Four different types of neurosecretory cells were identified in the brain of the adult water beetle, Cybister tripunctatus africanus Cast. These cells were identified into A, B, C, & D types according to their morphological ...

Two species of colubrid and elapid snakes collected from different localities in Egypt were examined for protozoan blood parasites. TWo new species of Haemogregarina senso lato are described: Haemogregarina garnhami n.sp. ...

Pregnant rats injected with 60ju,g lead nitrate/gm body weight on day 8 of gestation showed a significant fetal resorption and reduced size of gonads on day 13.5 gestation. Incidence of fetal death and fetal resorption ...

A new species of the nematode genus Syahimantus recovered from Passer domesticus niloticus at Cairo is described using both light and scanning electron microscopy. The taxonomy of the new species is discussed and compared ...

The status of the related digenetic trematode genera Hamacreadium Linton 1910 and Cainocreadium Nicoll, 1909 is briefly reviewed. Hamacreadium Linton 1910 is described from Lutjanus fulviflamma and L. russelli. Cainocreadium ...

The present work reports the results of a preliminary survey on the helminth parasites of some fish, caught mainly from Qatari waters in the Arabian Gulf. The incidence of helminth infections varied in various fish families, ...

Presence of the cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus F., and the saw-toothed grain beetle, Orvxaephilus surinamensis L., and their propagation in cowpea and wheat, resulted in raising the moisture content of infested ...

An ecological survey has been conducted for the benthic Community in Lake Manzala during May and June, 1985. The diversity and distribution of organisms are largely determined by salinity. Mean abundance of benthic fauna ...

The effect of the insecticide "Primicid" on the neurosecretory cells of the cerebral ganglion of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa was studied. The fine changes in the organelles of certain ncurosecrelory cells was ...

Studies were made on the mortality rates of the gravid females, and on the survival and growth rates of the stadia of the woodlouse Porcellio scaber (Latreille) exposed for a period of 21 days to sub-lethal concentrations ...