Abstract Background Numerous laboratory and fewer field-based studies have found that ixodid ticks develop more quickly survive better at temperatures between 18 °C 26 relative humidity (RH) 75 94%. Ixodes anatis Chilton, 1904, is an endophilic, nidicolous species endemic to North Island brown kiwi ( Apteryx mantelli ) (NIBK) the tokoeka australis ), little known about environmental conditions ...

in order to find a taxonomical difference between the larvae of a. stephensi and a. superpietus, 100 larvae of each species were taken and the number of branchings of the middle prothoracic hairs in the direction of the outer prothoracic hair were counted. the means found for a. stephensi and a. superpictus are 11.20 and 13.11 respectively, which are statistically significant. further studies o...

the biology of chrysocharis pentheus (walker) (hymenoptera: eulophidae), the most abundant endoparasitoid of phyllocnistis citrella stainton (lepidoptera: gracillariidae) in ehime prefecture, japan, was studied under laboratory and field conditions. the mean immature developmental time and adult longevity at different temperatures (22 to 31°c) under 50-70% rh decreased as the temperature increa...

objective: the orange-red spectrum of  the skin of  electric yellow (labidochromis caeruleus) is  one  of  the  idealistic and  necessary  schemas sought  by  aquarists  and commercial producers. in this study, the effect of live foods meal on the skin coloration of juvenile electric yellow was examined. methods: 270 fish with an average living body weight was 0.42 ± 0.11 g, and average total l...

Results of our studies using ELISA and competitive inhibition assay (CIA) tests fully confirmed the previously experienced trichinellosis and reflected persistent stimulation of antibody production due to the antigen release from Trichinella larvae, which had survived longer and undergone gradual destruction in the muscles. The studies proved that the tests complement each other, yielding conco...

Outbred CD1 mice were administered doses of 1000 and 3000 Toxocara canis eggs and postmortem took place on days 7, 42 and 120 post-infection. Mice were killed by cervical dislocation and brains were sagitally bisected and fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin prior to histological preparation and examination. The number of T. canis larvae were counted per brain and per section and the number o...

Background: Paenibacillus larvae is the etiological agent of American foulbrood (AFB) disease, the most lethal disease in honeybee (Apis mellifera) larvae. Aims: The aim of the present work was to study the antimicrobial effect of cell free supernatant (CFS) of probiotics on an Iranian isolate’s biofilm formation. Methods: A l...

The importance of creatinine level in determining pathology the body is still unclear. When evaluated with other kidney function tests, it thought to be a sign another problem. In this study, we examined findings 66-year-old patient no history chronic disease, whose was measured well above reference range (46.78 mg/dL). Despite these results, our survived treatment. conclusion, appropriate trea...

A series of 14 day experiments was conducted on five common New Zealand fish species (redfin bully Gobiomorphus huttoni, inanga Galaxias maculatus, brown trout Salmo trutta, longfin eel Anguilla dieffenbachii and koaro Galaxias brevipinnis) to assess the effect of pH on survival and changes in body mass. No species survived in water of pH <4 although there was 100% survival of all adults at pH ...