Prostatitis and prostatic abscessation in dogs: retrospective study of 82 cases.

Objectives: To describe clinical signs, diagnostics, treatments and outcomes of prostatitis and prostatic abscesses of dogs in a referral population.

Animals: Eighty-two dogs diagnosed with prostatitis and/or prostatic abscesses from three referral hospitals.

Procedures: Retrospective case series.

PROPOSED MEASURES OF CONTROL MANAGEMENT OF THE GRAPE MOTH, LOBESIA BOTRANA DEN AND SCHIFF (LEPIDOPTERA: TORTRICIDAE), IN REFERENCE TO INFESTATION PERCENTAGES, YIELD LOSS AND ECONOMICS OF CONTROL IN EGYPT.

This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of five measures; including the release of two strains of Trichogramma, Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.).

Assessment of genetic relatedness in the honeybee Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: apidae) colonies by using microsatellite loci.

In this study the relatedness was estimated between mother queen's colony and her daughters' queens' colonies, by extracting DNA from their individual workers offspring (N= 20) and using five microsatellite loci. Locus As indicated more diversity in the length of alleles from 130 to 162 PB with frequency from 0.05 to 0.

Different patterns of acid and alkaline phosphatases activities during embryogenesis and in emerged adults of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).

The acid phosphatase and alkaline phosphatase activities were studied in the developing eggs and in aging ovary and testis of pot-emerged adult of the cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera at different time intervals from 0-72 hours. Acid phosphatase activity was higher than alkaline phosphatase and acts as cyclic during embryonic development. Alkaline phosphatase activity was slightly increased in the freshly laid eggs but decreased more sharply than acid phosphatase during embryonic development.

Efficacy of some oils and chemical compounds on Insignorthezia insignis (Browne) (Hemiptera: Ortheziidae) infesting Lantana camara in Alexandria, Egypt.

Field and laboratory experiments were conducted in March, 2008 in El-Nouzha garden, Alexandria governorate. Pre-and post treatment inspections of the insects were examined and recorded before and after (2,4,8, and 12 weeks). Spraying was applied to evaluate the efficiency of the tested compounds, [Mineral oils (KZ oil and Star oil); IGRs (Chlorfluazuron, lufenuron and pyriproxyfen); Neem oil; emamectin benzoate and thiamethoxam].