Waiting to Publish

The order Araneae deserves a special place in the study of ecology as it acts as a biological indicator. The objectives of the present study were to explore the guild composition and structure of spider families at Cu Lao Dung mangrove forest, Soc Trang Province. Efforts were made to evaluate the ecosystem status of Cu Lao Dung mangrove forest by surveying the diversity and species composition of spiders (class Arachnida, phylum Arthropoda). A total of 58 species of spiders belonging to 14 families were observed, Salticidae being the family with most species (23 scpecies)and accounting for39,7%. Based on classification byCardoso et al. (2006),six different guilds of spiderwere identified: orb web weavers and other hunters (29%), sheet web weavers and ground hunters (14%), space web weavers and ambush hunters (7%). This is the first report of the spider fauna from Cu Lao Dung mangrove forest.

The clinical symptoms and pathological characteristics of Phu Quoc dogs infected with Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) were studied. The first clinical signs of infected dogs were high fever, loss of appetite or not eating, vomiting or coughing, sketchy notes in abdominal skin, diarrhea and neurologic signs - walking in a circle. The gross changes were mainly found in lung and intestine including congestion and hemorrhage in lung and intestine, congestion in brain. The other gross changes were enlarged spleen, lymph nodes, swollen gall bladder, and degenerated liver. The microscopic findings were mainly in lung, intestine and brain. There were lots of red blood cells in alveoli, inflammatory brain cells, alveoli and damaged villi of intestine. In the present research, the distribution of CDV in different organs of dogs was identified by using immunofluorescent test.