Infestation by parasites is a serious problem in the aquaculture industries of Micropterus salmoides Lacepède, 1802 and Ictalurus punctatus Rafinesque, 1818. Herein, Ambiphrya species are reported for the first time and cause high infestation intensity to M. salmoides and I. punctatus in China. The ...

Despite the recognized epidemiological importance of ticks as vectors for pathogens that cause numerous zoonotic and veterinary diseases, data regarding the pathogens of pet dogs and their parasitic ticks in the Junggar Basin are scarce. In this study, a total of 178 blood samples and 436 parasitic ...

Trichinellosis is a serious food-borne zoonotic parasitic disease with global distribution, causing serious harm to public health and food safety. Molting is prerequisite for intestinal larval development in the life cycle of T. spiralis. Metalloproteinases play an important role in the molting...

Objective: To monitor five common pathogens carried by small mammals in key areas of Chongqing, China, so as to provide a scientific basis for the prevention and control of local rodent-borne diseases. Methods: From 2021 to 2022, small mammals were collected using cage traps at night at three...

Honeybees are crucial pollinators with significant ecologic value. The decline of wild honeybee populations has been recognized and documented during recent decades. However, the health status of wild non-cave Apis spp., including giant and dwarf honeybees, remains generally unknown. We...

The health of the western honeybee, Apis mellifera, the most crucial pollinator, has been challenged globally over the past decades. An ectoparasitic mite, Varroa destructor, together with the viruses it vectored, is generally regarded as the vital pathogenic agent. Although the poor health status...

To explore the role of Trichinella spiralis muscle larvae glutamate decarboxylase (TsGAD) in T. spiralis muscle larvae acid resistance mechanism, we detected the expression level of TsGAD mRNA in different acid cultivation environment by real-time PCR. As the results showed, with the decrease of...

Influenza A virus (IAV) and bacteria co-infection can influence the host clinical conditions. Both H9N2 IAV and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) are potential pathogens of respiratory diseases in mink. In this study, to clarify the effects of H9N2 IAV and P. aeruginosa co-infections on...

Background: While immune responses to the murine hookworm Nippostrongylus brasiliensis have been investigated, signaling pathways regulating development of infectious larvae (iL3) are not well understood. We hypothesized that N. brasiliensis would use pathways similar to those controlling dauer...

Background: Coccidiosis caused by Eimeria zuernii (Eimeriidae: Coccidia) represents a significant economic threat to the bovine industry. Understanding the evolutionary and genetic biology of E. zuernii can assist in new interaction developments for the prevention and control of this protozoosis....