Networking between helminths, microbes, and mammals

NL Harris - Cell host & microbe, 2023 - cell.com
Just as mammals have coevolved with the intestinal bacterial communities that are part of
the microbiota, intestinal helminths represent an important selective force on their …

Why breed disease-resilient livestock, and how?

PW Knap, A Doeschl-Wilson - Genetics Selection Evolution, 2020 - Springer
Background Fighting and controlling epidemic and endemic diseases represents a
considerable cost to livestock production. Much research is dedicated to breeding disease …

[HTML][HTML] Gut microbiome studies in livestock: achievements, challenges, and perspectives

G Forcina, L Pérez-Pardal, J Carvalheira… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The relentless capacity of sequencing every bit of DNA at low cost has
been fueling major advances in several research areas. This also applies to the animal …

Parasitic helminths and the host microbiome–a missing 'extracellular vesicle-sized'link?

J Rooney, HM Northcote, TL Williams, A Cortés… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Infections by gastrointestinal (GI) helminths have been associated with significant alterations
of the structure of microbial communities inhabiting the host gut. However, current …

Can microorganisms assist the survival and parasitism of plant-parasitic nematodes?

O Topalović, M Vestergård - Trends in Parasitology, 2021 - cell.com
Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) remain a hardly treatable problem in many crops
worldwide. Low efficacy of many biocontrol agents may be due to negligence of the native …

Depicting fecal microbiota characteristic in yak, cattle, yak-cattle hybrid and Tibetan sheep in different eco-regions of Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

X Wang, Z Zhang, B Li, W Hao, W Yin, S Ai… - Microbiology …, 2022 - journals.asm.org
The gut microbiota is closely associated with the health and production performance of
livestock. Partial studies on ruminant microbiota are already in progress in the Qinghai …

[HTML][HTML] Structural and functional analyses of nematode-derived antimicrobial peptides support the occurrence of direct mechanisms of worm-microbiota interactions

J Rooney, E Rivera-de-Torre, R Li, K Mclean… - Computational and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The complex relationships between gastrointestinal (GI) nematodes and the host gut
microbiota have been implicated in key aspects of helminth disease and infection outcomes …

Baseline Gut Microbiota Composition Is Associated With Schistosoma mansoni Infection Burden in Rodent Models

A Cortés, S Clare, A Costain, A Almeida… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In spite of growing evidence supporting the occurrence of complex interactions between
Schistosoma and gut bacteria in mice and humans, no data is yet available on whether …

Helminths, hosts, and their microbiota: new avenues for managing gastrointestinal helminthiases in ruminants

A Cortés, J Rooney, DJ Bartley, AJ Nisbet… - Expert review of anti …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Evidence is emerging of complex interactions occurring between
gastrointestinal (GI) parasites of ruminants and the resident gut flora, with likely implications …

Multi-omics data elucidate parasite-host-microbiota interactions and resistance to Haemonchus contortus in sheep

SCM Niciura, TF Cardoso, AMG Ibelli, CH Okino… - Parasites & …, 2024 - Springer
Background The integration of molecular data from hosts, parasites, and microbiota can
enhance our understanding of the complex biological interactions underlying the resistance …