| ants (hymenoptera: formicidae) associated with pig carcasses in malaysia. | an observational study was conducted in an oil palm plantation in tanjung sepat, selangor, malaysia on august until september 2007 to note the decomposition process of pigs and their related faunal succession. we collected six species of ants (formicidae) from 3 subfamilies: formicinae (oecophylla smaragdina and anoplolepis gracilipes), myrmicinae (tetramorium sp. and pheidologeton sp.) and ponerinae (odontoponera sp. and diacamma sp.) that were associated with pig carcasses placed on the ground ... | 2009 | 19696735 |
| a new record of bengalia emarginata malloch, 1927 (diptera: calliphoridae) from malaysia. | during a forensic entomological study conducted at an oil palm plantation in tanjung sepat, kuala langat, selangor, a bengalia emarginata malloch, 1927 (diptera: calliphoridae: calliphorinae: bengalini) was collected for the first time. two adults were collected nearby the pig carcass by the first author and identified by the second. prior to this finding, nine species of bengalia were recorded from peninsular malaysia or borneo. male of b. emarginata are different from bengalia varicolor fabric ... | 2008 | 19287369 |
| insect succession on a decomposing piglet carcass placed in a man-made freshwater pond in malaysia. | this entomological study was conducted in a man-made freshwater pond in a palm oil plantation in tanjung sepat, selangor from 23 july 2007 by using pig (sus scrofa) as a carcass model. a 1.5 month old piglet (5 kg), which died of asphyxia after being accidentally crushed by its mother, was thrown into a pond. observation was made for ten days; one visit per day and climatological data were recorded. on the first two days, the piglet carcass sunk to the bottom of the pond. the carcass floated to ... | 2008 | 18600201 |
| genotypes of japanese encephalitis virus isolated in three states in malaysia. | two hundred forty nucleotides from the pre-membrane gene region of 12 japanese encephalitis virus (jev) strains isolated from three different regions of malaysia from 1993 to 1994 were sequenced and compared with each other and with the jev strains from different geographic areas in asia. these 12 malaysian isolates were classified into two genotypes. the four jev strains isolated from sarawak in 1994 and the four jev strains isolated from sepang, selangor in 1993 were classified into one genoty ... | 1997 | 9080873 |
| studies on adult mosquito vectors of japanese encephalitis in a pig farm in selangor, malaysia. | mosquito collections were carried out for a period of one year from january to december 1992 in a pig farm in sungai pelek, selangor, malaysia. a total of 41,022 mosquitos belonging to 52 species and 20 genera were collected. culex tritaeniorhynchus and cx. gelidus, the important vectors, comprised 63% of all mosquitos collected. both these species were collected in large numbers during the wet months of may and december. the other predominant species in that area were cx. fuscocephala, cx. quin ... | 1994 | 7855662 |
| a preliminary study of insect succession on a pig carcass in a palm oil plantation in malaysia. | this preliminary study was carried out in a palm oil plantation in tanjung sepat, selangor in 17 may 2007 by using pig (sus scrofa) as a carcass model in forensic entomological research. a 3 month old pig (8.5 kg) that died of pneumonio was placed in the field to observe the decomposition stages and the fauna succession of forensically important flies. observation was made for two weeks; two visits per day and all climatological data were recorded. the first visitor to the pig carcass was a musc ... | 2007 | 18209704 |