Juvenile detachment, an early sign of departure from parental care, in the leech Orientobdelloides siamensis (Oka, 1917).

Glossiphoniidae is a family of freshwater leeches, notable for their unique behaviour of parental care. After hatching, juveniles remain on the ventral side of their parent, where they receive protection and grow until they are ready to depart from the parent leech. The detachment of juveniles is a crucial stage for their development and independence from their parents, potentially influenced by various factors.

The First Report of a Water Mite (Trombidiformes: Unionicolidae) Infection in spp. (Gastropoda: Viviparidae) from Thailand with a Description of a New Species of () sp. nov.

Two species of gastropods, and , were found infested with water mites of the genus in Bangkok and Nonthaburi provinces, Thailand. Morphological studies on these water mites, based on the characteristics of their genital acetabular and female genital fields, identified them as a new member of subgenus . () sp.

Blood recovery of wild Mekong snail-eating turtles ( Schlegel and Müller, 1845) in captivity from leech infestation.

Blood cell counts are valuable diagnostic tools for assessing the health status of chelonians, however, reference standards for healthy blood parameters in various turtle species are lacking. In this study, forty wild female were captured from ponds in Kasetsart University, and transported to laboratory for recuperating in captivity. All turtles were infected with a single leech species, , with a mean of 513.