Horses are not native to Sri Lanka. They are imported from neighbouring countries to be used for police work, sporting or riding and esthetic purposes. An isolated population of about 500 feral horses lives in the Delft Island in northern Sri Lanka. These feral horses served hundred years for...

Entamoeba histolytica is the causative agent of human intestinal and liver amebiasis. The extraordinary phagocytic activity of E. histolytica trophozoites has been accepted as one of the virulence mechanisms responsible for their invasive capacity. The recognition of the noninvasive Entamoeba...

This publication of the British Veterinary Zoological Society presents papers from the Proceedings of the Spring Meeting, Diagnostics of all Zoo, Wildlife and Pet Exotic Species, held in Cambridge, UK, 23-24 March, 2013. Papers focused on the health, and diagnosis of diseases affecting large...

Several studies have demonstrated that the soil of public parks presents an important source of infection which has a significant impact on public health. Children are the main group affected by accidentally ingestion of contaminated soil. This study was performed in order to identify the presence...

The release of any species into a novel environment can evoke transmission of parasites that do not normally parasitize the host as well as potentially introducing new parasites into the environment. Species introductions potentially incur such risks, yet little is currently known about the...

Translocation programs releasing animals into the wild need to assess the potential risks associated with the exchange of parasites and other pathogens between native and translocated species. We assessed the composition of the parasite communities in sympatric native and introduced primates. Over...

Infectious and parasitic diseases continue to rise according to the World Orgnization of Health, being responsible for two to three million of deaths a year worldwide. In the Northeast area, located in an area of salt extraction of Rio Grande do Norte, the municipal district of Mossoró, presenting...

The plant Pluchea indica is known for its anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, anti-pyretic, hypoglycemic, diuretic and anti-microbial activities besides many other pharmacological activities. We have isolated and purified seven compounds from the methanolic root extract of this plant by column...

The article reviews literature concerning the prevalence of major parasitic invasions in ostriches (Struthio camelus). It describes selected parasites from different systematic groups: protozoa (from genera Eimeria, Isospora, Cryptosporidium, Balantidium, Entamoeba, Histomonas, Trichomonas),...