Today, parasite control implies farmers relying exclusively on anthelmintics, which usually are chemical solutions applied to the an ...

The compounds have been shown to kill helminths or parasitic gastrointestinal worms while leaving mammal cells unharmed, said Danica Lennox-Bulow, a PhD candidate at James Cook University.

Ian Oliphant, a Vancouver Island University biology student, conducted the first survey in B.C. on the population of helminth parasites in barred owls. He examined the corpses of 23 barred owls ...