Control of gastrointestinal nematodes has been based on anthelmintics. However, this
strategy is unsustainable owing to anthelmintic resistance. Parasitic nematodes have …

Reports of drug resistance have been made in every livestock host and to every anthelmintic
class. In some regions of world, the extremely high prevalence of multi-drug resistance …

Parasites have evolved independently in numerous animal lineages, and they now make up
a considerable proportion of the biodiversity of life. Not only do they impact humans and …

Parasitic nematodes (roundworms) of small ruminants and other livestock have major
economic impacts worldwide. Despite the impact of the diseases caused by these …

Many parasitic helminthes of veterinary importance have genetic features that favor
development of anthelmintic resistance, this becoming a major worldwide constrain in …

Nematodes are a highly diverse and very important group of multicellular animals, but their
systematics have always been volatile and are currently entering a new phase of turbulence …

The application of molecular systematics to the anisakid nematodes of the genera Anisakis,
Pseudoterranova and Contracaecum, parasites of aquatic organisms, over the last two …

2.1 Background Exhaustive empirical surveys have shown that, almost without exception,
macroparasites (parasitic helminths and arthropods) are aggregated across their host …

Reflecting the enormous advances made in the field over the past ten years, this text
synthesizes the latest developments in the ecology and evolution of animal parasites …

The major human soil-transmitted helminths (STH), Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworms
(Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale) and Trichuris trichiura have a marked …