Athens, Ga. - Every year, billions of animals migrate across the globe, carrying parasites with them and encountering parasites through their travels. Now, a team of researchers at the University of ...

Conservation managers who try to keep members of endangered animal species parasite-free are well-intentioned but this approach is misguided, according to a new research. Conservation managers who try ...

Whether it's finding a tick buried in your socks after a walk in the woods or yanking off a few leeches after a pond swim, parasites trigger revulsion in most of us. And forget about those worms in ...

Parasites are a big problem for avian medicine; some, such as protozoa, are microscopic and can infect wild and captive birds, causing diseases such as coccidiosis, lethal for domestic hens. By ...

Animals, like plants, can build tolerance to infections at a genetic level, and these findings could provide a better understanding of the epidemiology and evolution of infectious disease, according ...

Parasites can invade animals, including humans, and control their behaviour from the inside. But this also means parasites may be able to teach us how to control our own brains and treat neurological ...

Although we are just now beginning the winter season, small ruminant owners should still be regularly checking their animals ...

THIS volume gives an account of the principal Protozoa which produce disease in man and in animals associated with man, e.g. domestic animals, game, bees, etc. As the book is intended to be of service ...

Every year, billions of animals migrate across the globe, carrying parasites with them and encountering parasites through their travels. Now, a team of researchers has discovered that animals known to ...