Studies on the parasite fauna of Thailand. 6. Three new heligmonellid nematodes from Père David's vole, Eothenomys melanogaster (Milne-Edwards).

A new heligmosomid nematode, Heligmosomoides protobullosus n. sp. (Heligmosomidae: Nematoda), from the Japanese grass vole, Microtus montebelli Milne-Edwards.

Studies on the parasite fauna of Thailand. I Two new metastrongylid nematodes, Angiostrongylus siamensis sp. n. and Thaistrongylus harinasutai gen. et sp. n. (Metastrongyloidea; Angiostrongylidae) from wild rats.

Do Père David's Deer Lose Memories of Their Ancestral Predators?

Whether prey retains antipredator behavior after a long period of predator relaxation is an important question in predator-prey evolution. Père David's deer have been raised in enclosures for more than 1200 years and this isolation provides an opportunity to study whether Père David's deer still respond to the cues of their ancestral predators or to novel predators. We played back the sounds of...

Reproductive biology of swimming crab, Charybdis hellerii (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) in coastal waters of the Persian Gulf (Hormuzgan province)

This study was conducted to determine some aspects of reproductive biology of the Indo-Pacific swimming crab, Charybdis hellerii (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867) in coastal waters of the Persian Gulf (Hormozgan province) from June 2015 to May 2016. The results showed that the annual sex ratio is F: M=1:1.3, with 57.4 % males. All the five stages of ovarian development of C. hellerii were observed throu...

Nematode Association with Bellamya bengalensis Snail and Its Medical and Veterinary Importance in Khouzestan Province (South West of Iran)

Limited studies have been done on nematodes of Bellamya bengalensis (fresh water snails) in the world. Following, our clinical observations on eye disease in a fish ponds, which were contained Bellamaya bengallensis snails, present study was made to determine of nematodes fauna of Bellamya bengalensis and evaluation of their medical and veterinary importance in Khouzestan province. For this pur...