose of the research is study of some issues of fauna, spread and ecology of nematodes of the genus Dirofilaria in biogeocenoses of Uzbekistan. Materials and methods . Nematodes of the genus Dirofilaria ( D. immitis and D. repens ) were collected from domestic and wild carnivorous mammals within Uzbekistan. The studies were carried out durin...

Originally endemic to South America, the nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) has recently expanded its range northward to Illinois. With this range expansion comes concern regarding potential incoming pathogens; our research, conducted during 2012-2020, consisted of screening armadillos for the presence of helminths, Trypanosoma cruzi, and...

The sampling of 22 specimens of Rhizoprionodon oligolinx Springer from the Persian Gulf made possible the description of three new species of Anthobothrium van Beneden, 1850. Anthobothrium parimae sp. nov. is different from its congeners, except for A. altavelae Neifar, Euzet and Ben Hassine, 2002, A. lyndoni Ruhnke and Caira, 2009, and A. lesteri...

For the fi rst time information on helminths of the Fire-bellied toad Bombina bombina (Linnaeus, 1761)from natural biocoenoses of in Saratov region is given. In 2012, 24 specimens of amphibians from the Medveditsa River fl oodplain in the vicinity of the Atkarsk city were examined by full helminthological autopsy. A total of 6 helminth species from...

Maintenance of the life cycle of a wide diversity of helminths depends on the aquatic environment. Freshwater turtles are considered one of the main groups in these ecosystems due to their high density and biomass. However, there is little information on the infection parameters of helminths associated with the Chelidae species Hydromedusa tectifer...

In 2015–2018, in three localities representing the main ecological conditions of the Aras Dam Reservoir, 233 fishes of 19 species were studied by the method of complete helminthological dissection: Caspian roach – Rutilus caspicus, Caspian asp – Leuciscus aspius, Kura gudgeon – Romanogobio persus, Aras khramulya – Capoeta sevangi, Chаnari barbel –...

The purpose of the research is studying the oribatid mite biodiversity on the Dagestan pastures in terms of altitudinal zonation and their infection with Moniezia sp. procercoids. Materials and methods . Oribatid mites were collected in different seasons of 1990–2020 on different types of pastures of the plain, foothill, and mountain belts of Dages...

The purpose of the research is study of pinniped helminth fauna in Chukotka, and the analysis of the fish of the main commercial families infected with pathogens of helminthozoonoses based on modern literature. Materials and methods . The helminths were collected in autumn of 2019 from pinnipeds caught in the Mechigmenskaya Guba of the Bering Sea i...

In the Czech Republic, 12 freshly dead birds belonging to four species were examined helminthologically during a period of 2015 – 2019. They were six Caspian gulls Larus cachinnans (Lariformes), three goosanders Mergus merganser (Anseriformes), two common snipes Gallinago gallinago , and one common curlew Numenius arquata (Charadriiformes). Concern...

From January to May 2015, a sample of 50 individuals of the Pacific sierra Scomberomorus sierra Jordan and Starks, 1895 captured off Mazatlán (southeastern Gulf of California, Mexico) were reviewed for helminths. A total of 6, 255 parasitic worms belonging to 11 species (9 in adult stage and 2 larvae) were obtained. Trematoda was the best represent...

We present a taxonomic, spatial, and thematic overview of the current state of knowledge on helminth parasites of Mexican amphibians. Sixty-six host species have been studied so far, representing 17.5% of the amphibian species distributed in Mexico. A total of 139 nominal species of helminths – 68 platyhelminths, 62 nematodes, three acanthocephalan...

Based on the official statistics the situation of parasitic diseases in the Russian Federation is still quite unfavorable. The issues of soil contamination with Echinococcus granulosus eggs are understudied that’s why the objective of the research was to study canine echinococcosis which poses a threat to animal and human disease freedom in the Nor...

Nematode parasites are an ongoing challenge in livestock production. Pharmaceutical anthelmin