Publications by authors named "T D Kuzmina"
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- The study analyzed changes in strongylid worm communities in domestic horses over two decades of consistent anthelmintic (deworming) treatments, comparing data from 2004 to 2023.
- It involved 39 horses from two farms in Ukraine and found a significant reduction in the number of strongylid species, moving from 21 species in 2004 to only 13 in 2023, with only small strongylids present.
- The findings indicated decreased species richness and diversity, and the dominance of the species C. nassatus, highlighting a shift in the strongylid community structure due to the treatments.
Article Synopsis
- The Heteracanthocephalidae is a rare family of parasitic worms, known as acanthocephalans, primarily found in fish, with unclear evolutionary and phylogenetic relationships within the Echinorhynchida order.
- This study provides the first complete mitochondrial genome sequence for Aspersentis megarhynchus, including 36 genes, highlighting its unique gene arrangement and characteristics among acanthocephalans.
- The findings indicate a strong phylogenetic relationship between Heteracanthocephalidae and Echinorhynchidae, supporting their classification within Echinorhynchida.
Purpose: This study aimed to examine the species diversity and structure of the strongylid community in domestic horses in Eastern Slovakia. Also, an analysis of the impact of age, sex, and collection location factors on the strongyid communities was performed.
Methods: Twenty-seven horses 1.
Organization of the blood system of rhynchonellid brachiopod Hemithiris psittacea (Brachiopoda: Rhynchonelliformea).
J Exp Zool A Ecol Integr Physiol
August 2024
The brachiopods are sessile invertebrates with an unusual blood system, which consists of a long-branched dorsal vessel. It is still unknown how blood circulates in this system. In the present study, for the first time we propose the circulation of blood in brachiopod Hemithiris psittacea based on morphological and experimental data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEquine strongylid parasites are ubiquitous around the world and are main targets of parasite control programmes. In recent years, automated fecal egg counting systems based on image analysis have become available allowing for collection and analysis of large-scale egg count data. This study aimed to evaluate equine strongylid fecal egg count (FEC) data generated with an automated system over three years in the US with specific attention to seasonal and regional trends in egg count magnitude and sampling activity.
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