Relatives of the llama are dropping dung as they venture into higher elevations in the Andes Mountains, providing a nutrient-rich environment for life to thrive despite glacier loss.

For children to meet their developmental milestones and lead healthy lives, they must follow a deworming schedule and lead a ...

National Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health and Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China ...

Four species of parasitic worms (Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, and the hookworms Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus) are responsible for soil-transmitted helminthiases (STH).

Canine hookworms are becoming an increasing threat to pets and people, researchers say, after finding that the parasites ... feces, which then hatch out into the environment and can spread to ...

Ascaris lumbricoides (AL ... Instead, it has a direct life cycle that involves humans as the definitive host. The life cycle of AL begins with the female ascarids producing eggs, which are then passed ...

Creeping eruption is caused by hookworms. Hookworm eggs are found in the feces of dogs and cats. After the eggs hatch, they mature into worms. The infection can be spread to people from skin contact ...

But did you know that sharks aren't one of the deadliest animals? They don't even crack into the top ten. The chance of being attacked is rare, and the chance of being killed is even rarer. Instead, ...

Human poo is abundant, Hygate explained A British scientific team in Gloucestershire has successfully developed jet fuel from human feces. The product has been reported to be almost identical to ...

This laboratory is well-established in germ-free animal research (Kozakova et al., 2016; Schwarzer et al., 2016). A single human stool sample was donated by a healthy volunteer who signed informed ...