The total and dry body weight treated larvae of Aedes aegypti was significantly decreased at different time intervals under investigation (6, 12, 24, and 48 hrs) post-treatment with LC30 of Bt subsp. Kurstaki HD-1. The body water content was decreased significantly at 6 hrs post-treatment, while it was highly significant at the three other treatments. Also hemolymph volume was significantly dec...

In order to assess changes in the activity of immunecompetency present in Crassostrea gigas infected with Marteilioides chungmuensis (Protozoa), the total hemocyte counts (THC), hemocyte populations, hemocyte viability, and phagocytosis rate were measured in oysters using flow cytometry. THC were increased significantly in oysters infected with M. chungmuensis relative to the healthy appearing ...

The Drosophila PDGF/VEGF receptor (PVR) has known functions in the guidance of cell migration. We now demonstrate that during embryonic hematopoiesis, PVR has a role in the control of antiapoptotic cell survival. In Pvr mutants, a large fraction of the embryonic hemocyte population undergoes apoptosis, and the remaining blood cells cannibalistically phagocytose their dying peers. Consequently, ...

In  this  study,  the  effect  of  water  temperature  on  pathogenesis  of  Aeromonas  hydrophila  in  freshwater  Crayfish  Astacus  leptodactylus  were  investigated.  In  our  study,  The  treatments  Crayfish  have  exposed  to  A  hydrophila...

The current research was performed aiming to investigate the effects of Ferula ovina essential oil on the fourth instar larval hemogram of Sesamia cretica. Four main sorts of circulating hemocytes, including prohemocytes, plasmatocytes, granulocytes (GRs), and oenocytoides, were identified in the fourth instar larvae. Treatment of the larvae with the concentration of 1000 ppm of the essential o...

Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are of vital economic and ecological importance. These eusocial animals display temporal polyethism, which is an age-driven division of labor. Younger adult bees remain in the hive and tend to developing brood, while older adult bees forage for pollen and nectar to feed the colony. As honey bees mature, the types of pathogens they experience also change. As such, pat...

in  this  study,  the  effect  of  water  temperature  on  pathogenesis  of  aeromonas  hydrophila  in  freshwater  crayfish  astacus  leptodactylus  were  investigated.  in  our  study,  the  treatments  crayfish  have  exposed  to  a  hydrophila  with  concentration  of  3×106 cfuml-1  in  high  water  temperature (25˚c)  and  normal  water  temperature(10-15ċ).  the  untreated  control  grou...