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Animal Parasitology

Animal parasitology is the branch of parasitology concerned with the parasites that infect domestic and wild animals, their life cycles, host interactions, pathology, diagnosis, and control. It addresses the major parasite groups affecting livestock and poultry: protozoa such as Eimeria, which cause coccidiosis; hel…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 5 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 22× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2690-6759 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Animal parasitology is the branch of parasitology concerned with the parasites that infect domestic and wild animals, their life cycles, host interactions, pathology, diagnosis, and control. It addresses the major parasite groups affecting livestock and poultry: protozoa such as Eimeria, which cause coccidiosis; helminths, including gastrointestinal nematodes, cestodes, and trematodes; and ectoparasites. Many of these organisms also carry zoonotic significance, so the discipline intersects with public and veterinary health. Research methods centre on parasitological examination of faecal samples to detect eggs, oocysts, and larvae, abattoir and slaughterhouse surveys, and prevalence studies that quantify infection across breeds, husbandry systems, and geographic settings. A core theme is the burden of gastrointestinal parasites on animal health and productivity, including effects on growth, fertility, and survival, and the role of certain hosts as reservoirs for human pathogens. Control and treatment are central concerns: studies evaluate anthelmintic efficacy, including plant-derived and botanical compounds tested against nematodes and against experimental coccidial infection in broilers, alongside the growing problem of drug resistance. By linking epidemiology, diagnostics, and therapeutics, animal parasitology underpins herd-health management, food-animal productivity, and integrated strategies to reduce parasite transmission within animal populations and to humans.

Research published in this journal

5 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 5 articles above have been cited 22 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Parasite Research (ISSN 2690-6759).

Journal editorial board
DABBU JAIJYAN · United States Aditya Gupta · United States Naglaa Shalaby · Saudi Arabia

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