Fumihiko Mahara1,2, Kazuaki Miyamoto1,2*, Hiromi Fujita2 and Teruo Mutsuda1 1Mahara Hospital, Aratono-cho Nobusato 6-1, Anan, 779-1510, Japan 2Mahara Institute of Medical Acarology, Aratano-cho Korekuni 56-3, Anan, 779-1510, Japan *Corresponding author: Kazuaki Miyamoto, Mahara Institute of Medical Acarology, Aratano-cho Korekuni 56-3, Anan, 779-1510, Japan, Fax/Tel: +81-884-36-3601; Email: kaz...

Modifications to established protocols for preparing Acari for transmission electron microscopy are described. These modifications were found to improve the results obtained in a study of the ultrastructure of lightly sclerotized eupodoid mites.

In the north-western region of Venezuela, Phyllocoptruta oleivora, Tetranychus mexicanus and Brevipalpus phoenicis are common plant-feeding mites on leaves, fruits and branches of Tahiti lime, Citrus latifolia. The population dynamics of these herbivores are affected by many factors, such as weekly treatments with wettable sulphur, particularly during the wet season, maintenance pruning of plan...

For further reading: D. W. Baker: Cattle Mange and the Other Diseases Known Commonly as Barn Itchy 36 pages, Ithaca, N. Y., Cornell University, 1946. E. W. Baker and G. W. Wharton: An Introduction to Acarology, 465 pages. New York, Macmillan Company. 1952. Joseph H. Camin and Wm. M. Rogoff: Mites Ajfecting Domesticated Mammals. South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin 10,...

In the recent issue ofBMC Biotechnology 20011:2, Manuel Rodriguez Valle, Carlos Montero, Hector Machado and Marisdania Joglar published a paper entitled "The evaluation of yeast derivatives as adjuvant for the immune response to the Bm86 antigen in cattle" [http:/ /www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6750/1/2] .This is the same paper that we prepared with them and submitted in 1998 to Experimental and A...