Over the past 80 years, tilapia have been translocated globally for aquaculture; active
production is recorded in> 124 countries. Of 7 million tonnes of tilapia produced in …

Dactylogyridae is one of the most studied families of parasitic flatworms with more than 1000
species and 166 genera described to date including ecto-and endoparasites. Dactylogyrid …

The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic reveals a
major gap in global biosecurity infrastructure: a lack of publicly available biological samples …

Heterogeneous exposure to parasites may contribute to host species differentiation. Hosts
often harbour multiple parasite species which may interact and thus modify each other's …

Due to the increasing consumption of platinum (Pt), especially in automobile exhaust
catalysts, environmental concentrations of Pt are of emerging concern worldwide. Limited …

there continue to be problems with the quality of fixed specimens.[...] many regions with
supposedly high, but currently poorly known, cestode diversity are impacted due to …

The exchange of fish for research may expose an aquatic laboratory to pathogen
contamination as incoming fish can introduce bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses capable …

Abstract Background Monogenea van Beneden, 1858 is a group of parasitic flatworms,
commonly found infecting bony fish. Several genera, such as Cichlidogyrus Paperna, 1960 …

Clarias gariepinus collected from Lake Heritage, Crocodile River, were found to harbour
camallanid nematodes. Previously, Boomker (1982) surveyed the Hartbeespoort Dam …

The tapeworms of fishes (Chondrichthyes and Actinopterygii) account one-third (1670 from
around 5000) of the total tapeworm (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) species diversity. In total …