Parasites and Parasitic Diseases in Small Animals

Humans co-exist with animals that are part of our ecosystem, although they are not always noticeable due to their small size. In addition to the animals naturally present in the environment, a great number of small mammals are commonly kept as pets, such as dogs, cats, rodents, hedgehogs, and rabbit...

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description Humans co-exist with animals that are part of our ecosystem, although they are not always noticeable due to their small size. In addition to the animals naturally present in the environment, a great number of small mammals are commonly kept as pets, such as dogs, cats, rodents, hedgehogs, and rabbits, not to mention other exotic animals such as birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. This close relationship explains why some parasitic diseases are also zoonotic, infecting humans and even causing serious illness. Zoonoses can also lead to significant economic losses due to decreased productivity and increased healthcare costs. Although recent years have seen progress in this field, many aspects remain unknown. The success of the One Health concept now requires breaking down the interdisciplinary barriers that still separate human and veterinary medicine from ecological, evolutionary, and environmental sciences. For these reasons, it is fundamental to study and control parasitic diseases in small animals to improve global public health. Consequently, the open access journal Animals (EISSN 2076-2615) ran a Special Issue entitled “Parasites and Parasitic Diseases in Small Animals” with Angela M Garcia-Sanchez and Rocío Callejón as Guest Editors. This Special Issue contains original papers related to this broad topic that embraces a wide variety of animal hosts and parasites, such as arthropods, protozoans, and helminths, as well as research areas like epidemiology, pathogenesis, treatment resistance, control measures, vaccination, and immunology.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1657322025-08-12T10:11:13Z Parasites and Parasitic Diseases in Small Animals García-Sánchez, Angela M. Callejón, Rocio microsporidia Enterocytozoon bieneusi Encephalitozoon cuniculi hedgehog Atelerix algirus zoonotic Canary Islands Angiostrongylus cantonensis eosinophilic meningitis Rattus rattus Mus musculus Felis catus Limacus flavus Milax gagates Insulivitrina oromii Insulivitrina emmersoni ducks hunting macrocysts Sarcocystis rileyi infection rates long-term monitoring Ixodes kashmiricus cox1 Theileria sinensis-like Anaplasma capra transhumant herds Pakistan 18S rRNA cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 host red fox restoration wild animal rodents shrews protozoa molecular epidemiology Platynosomum illiciens liver fluke cats liver enzymes associated factors dogs helminths zoonoses risk factors anthelmintic resistance Trichuris trichiura β-tubulin gene rhAmpTM SNP genotyping phylogeny Siphonaptera Ctenocephalides Pulex Archaeopsylla morphometrics avian malaria diseases diversity parasites prevalence n/a thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSV Zoology and animal sciences Humans co-exist with animals that are part of our ecosystem, although they are not always noticeable due to their small size. In addition to the animals naturally present in the environment, a great number of small mammals are commonly kept as pets, such as dogs, cats, rodents, hedgehogs, and rabbits, not to mention other exotic animals such as birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. This close relationship explains why some parasitic diseases are also zoonotic, infecting humans and even causing serious illness. Zoonoses can also lead to significant economic losses due to decreased productivity and increased healthcare costs. Although recent years have seen progress in this field, many aspects remain unknown. The success of the One Health concept now requires breaking down the interdisciplinary barriers that still separate human and veterinary medicine from ecological, evolutionary, and environmental sciences. For these reasons, it is fundamental to study and control parasitic diseases in small animals to improve global public health. Consequently, the open access journal Animals (EISSN 2076-2615) ran a Special Issue entitled “Parasites and Parasitic Diseases in Small Animals” with Angela M Garcia-Sanchez and Rocío Callejón as Guest Editors. This Special Issue contains original papers related to this broad topic that embraces a wide variety of animal hosts and parasites, such as arthropods, protozoans, and helminths, as well as research areas like epidemiology, pathogenesis, treatment resistance, control measures, vaccination, and immunology. 2025-08-12T10:11:10Z 2025-08-12T10:11:10Z 2025 book ONIX_20250812T110751_9783725844395_487 9783725844395 9783725844401 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/165732 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/11171 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-4440-1 10.3390/books978-3-7258-4440-1 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725844395 9783725844401 158 open access
spellingShingle microsporidia
Enterocytozoon bieneusi
Encephalitozoon cuniculi
hedgehog
Atelerix algirus
zoonotic
Canary Islands
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
eosinophilic meningitis
Rattus rattus
Mus musculus
Felis catus
Limacus flavus
Milax gagates
Insulivitrina oromii
Insulivitrina emmersoni
ducks
hunting
macrocysts
Sarcocystis rileyi
infection rates
long-term monitoring
Ixodes kashmiricus
cox1
Theileria sinensis-like
Anaplasma capra
transhumant herds
Pakistan
18S rRNA
cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1
host
red fox
restoration
wild animal
rodents
shrews
protozoa
molecular epidemiology
Platynosomum illiciens
liver fluke
cats
liver enzymes
associated factors
dogs
helminths
zoonoses
risk factors
anthelmintic resistance
Trichuris trichiura
β-tubulin gene
rhAmpTM SNP genotyping
phylogeny
Siphonaptera
Ctenocephalides
Pulex
Archaeopsylla
morphometrics
avian malaria
diseases
diversity
parasites
prevalence
n/a
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSV Zoology and animal sciences
Parasites and Parasitic Diseases in Small Animals
title Parasites and Parasitic Diseases in Small Animals
title_full Parasites and Parasitic Diseases in Small Animals
title_fullStr Parasites and Parasitic Diseases in Small Animals
title_full_unstemmed Parasites and Parasitic Diseases in Small Animals
title_short Parasites and Parasitic Diseases in Small Animals
title_sort parasites and parasitic diseases in small animals
topic microsporidia
Enterocytozoon bieneusi
Encephalitozoon cuniculi
hedgehog
Atelerix algirus
zoonotic
Canary Islands
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
eosinophilic meningitis
Rattus rattus
Mus musculus
Felis catus
Limacus flavus
Milax gagates
Insulivitrina oromii
Insulivitrina emmersoni
ducks
hunting
macrocysts
Sarcocystis rileyi
infection rates
long-term monitoring
Ixodes kashmiricus
cox1
Theileria sinensis-like
Anaplasma capra
transhumant herds
Pakistan
18S rRNA
cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1
host
red fox
restoration
wild animal
rodents
shrews
protozoa
molecular epidemiology
Platynosomum illiciens
liver fluke
cats
liver enzymes
associated factors
dogs
helminths
zoonoses
risk factors
anthelmintic resistance
Trichuris trichiura
β-tubulin gene
rhAmpTM SNP genotyping
phylogeny
Siphonaptera
Ctenocephalides
Pulex
Archaeopsylla
morphometrics
avian malaria
diseases
diversity
parasites
prevalence
n/a
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSV Zoology and animal sciences
topic_facet microsporidia
Enterocytozoon bieneusi
Encephalitozoon cuniculi
hedgehog
Atelerix algirus
zoonotic
Canary Islands
Angiostrongylus cantonensis
eosinophilic meningitis
Rattus rattus
Mus musculus
Felis catus
Limacus flavus
Milax gagates
Insulivitrina oromii
Insulivitrina emmersoni
ducks
hunting
macrocysts
Sarcocystis rileyi
infection rates
long-term monitoring
Ixodes kashmiricus
cox1
Theileria sinensis-like
Anaplasma capra
transhumant herds
Pakistan
18S rRNA
cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1
host
red fox
restoration
wild animal
rodents
shrews
protozoa
molecular epidemiology
Platynosomum illiciens
liver fluke
cats
liver enzymes
associated factors
dogs
helminths
zoonoses
risk factors
anthelmintic resistance
Trichuris trichiura
β-tubulin gene
rhAmpTM SNP genotyping
phylogeny
Siphonaptera
Ctenocephalides
Pulex
Archaeopsylla
morphometrics
avian malaria
diseases
diversity
parasites
prevalence
n/a
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSV Zoology and animal sciences
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