Simple Summary Cattle parasites live inside or on the body of beef cattle. The most common
beef parasites include intestinal roundworms, flatworms and ticks. The act of parasitizing …

Gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) are a cause of significant losses in animal production
worldwide. In recent years, there have been important advances in the biological control of …

Apicomplexan parasites cause major human disease and food insecurity. They owe their
considerable success to highly specialized cell compartments and structures. These …

The apical complex is the instrument of invasion used by apicomplexan parasites, and the
conoid is a conspicuous feature of this apparatus found throughout this phylum. The conoid …

Members of Apicomplexa are defined by apical cytoskeletal structures and secretory
organelles, tailored for motility, invasion and egress. Gliding is powered by actomyosin …

Parasite cryptic species are morphologically indistinguishable but genetically distinct
organisms, leading to taxa with unclear species boundaries. Speciation mechanisms such …

Goats are capable of providing excellent production efficiencies under low nutritive
resources and have major impact on the livelihood of resource poor community of the …

Ticks (Acari; Ixodidae) are the second most important vector for transmission of pathogens to
humans, livestock, and wildlife. Ticks as vectors for viruses have been reported many times …

This report provides an update of the costliest endemic diseases and conditions for the
Australian beef cattle and sheep meat industries. Goats were not reviewed. The approach …

Parasites are important pathogens with significant global economic, public and animal
health impacts. Successful control or elimination of many parasitic diseases, not least …