1. In epidemiological studies of wildlife parasites, faecal genotyping has been introduced to prevent bias in estimates of parasite prevalence from faecal samples collected in the field. Such an ...

Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, Vol. 373, No. 1751, Theo Murphy meeting issue: Evolution of pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviours (19 July 2018), pp. 1-10 (10 pages) Mammalian ...

This news release is available in German. Wild great apes are widely infected with malaria parasites. Yet, nothing is known about the biology of these infections in the wild. Using faecal samples ...

Each year, sheep and goat farmers around the world lose an estimated US $10 billion due to gastrointestinal parasites that infect their animals, leading to loss of weight and wools and even death – a ...

A resilient parasite carried by raccoons is spreading across Europe, posing a severe neurological threat to humans. Experts warn that the infection often goes undiagnosed while raccoon populations ...

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