Blind trading: a literature review of research addressing the welfare of ball pythons in the exotic pet trade

J Green, E Coulthard, D Megson, J Norrey, L Norrey… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The Ball python is a small species that is commonly kept as an exotic pet
across the world. Despite huge numbers of these snakes being kept and traded in the pet …

First Record of Hepatozoon spp. in Alpine Wild Rodents: Implications and Perspectives for Transmission Dynamics across the Food Web

G Ferrari, M Girardi, F Cagnacci, O Devineau… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Among the Apicomplexa parasites, Hepatozoon spp. have been mainly studied in domestic
animals and peri-urban areas. The epidemiology of Hepatozoon spp. is poorly investigated …

[HTML][HTML] Vector-borne zoonotic blood parasites in wildlife from Ecuador: A report and systematic review

E Diaz, A Hidalgo, C Villamarin, G Donoso… - Veterinary …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Materials and Methods: We identified blood parasites by microscopic observation of blood
smears from free-ranging wildlife species that attended the Wildlife Hospital of Universidad …

Survey of ticks and tick-borne rickettsial and protozoan pathogens in Eswatini

KJ Ledger, L Beati, SM Wisely - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Ticks are widespread parasites of vertebrates and major vectors of pathogens to humans,
domestic animals, and wildlife. In southern Africa, numerous tick species transmit diseases …

Haemogregarina podocnemis sp. nov.: description of a new species of Haemogregarina Danilewsky 1885 (Adeleina: Haemogregarinaidae) in free-living and captive yellow …

LP Úngari, ALQ Santos, LH O'Dwyer, MRL da Silva… - Parasitology …, 2018 - Springer
Based on morphological, morphometric, and molecular data, we describe a new
hemoparasite of the genus Haemogregarina Danilewsky 1885, isolated from the Brazilian …

Molecular characterization and identification of Hepatozoon species Miller, 1908 (Apicomplexa: Adeleina: Hepatozoidae) in captive snakes from Brazil

LP Úngari, ALQ Santos, LH O'Dwyer, MRL Da Silva… - Parasitology …, 2018 - Springer
Species of Hepatozoon are parasites frequently recorded in snakes. The species
identification of this genus was based mostly on the gametocyte morphology and …

Two new species of hepatozoon (apicomplexa: hepatozoidae) parasitising species of Philothamnus (ophidia: colubridae) from South Africa

CA Cook, EC Netherlands, NJ Smit, J Van As - 2018 - repository.nwu.ac.za
To date, only a few species of Hepatozoon Miller, 1908 have been described from
amphibians and reptiles of South Africa, including two species from anuran hosts, three from …

Identification of Hepatozoon erhardovae Krampitz, 1964 from bank voles (Myodes glareolus) and fleas in Southern Hungary

K Rigó, G Majoros, S Szekeres, I Molnár… - Parasitology …, 2016 - Springer
In order to investigate the prevalence and life cycle of apicomplexan parasites, small
mammals were live-trapped with modified Sherman traps in Southern Hungary between …

Discovery of a new Hepatozoon species namely Hepatozoon viperoi sp. nov. in nose-horned vipers in Türkiye

O Ceylan, LP Úngari, G Sönmez, C Gul, C Ceylan… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Although Hepatozoon spp. remains the most prevalent intracellular protozoa infecting
snakes, it was reported only in a few snake species of the Colubridae family in Türkiye …

Morphological detection and molecular characterization of Hepatozoon spp. from venomous terrestrial snakes in Iran

F Jameie, V Nasiri, H Paykari - Experimental Parasitology, 2022 - Elsevier
Hepatozoon spp. are blood protozoans that can infect snakes. Infections with these
parasites are found in more than 200 snake species and are considered to be the most …