Defence mechanisms of fish can be divided into specific and non-specific that act in concert
and are often interdependent. Most fish in both wild and cultured populations are vulnerable …

Abstract Changes in species distributions open novel parasite transmission routes at the
human–wildlife interface, yet the strength of biotic and biogeographical factors that prevent …

Cyclophyllidea van Beneden in Braun, 1900 Page 1 University of North Dakota UND
Scholarly Commons Biology Faculty Publications Department of Biology 7-20-2017 …

Rodents are the largest group of mammals that adapt to different ecosystems and may act as
the potential reservoirs of significant pathogens including gastrointestinal (GI) helminths …

Abstract Knowledge of biodiversity is unevenly distributed across the Tree of Life. In the long
run, such disparity in awareness unbalances our understanding of life on Earth, influencing …

Species of the genus Pomphorhynchus Monticelli, 1905 (Acanthocephala:
Pomphorhynchidae) are obligate endoparasites infesting mostly freshwater fish …

Passalurosis is a prevalent disease among helminthiases of domestic rabbits. This invasion
is caused by the nematode Passalurus ambiguus (Nematoda, Oxyuroidae), which is …

Abstract Background Seisonidea (also Seisonacea or Seisonidae) is a group of small
animals living on marine crustaceans (Nebalia spec.) with only four species described so …

Recent mitogenomic studies have exposed a gene order (GO) shared by two classes, four
orders and 31 species ('common GO') within the flatworm subphylum Neodermata. There …

Animacy is an important framework through which humans view and categorize the world,
but many objects do not easily fit within this scale. Plants are unique because they are very …