malaria, identified the anophelines responsible and incriminated the Mora-Lalli to be their breeding place. He recommended, among other measures, oiling the stream, clearing the station of jungle from the Dihang to the MoraLalli. filling in of puddles and pools and the prophylactic issue of mosquito-nets and quinine where practicable. The anophelines identified by him were the following:?A. mac...

1Directorate of Environmental Health and Malaria Eradication, Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman. ABSTRACT A field study was carried out over 27 weeks in the south Batinah region of Oman to assess the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of different strategies for vector control of malaria. Three larviciding strategies for Anopheles spp. were applied to intervention areas and compared with a contro...

course of his duties as health officer of shidabad district has made extensive observations since 1928 on the epidemiology of malaria in relation to the presence of pistia and finally applied the results to practical tests in several isolated highly endemic localities in the districtFrom the success obtained by systematically removing pistia from the breeding places, he concluded that malaria a...

Till now for control of dracontiasis, the drinking water sources showing prolific breeding of c;/clops in endemic areas were either super' chlorinated or the biological method of control by introduction of cyclopscidal fishes like Ambassis, Etroplus, Barbus etc., was resorted to after the removal of the predatory fishes. Super-chlorination, if done regularly, gives fairly good results but socia...

This paper reports on the design of a nest box consisting of two compartments for the breeding in cages of wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The first compartment was a chamber measuring on the inside 17 × 23 × 20 cm (base and height), conforming to the small body size of the wild rabbit and similar to its breeding burrows. A plastic tray was placed inside the chamber, in which the doe coul...