Evolutionary processes involved in the diversification of chelonian and mammal polystomatid parasites (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea, Polystomatidae) revealed by palaeoecology of their hosts.
- Laurent Héritier, M. Badets, O. Verneau
- Biology, Environmental ScienceMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- 1 November 2015
Parasitic Infections of Amphibians in the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin
Investigation of parasitic infections of amphibians in the National Park, Buffer Zone, and Agricultural Zone of the Pendjari Biosphere Reserve, Benin found infection with trematodes occurred predominantly in hosts collected in the Agricultural Zone, indicating that landscape alteration, pesticide use and nutrient enrichment from fertilizers in this zone may be enhancing intermediate host populations and hence parasite prevalence.
Helminth Parasites of Amphibians from a Rainforest Reserve in Southwestern Nigeria
- M. Aisien, S. O. Ogoannah, A.A. Lmasuen
- Biology
- 1 April 2009
It is shown that monogeneans in Nigeria were preferentially parasites of amphibians in drier environments such as the savanna, but it is also shown that these parasites also infect amphibian in highly humid environmentssuch as the rainforest.
Ceylonocotyle, Bothriophoron, and Calicophoron species Parasitic in some Nigerian Cattle
- S. Dube, N. Onyedineke, M. Aisien
- Biology
- 1 June 2013
Parasite loads ranged between 20 and 200 parasites in the infected animals and frequencies of occurrence in cattle were 10% for Ceylonocotyle dicranocoelium, 2 % for B. bothriophoron, 15% for C. calicophorum, and 5 % forC.
Anurans as Intermediate and Paratenic Hosts of Helminth Infections in the Rainforest and Derived Savanna Biotopes of Southern Nigeria
- A. A. Imasuen, H. J. Ozemoka, M. Aisien
- Biology
- 10 September 2012
Anurans from the rainforest and derived savanna locations in Nigeria were investigated for their role either as intermediate or paratenic hosts of helminth infections, finding Afrixalus dorsalis is a new host record for the ascaridoid nematode while the finding of the strigeoid trematode, the proteocephalid cestode larvae and acanthOcephalan cystacanths in the anurans investigated represents new geographical records.
Blood parasites of some Anurans from southern Nigeria.
- M. Aisien, P. O. Aigbirior, E. Ovwah, O. Edo-Taiwo
- BiologyTropical biomedicine
- 1 December 2015
Folleyellides microfilariae seem to be a multi-host parasite occurring in four host species in contrast to the unidentified filarid detected only in Aubria subsigillata, which bears close resemblance to Hemoliva sp.
Polystoma okomuensis n. sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from Boulenger's striped frog, Phlyctimantis boulengeri (Perret, 1986) in Nigeria
- M. Aisien, L. D. du Preez, A. A. Imasuen
- BiologyJournal of Helminthology
- 30 July 2010
Abstract Polystoma okomuensis is described as a new species of the Polystomatidae parasitic in the urinary bladder of Boulenger's striped frog Phlyctimantis boulengeri in the Okomu National Park, Edo…
Pattern of parasitic infections in anurans from a mangrove community of the Niger Delta, Nigeria
- M. Aisien, M. Uwagbae, O. Edo-Taiwo, A. A. Imasuen, E. Ovwah
- Biology
- 2015
The mangrove environment at Ijala-Ikeren sustains a low diversity of amphibians which habour a low number of parasite species, whose low intensity of infection may be attributable to the parasite-hostile nature of the habitat.
Polystomoides bourgati (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) Infecting Pelusios castaneus in Southern Nigeria
- E. E. Enabulele, M. Aisien, L. D. Preez
- Biology
- 1 April 2012
Pelusios spp. procured from four locations in southern Nigeria were investigated for polystomatid infection. None of the P. niger examined haboured monogeneans. Pelusios castaneus from Sapele, Ossisa…
A redescription of Polystoma africanum Szidat, 1932 (Monogenea: Polystomatidae)
It is concluded that P. africanum is exclusively parasitic in A. regularis, and that the polystomes retrieved from P. mascareniensis from Uganda and a Ptychadena sp.
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