Melatonin: A look at protozoal and helminths

PIR Franco, JR do Carmo Neto, RO Guerra… - Biochimie, 2024 - Elsevier
Melatonin is a pleiotropic neurohormone found in different animal, plant, and microorganism
species. It is a product resulting from tryptophan metabolism in the pineal gland and is …

DNA metabarcoding reveals spatial and temporal variation of fish eye fluke communities in lake ecosystems

A Diaz-Suarez, K Noreikiene, S Kahar… - International Journal for …, 2024 - Elsevier
Eye flukes (Diplostomidae) are diverse and abundant trematode parasites that form multi-
species communities in fish with negative effects on host fitness and survival. However, the …

Gastrointestinal helminth parasites of the threatened Australasian crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus australis, Gould 1844) in New Zealand, with descriptions of …

B Presswell, J Bennett - Systematic Parasitology, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Australasian crested grebe Podiceps cristatus australis, Gould 1844 is
restricted to Australia and New Zealand, where it is listed as Threatened and Nationally …

New specimens and molecular data provide validation of Apatemon jamiesoni n. sp. (Trematoda: Strigeidae) from water birds in New Zealand

B Presswell - Systematic Parasitology, 2022 - Springer
A study published in 2016 reported on an undescribed species of Apatemon (Strigeidae)
from New Zealand that was previously well known from its larval stages. Only a single …