Authorities in Australia have discovered larvae belonging to the khapra beetle, an invasive pest that is considered a major threat to the nation’s grain industry, in a box of imported nappies. The ...
Group level factors e.g. season of lambing. Individual level factors e.g. prolificacy. If strategic timing of anthelmintic treatment reduces PPER. Factors affecting the over-wintering survival of GIN ...
Grooming behavior may play a part in the transmission of the gastrointestinal nematode, Heligomosomoides polygyrus in the mouse host. After infective larvae are placed on individually housed mice, ...
The deadly Ophiocordyceps unilateralis spreads by sending toxic spores blooming from the dead ant’s head. Ant (scientific name: Camponotus atriceps) infected with fungus (scientific name: ...
When sheep are raised on pasture they typically become infected with gastro-intestinal nematodes (GIN). Internationally, the sheep industry faces an increasingly severe production-limiting problem ...
This valuable study presents findings on the developmental roles of Nup107, a key nucleoporin, in regulating the larval-to-pupal transition in Drosophila melanogaster through its involvement in ...
Fly larvae was discovered in stagnant water at a Costa Coffee branch which was given a one-star rating for food hygiene, a report shows. The organisms posed a ‘risk to health’ in the assessment of an ...
The study by Takagi and colleagues is an important contribution to the question of how homologous neuronal circuits might be wired differently to elicit specific behaviours. The authors combine ...
Students from Heritage University and Northwest Indian College spent 10 weeks this summer gathering data about the spotted wing drosophila on the Yakama Nation Reservation and in Gifford Pinchot ...
Parasitic nematodes threaten animal health globally, contributing to substantial losses in livestock productivity and posing zoonotic risks through infections in companion animals. There is a growing ...
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