A14 Laboratory breeding of Culex modestus inatomii

Establishment of the West Nile virus vector, Culex modestus, in a residential area in Denmark.

Study of zoonotic bacteria in conventional laboratory mice breeding colonies

To investigate the status of conventional laboratory mice colonies for zoonotic bacteria, three mice colonies, NIH, NMRI and Balb/c strains of Razi institute were studied for five zoonotic bacteria including Pasteurella pneumotropica, Salmonella typhimurium, Salmonella enteritidis, Streptobacillus moniliformis, Streptococcus Pneumonia. Study populations were 74 mice of premature, mature and pos...

Development of the immature stages of Culex (Culex) saltanensis Dyar (Diptera, Culicidae) under laboratory conditions

Development of the immature stages of Culex (Culex) saltanensis Dyar (Diptera, Culicidae) under laboratory conditions. Culex (Culex) saltanensis Dyar, 1928 is becoming frequent and abundant in natural and artificial breeding sites in urban and rural areas of Brazil. This study contributes to the knowledge of the biology of a Brazilian strain of C. saltanensis. The development of specimens reare...

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Pasco et al (pp. 322–326) investigated the role of tobacco smoking as a risk factor for major depressive disorder, using data from an Australian population-based sample of women. They found both cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence for an association between smoking and depression, particularly among heavy smokers. Using a range of brain imaging techniques, de Win et al (pp. 289–296) found...

The Care and Breeding of Laboratory Animals

As biological research is increasingly concerned with the description of the reactions and adjustments of individuals to the more subtle environmental changes and chronic rather than acute states, there is a growing demand for healthy animals of known lineage-and the necessity for their maintenance under experimental circumstances in normal condition; a demand that arises at a time when a large...