present paper is the second publication introducing the paleoparasitological findings from animal coprolites obtained from archeological site of chehrabad salt mine in northwest-ern iran. the current archeological site is located in northwest of iran , dated to the sas-sanian era (4 th /5 th century ce).in the summer 2012 the carnivore coprolite was obtained within the layers in the mine and we...

avian leukosis viruses (alvs) cause different types of tumours in poultry and can affect the health and egg production of the birds. to investigate the presence of the virus in chicken layer flocks in shiraz, 222 egg albumen from local layer breeder (25 eggs), local layer grand parent (30 eggs), broiler breeder (60 eggs), commercial layer (46 eggs) and broiler grand parent (61 eggs) were tested...

A hitherto largely unresolved problem in behavioral biology is how workers are prevented from reproducing in large insect societies with high relatedness. Signals of the queen are assumed to inform the nestmates about her presence in the colony, which leads to indirect fitness benefits for workers. In the ant Camponotus floridanus, we found such a signal located on queen-laid eggs. In groups of...

In a prospective case-control study of sporadic Salmonella Enteritidis infection in Denmark (1997-1999), foreign travel was reported by 25% of 455 case patients and 8% of 507 controls (odds ratio (OR) = 3.7, 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.4, 5.5). Among nontravelers, 80% of 335 cases and 81% of 467 controls had consumed eggs or dishes containing raw or undercooked eggs during the week before d...

Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), has become a major pest. Seven experiments examined the nutrient content of their eggs in the context of female reproductive investment and use for experiments. Among 542 clusters examined, an average egg contained 23.50 ± 0.561 μg lipid, 3.17 ± 0.089 μg glycogen, and 3.08 ± 0.056 μg sugar. Mature eggs wi...

Frog eggs are normally fertilized after reaching metaphase II. When eggs are inseminated prior to that, several sperm enter, but entry does not activate the egg. When such inseminated, immature eggs were maintained until they became mature and then were artificially activated, the eggs began to cleave. The cleavage furrows were irregular and often multiple, but the eggs developed to blastulae o...

Commercial shipments of Orius spp. (Hemiptera: Anthocoridae) commonly include water and protein, the latter typically supplied by eggs from a moth such as Ephestia kuehniella (Zeller). To determine whether modified dietary conditions might improve predation, newly eclosed adult female Orius pumilio (Champion) were fed on E. kuehniella eggs plus encapsulated water, encapsulated 5% sucrose soluti...