Molecular Investigations of from Clinically Healthy Horses in Southwestern Romania.

is a tick-borne hemoparasite that causes equine piroplasmosis. It has a significant economic impact, decreasing performance and affecting animal welfare. This study aimed to identify DNA in the blood of horses from households in the southwestern and western regions of Romania.

Identification and Molecular Characterization of Giant Liver Fluke () Infection in European Fallow Deer () in Romania-First Report.

Fascioloidosis is a parasitic disease of primary wild and domestic ruminants, caused by giant liver fluke, . The definitive host of the liver fluke in its area of origin (North America) is the white-tailed deer (). In Europe, the red deer () and European fallow deer () are definitive hosts and the most sensitive hosts to infection, on which the parasite exerts serious pathogenic effects.

First Molecular Identification of (Dinnik, 1962) and (Nasmark, 1937) in Wild Ruminants from Romania.

Rumen flukes are geographically widespread trematodes affecting wild and domestic ruminants. The juvenile forms, which are found in the small intestine, are more pathogenic compared to the adults. Severe diarrhoea and weight loss are the major clinical signs, and the disease might be fatal in severely infested individuals.

Intestinal endoparasitism in wild cat () from Banat area (Romania).

The wild cat (), spread in Romania from the Danube Delta to the mountain range is present in the Banat area, on the hunting ground that can be contaminated with different stage developmental forms of parasites, some of them having real zoonotic potential. The wild cat is an animal protected by the Romanian law of protection animals. Coprological samples from 88 wild cats from 16 hunting grounds, as well as the gastrointestinal tract collected from six wild cats cadavers and the molecular characterization of the cestodes identified in their intestines, allowed us to establish intestinal parasitic fauna.