Athens, Ga. - Every year, billions of animals migrate across the globe, carrying parasites with them and encountering parasites through their travels. Now, a team of researchers at the University of ...

Whether it's finding a tick buried in your socks after a walk in the woods or yanking off a few leeches after a pond swim, parasites trigger revulsion in most of us. And forget about those worms in ...

Conservation managers who try to keep members of endangered animal species parasite-free are well-intentioned but this approach is misguided, according to a new research. Conservation managers who try ...

Parasites are a big problem for avian medicine; some, such as protozoa, are microscopic and can infect wild and captive birds, causing diseases such as coccidiosis, lethal for domestic hens. By ...

Animals, like plants, can build tolerance to infections at a genetic level, and these findings could provide a better understanding of the epidemiology and evolution of infectious disease, according ...

Although we are just now beginning the winter season, small ruminant owners should still be regularly checking their animals ...

This protocol is an extension to: Nat. Protoc. 5, 503–515 (2010); doi: 10.1038/nprot.2009.235; published online 25 February 2010 The FLOTAC is a sensitive, accurate, and precise technique for the ...

Every year, billions of animals migrate across the globe, carrying parasites with them and encountering parasites through their travels. Now, a team of researchers has discovered that animals known to ...

Conservation managers who try to keep members of endangered animal species parasite-free are well-intentioned but this approach is misguided, according to a new research paper co-authored by a ...