Segregation and proliferation of mitochondria, leading to formation of the teloplasms (pole plasms), were studied in eggs of the leech T. rude by immunocytochemistry, fluorescent time lapse video imaging, confocal and ...

Experimental paleoparasitological approaches have been used in order to optimize the methodology previously to the application in archeological samples. In this study we evaluated the action of dehydration and local soil ...

Type of ovariole, oöcyte maturation, and ovigeny pattern in the parasitoid Gonatopus bonaerensis Virla(Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) were studied using two species of Delphacidae as hosts. The ovaries of G. bonaerensisare composed ...

Schistosomiasis constitutes a major public health problem, with an estimated 200 million individuals infected worldwide and 700 million people living in risk areas. In Brazil there are areas of high, medium and low endemicity. ...

Catalytic systems based on copper and cerium supported on γ-Al2O3 have shown to be extremely effective for CO preferential oxidation. In order to selectively oxidize carbon monoxide, it is desired that only CO can access ...

The present study examined the effect of different disinfection procedures as an alternative to formaldehyde fumigation on eggshell microbial load, eggshell quality, hatching parameters, neonate chick quality and yolk sac ...