Animal Science and Issues

1. Population dynamics and secondary production of the snail *Neritina virginea* in a Brazilian estuary
2. Reproduction and life history in two land snails in laboratory conditions
3. Effect of sublethal arsenic on hemocyte density in edible crab *Scylla serrata*
4. Immunotoxicity of azadirachtin in freshwater mussels
5. Hemocyte aggregation and arsenic-induced interference in Indian mudcrab
6. Developmental expression of cockroach vitellogenin genes
7. Lectin binding patterns in goblet cells of horse, pig, and rabbit intestines
8. Ultrastructure and frequency of ciliated fibroblasts in rat periodontal ligaments
9. Zooplankton composition in an estuarine area of Maranhão, Brazil
10. Morphology and distribution of four *Arthrosphaera* pill millipedes from the Western Ghats
11. Molecular phylogeny of *Oryx* species using 12S and 16S rRNA gene sequences
12. Hematological parameters in *Channa punctatus* under multistress and bacterial challenge
13. Description of two new mite species infesting edible mushrooms
14. Usefulness and caution in noninvasive DNA sampling methods
15. Thyroid hormone effects on glucose homeostasis and tissue morphology in rats
16. Oncotic cytology in cervical cancer prevention
17. Cytotoxic response and nonself phagocytosis in mollusks under arsenic exposure
18. Spawning behavior of endangered killifish *Aphanius dispar* in lab conditions
19. Structure of glucan and heteropolymer from *Phaffia rhodozyma* yeast cell walls
20. Primary immune response and parasite dissemination in canine visceral leishmaniasis
21. Abstracts from IV Symposium on Developmental Biology and III Student Meeting
22. Abstracts from X Brazilian Symposium on Extracellular Matrix and V International Symposium