Developing novel anthelmintics from plant cysteine proteinases

JM Behnke, DJ Buttle, G Stepek, A Lowe, IR Duce - Parasites & vectors, 2008 - Springer
Intestinal helminth infections of livestock and humans are predominantly controlled by
treatment with three classes of synthetic drugs, but some livestock nematodes have now …

Measuring immune system variation to help understand host-pathogen community dynamics

JE Bradley, JA Jackson - Parasitology, 2008 - cambridge.org
Carefully chosen immunological measurements, informed by recent advances in our
understanding of the diversity and control of immune mechanisms, can add great …

[图书][B] Functional and evolutionary ecology of fleas: A model for ecological parasitology.

BR Krasnov - 2008 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Fleas are one of the most interesting and fascinating taxa of ectoparasites. All species in this
relatively small order are obligatory haematophagous (blood-feeding) parasites of higher …

Sex-biased parasitism, seasonality and sexual size dimorphism in desert rodents

BR Krasnov, S Morand, H Hawlena, IS Khokhlova… - Oecologia, 2005 - Springer
We investigated seasonality of gender differences in the patterns of flea infestation in nine
rodent species to test if sex-biased parasitism in terms of mean abundance, species …

The parasite fauna of stray domestic cats (Felis catus) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

RK Schuster, K Thomas, S Sivakumar… - Parasitology research, 2009 - Springer
Two hundred forty feral domestic cats trapped between 2004 and 2008 in the city centre and
the suburb districts of Dubai, as well as in desert biotopes, were subjected to a complete …

Parasite diversity: an overlooked metric of parasite pressures?

F Bordes, S Morand - Oikos, 2009 - JSTOR
Most free-living animals in their natural environments are hosts for a large diversity of
parasites at individual, population or species level. Ongoing global changes are …

Helminth parasites among rodents in the Middle East countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MM Islam, E Farag, MM Hassan, D Bansal, SA Awaidy… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The review was conducted to establish an overview of rodent helminths in
the Middle East as well as their public health importance. Following a systematic search, 65 …

Structure in parasite component communities in wild rodents: predictability, stability, associations and interactions.... or pure randomness?

JM Behnke - Parasitology, 2008 - cambridge.org
Experimental data establish that interactions exist between species of intestinal helminths
during concurrent infections in rodents, the strongest effects being mediated through the …

Intestinal helminths of feral cat populations from urban and suburban districts of Qatar

MA Abu-Madi, JM Behnke, KS Prabhaker… - Veterinary …, 2010 - Elsevier
A survey of the helminths of 658 adult cats from feral urban and suburban populations in
Qatar was conducted across all months in 2006 and 2007. Six species of helminths were …

Variation in the helminth community structure of three sympatric sigmodontine rodents from the coastal Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

RO Simões, JGR Souza, A Maldonado Jr… - Journal of …, 2011 - cambridge.org
One hundred and eighty specimens of sigmodontine rodents living in sympatric conditions
were collected in the Atlantic Forest in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (25 Akodon cursor …