Salmonella is a ubiquitous organism of public health importance that causes diarrhea and other systemic disease syndromes. The ecology and epidemiology of the organism in addition to the roles played by wild animals are important in understanding its disease. Relevant published peer-reviewed...

This third issue of the Archives of Veterinary Science (volume 23) presents 19 papers from the 3rd Workshop on Animal Wildlife Nutrition held in Curitiba, Brazil, last 21-23 December 2018. Topics of papers focused on the care of wild animals kept in captivity giving the proper diagnosis and...

The acanthocephalan Macracanthorhynchus ingens (von Linstow 1879) (Acanthocephala: Archiacanthocephala) is a parasite that infects the gut of carnivores (racoons, coyotes, wolves, foxes, badgers, skunks, opossum, mink and bears) as an adult and the body cavity of lizards, snakes, and frogs as a...

Hard ticks' geographical distribution and abundance are influenced by wildlife population. This work presents the results of the identification of ticks retrieved from wild animals in the framework of a Regional Plan of Monitoring and Surveillance of Wildlife health. The frequency of distribution...

Climate change over the past few years, along with milder winters and poor hibernation techniques carried out by many owners, has increased the number of post hibernation problems in many tortoises, especially elderly ones that have hibernated the same way for many years. Only fit and healthy ...

The cyclophyllidean cestodes of the genus Mesocestoides are parasites infecting a variety of carnivorous vertebrates. The complete life cycle of these tapeworms is not clear yet, but some reptiles, amphibians, birds and micro-mammals have been indicated as intermediate hosts. Although Mesocestoides ...

Alariosis is a very serious infection disease of human, domestic and wild animals caused by parasitic trematoda Alaria alata. This article briefly describes the life cycle of this helminth, the history of its discovery. A review of recent domestic studies about distribution of Alaria infection in...

There are groups of species among game animals demonstrating varied life strategies, demographic conditions and protective status. Therefore, a specific approach to managing the particular populations is needed. Game animals are more dependent on the natural environment because they are inseparable ...

From October 2018 to October 2019, investigations were conducted on mammals in Jiangshan Xianxialing Provincial Nature Reserve, Zhejiang province by grid method with infrared camera, rattrap and light trapping. The results showed that there were 63 species of mammals belonging to d 8 orders and 23...

This study was aimed at the compilation and introduction to the scientific literature of the folk beliefs on animals in the lower Euphrates basin, a major settlement area of common history, which has been home to several civilizations, and thus, is an area of great significance for folklore. For...