English: The present study has provided detailed and comprehensive information on the morphological aspects, life cycle, and epidemiology of Toxocara canis, Toxocara cati and Toxascaris leonina. The overall results of the ...

English: Investigations on various aspects of stalk borers of maize and sorghum were conducted in Lesotho during the 1995/96, 1996/97 and 1997/98 growing seasons. Aspects investigated were their distribution and relative ...

English: Numerous studies have been conducted on the hypothesis of parasites influencing the behaviour of their hosts. Many authors have been bias in trying to prove that this is a form of manipulation and that parasites ...

Bovine anaplasmosis caused by Anaplasma marginale is endemic in South Africa. This endemicity is due to presence of tick vectors that transmit A. marginale the causal agent of the disease and the high seroprevalence in ...

English: The Okavango Delta, situated in northwestern Botswana is one of the worlds largest inland delta systems formed by the Okavango River, flowing in a southeasterly direction from Angola. The snail fauna comprises ...

English: The sac spider subfamily Trachelinae (Araneae: Corinnidae) is currently represented in the Afrotropical Region by eight genera, namely Austrachelas Lawrence, 1938, Brachyphaea Simon, 1895, Cetonana Strand, 1929, ...

The present study was conducted in the greater Bloemfontein area and focussed on the interaction between ticks and dogs. The sampling localities included Bloemfontein, Botshabelo and Thaba Nchu, and various sub-divisions ...

English: The family Diplozoidae Palombi, 1949 comprises host specific worms found on the gills of cyprinid fish. Diplozoids are the only members of the Monogenea characterised by a unique monogamous life style where two ...

This study comprises investigations into pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisurn, and ascochyta blight damage on field pea, the evaluation of plant resistance levels in both breeding lines and cultivars, the identification of ...

English: As part of a larger biomonitoring project on pistachio nuts, Pistaciae vera L. (Anacardiaceae), a new crop in South Africa, spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) were surveyed over a 2-year period (January 2001 to December ...