Sheep resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes encompasses a multifaceted field integrating immunological, genetic, and environmental research to address a persistent global challenge in livestock ...

In mammals, intestinal immunity to gastrointestinal nematode parasites can result in a dramatic expulsion of resident adult worm populations from the intestine and exclusion of subsequent infections.

Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, Vol. 373, No. 1751, Theo Murphy meeting issue: Evolution of pathogen and parasite avoidance behaviours (19 July 2018), pp. 1-10 (10 pages) Mammalian ...

SHEEP FARMERS in Australia and New Zealand have a problem. Their charges are susceptible to intestinal nematode worms which cause them to waste away and can, in severe cases, kill them. Over the years ...

Over one billion people, including 880 million children, are infected with intestinal nematode worms, such as roundworms, hookworms and tapeworms, according to the World Health Organization. The ...

Molecular analysis of nematode evolution / Mark L. Blaxter -- The Wolbachia endosymbionts of filarial nematodes / Claudio Bandi, Timothy J.C. Anderson, Claudio Genchi and Mark L. Blaxter -- Forward ...

An international team of scientists found that sociality is not linked to intestinal nematode infection in Asian elephants. The researchers looked at loneliness and characteristics of the elephants’ ...

Over the past 40 years, whales and dolphins have become increasingly likely to consume prey containing parasitic worms that can cause acute gastritis in marine mammals, says new research from the ...

Scientists have uncovered a metabolic pathway that only exists in parasitic worms. This will allow development of drugs that target parasites only without harming the human host. Over one billion ...

Crystal proteins from the Gram-positive soil bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), are pore-forming toxins used extensively to control insect pests, but their effect on the invertebrate phylum ...

New research in mice suggests that chronic infection with intestinal worms indirectly reduces the number of cells in lymph nodes near the skin, inhibiting the immune system's response to the Bacille ...

Gastrointestinal nematodes, particularly species such as Haemonchus contortus, pose a significant challenge to sheep production systems worldwide. These parasites reside in the abomasum and intestines ...