Nematodes discovered in the Great Salt Lake belong to at least one species that is new to science, and possibly two. A ...

Raccoon roundworm has now spread to nine European countries, raising the risk of human infection, according to a review and analysis by Goethe University researchers published in Parasitology Research ...

Roundworms, also known as ascarids or nematodes, are common parasites that live inside your dog’s intestines. They feed on partly digested food. Most dogs get them at one time or another. Roundworms ...

When roundworms stop reproducing, they can still move and function normally but lose their ability to detect certain food ...

Roundworms are the most common parasites that infect cats. Cat and kitten roundworms live in the intestines, using up ingested nutrients and making your pet weak. This weakness can make your kitten ...

Scientists claim that mature roundworms which live in the small intestine of raccoons can produce upto 180,000 eggs every day ...

The fertility of roundworms may have implications for everything from captive pandas to infertile couples struggling to conceive, researchers report. The sexual behavior of the roundworm C. elegans is ...

Picture an open pasture with woolly sheep grazing on lush green grass. Idyllic, right? What’s not so idyllic is that inside some of these animals’ guts, deadly parasitic worms could be thriving, ...

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The raccoon roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis can cause severe diseases in humans, including fatal brain damage.

During their lifetime, many people will encounter highly traumatic events, however only a fraction goes on to develop symptoms that persist for over month, and possibly even years—post-traumatic ...