Toxicity of sodium fluoroacetate and zinc phosphide wheat grain baits to Microtus guentheri and Meriones tristrami

Whole wheat grains impregnated with 0.02, 0.05 and 0.2% sodium fluoroacetate, and 2% zinc phosphide, were offered to series of single caged individuals of Microtus guentheri and Meriones tristrami. In most cases the sodium fluoroacetate treated baits were well accepted by both species. The acceptance of the zinc phosphide-treated bait was partial in all the series tested. The approximate LD50 ranges of sodium fluoroacetate are between 0.24 and 0.43 mg kg⁻¹ for M. guentheri , and, perhaps, for the jirds too, and for zinc phosphide—between 32.6 and 58.8 mg kg⁻¹ for M. tristrami , and a similar value, more or less, for M. guentheri.     

Enquête sur les maladies fongiques de l'arachide (Arachis hypogaea) en Côte-d'Ivoire. I. Méthodes d'enquête et étude descriptive: les conditions culturales et les principales maladies

Groundnut diseases were surveyed in the various traditional cropping regions of Ivory Coast during 1982, 1983 and 1984. The methods used during the survey are described. A preliminary analysis of the results aimed at a characterization of a complex, multiple pathosystem is presented. The analysis especially focuses upon some foliar diseases, and particularly on rust, caused byPuccinia arachidis. The results show the great variability of the climates and of the agricultural techniques which are associated to groundnut cropping. The list of the fungal pathogens which affect groundnut is long: 16 have been identified during the survey, of which 6 are omnipresent in the various regions. A correspondence analysis was performed, allowing to describe the average development of the multiple pathosystem: groundnut-rust-leafsport-wilting fungi. Endemicity in tropical pathosystems is also analyzed in the case of the main foliar diseases (rust and Cercospora leafspots). More specifically, the epidemiology of groundnut rust in southern Ivory Coast is interpreted as regular, explosive epidemics developping on an endemic background. Every year epidemics develop in the northern and central areas too, most of their primary inoculum supposedly originating from the infested southern crops. Probably, intensification of agriculture will strongly favour rust disease.     

Case report: fibroma on the end of the tail of a cow

An unusual case of fibroma on the end of the tail of a 7-year-old cross-breed cow. The most prominent clinical findings were the size and weight of the tumour, and the tail length. The extension of the tail was apparently caused by the weight of the tumour.     

Relation entre I'infestation de Tylenchulus semipenetrans, la morphogenèse et la productivité de l'oranger cv. Maltaise demisanguine greffées sur bigaradier

Les variations pluriannuelles de la croissance végétative (orthotrope et plagiotrope) et de la production et du taux d'infestation des citrus par Tylenchulus semipenetrans suivent une évolution cyclique et des amplitudes décalées les unes par rapport aux autres. Ces variations présentent deux phases distinctes. La première se caractérise par une diminution de la population des nématodes dans les racines, une augmentation de la croissance plagiotrope aux dépens de la croissance orthotrope et une production annuelle stable. La deuxième phase se caractérise par contre par une augmentation de l'infestation, une croissance orthotrope plus dominante et une alternance annuelle de la production des agrumes. L'intervention chimique à l'aldicarbe permet de réduire l'incidence des nématodes sur les agrumes, mais seuls les traitements appliqués au cours de la deuxième phase sont efficaces contre les nématodes.     

Levamisole--biological response modifier in Taenia crassiceps--mouse experimental system

Levamisole, a common anthelminthic preparation, was used for the modification of the immune response of mice to vaccination with soluble antigen from Taenia crassiceps. The combination of antigen with Levamisole significantly increased the immunogenic effect of the antigen. Metacestodes survived in 16.7% after one dose and in 42.9% after two doses of Levamisole. The percentage of resistance was 97.7% and 67.8%.