Postmortem examination of poultry from several backyard flocks in the south England revealed five chickens (Gallus gallus) one flock with lesions compatible fowl cyst mite (Laminosioptes cysticola). All affected birds were mature hens and had subcutaneous fascial, randomly scattered, 1–5 mm, calcareous nodules. Histological findings included a thin fibrous capsule, embedding glassy, pale basoph...

The variety of fauna is one the certain natural wealth Indonesia. Yet human characterisic to destroy forest has inflicted a loss. Therefore in its real habitat needs more attention so it may become media conserving and order save for future generation. object research help preserve existing conservation area. method by transect path interviewing people around Wildlife Reserve Cipunagar River, o...

Melanoides tuberculata that naturally harbored trematode larvae were collected at the Pampulha dam, Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais, Brazil), during malacological surveys conducted from 2006 to 2010. From 7,164 specimens of M. tuberculata collected, 25 (0.35%) were infected by cercariae, which have been morphologically characterized as belonging to the Megalurous group, genus Philophthalmus. Excys...

Female, physogastric female and male of Picobia polonica sp. n. collected from the domestic hen Gallus gallus domesticus (L.) in Poland are described and the phenomenon of physogastry in this and related species is briefly discussed. Picobia polonica is similar to Picobia khulkhshani (Kivganov et Sharafat, 1995). These two species can be distinguished by the following characters: P. polonica: c...