You can take certain steps to lower your chances of becoming an unwitting host to one of these nasties. Practicing basic hygiene is key, Mena Lora says. Wash your hands with soap regularly, use insect ...

Zoetis is hosting an Equine Parasite Control Masterclass webinar series online, with the remaining live sessions running from ...

Cattle producers are rethinking traditional parasite control methods, shifting toward more strategic treatments to prevent drug resistance, Kansas State University beef cattle experts say. “In the ...

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified a specific enzyme inside immune cells that keeps Toxoplasma gondii, one of the most common brain parasites on the planet, ...

illustration of single-cell parasites floating through the bloodstream alongside blood cells The parasite Toxoplasma gondii hides in up to half of humans, although it rarely causes symptoms. But when ...

A good parasite control programme includes farm husbandry practices aimed at reducing the parasite population in the environment while at the same time controlling those already on the animal or ...

Sheep attached a bell around a neck with a buckle grazes at Raplan area, Olkaria in Naivasha. [Stafford Ondego, Standard] Dear Daktari, I keep sheep and goats with the aim of supplying them to hotels ...

Scientists have found that a special component in some people's blood provides them with natural protection against malaria. A recent study has demonstrated that a genetic variant named rs112233623-T ...

A parasite that may already be hiding in your brain has a shocking survival trick: it can infect the very immune cells sent ...