English: Mobiline ciliophorans belonging to the family Trichodinidae Claus, 1874 are amongst the most common and widely distributed symbionts of fishes. Most of the 260 trichodinid species described from fishes are exclusively ...

Bovine anaplasmosis caused by Anaplasma marginale is endemic in South Africa. This endemicity is due to presence of tick vectors that transmit A. marginale the causal agent of the disease and the high seroprevalence in ...

English: The sac spider subfamily Trachelinae (Araneae: Corinnidae) is currently represented in the Afrotropical Region by eight genera, namely Austrachelas Lawrence, 1938, Brachyphaea Simon, 1895, Cetonana Strand, 1929, ...

Outbreaks of the brown locust, Locustana pardalina (Walker), occur almost annually in the semi-arid Karoo region of South Africa and southern Namibia. Current suppressive control strategy relies on the application of ...

The present study was conducted in the greater Bloemfontein area and focussed on the interaction between ticks and dogs. The sampling localities included Bloemfontein, Botshabelo and Thaba Nchu, and various sub-divisions ...

English: The Okavango Delta, situated in northwestern Botswana is one of the worlds largest inland delta systems formed by the Okavango River, flowing in a southeasterly direction from Angola. The snail fauna comprises ...

English: Numerous studies have been conducted on the hypothesis of parasites influencing the behaviour of their hosts. Many authors have been bias in trying to prove that this is a form of manipulation and that parasites ...

Being the only monogenean known from a warm-blooded animal and from a mammal Oculotrema hippopotami Stunkard (1924) took a major leap in monogenean evolution. After its description in 1924 various researchers rejected ...

English: Sphaeroceridae are generally known as "lesser dung flies". These are small to medium sized dark-brown to blackish flies ranging from about 0.5 mm to 6 mm in length. They are saprophagous and occur throughout the ...

In the wild, foraging animals face challenges that affect foraging success, including conditions which influence the usefulness of the sensory input they receive from their environment. Nocturnal foragers must cope with ...