Detailed characterisation of the Co-Smad protein in liver fluke .

Fasciolosis, caused by the liver flukes and , is a zoonotic parasitic disease associated with substantial economic losses in livestock. The transforming growth factor-beta signalling pathway is implicated in developmental processes and biological functions throughout the animal kingdom, including the spp. It may also mediate host-helminth interactions during infection.

Molecular prevalence of and in recently calved female cattle from Phayao, Thailand.

Background And Aim: and , the zoonotic protozoa responsible for toxoplasmosis and trypanosomiasis, are significant threats to the productivity and financial stability of livestock farming. can be transmitted horizontally through ingestion of fecal oocysts and through arthropod vectors. In addition, both species can be transmitted from mother to fetus through the placenta.

High prevalence of natural infection by the ruminant blood fluke in the intermediate snail host in Uttaradit, Northern Thailand.

Background And Aim: Freshwater snails belonging to the family serve as the first intermediate hosts of many species of important parasitic flukes of animals and humans. Information regarding the occurrence of planorbid snail larval trematode infection is limited in Northern Thailand. Thus, this study aimed to estimate the prevalence of larval trematode infection of the freshwater snail in Uttaradit, Thailand, and to identify trematode species based on their morphological and molecular characteristics.

Diversity of trematode cercariae among naturally infected lymnaeid snails from Phayao, Thailand.

Lymnaeids are aquatic snails playing an important role in the transmission of many parasitic trematode species of veterinary and medical importance. In this study, we assessed the presence of cercarial flukes in naturally infected lymnaeid snails from Phayao province, Thailand, and determined the species diversity of both the intermediate snail hosts and parasite larvae. A total of 3,185 lymnaeid snails were collected from paddy fields at 31 sites in eight districts of Phayao province between October 2021 and December 2022.

Molecular detection and dense granule antigen 6 genotyping of feline in Phayao, Thailand.

Background And Aim: Globally, toxoplasmosis is an important zoonotic parasite infection of many warm-blooded animals (including humans). oocysts are widespread, and their contamination can be primarily attributed to the members of the Felidae family. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence and determine the dense granule antigen 6 (GRA6) genotype of among domestic cats in the Phayao Province, Thailand.