Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 5(3): 268-275, 2011 ISSN 1991-8178 Optimization of Growth Conditions of Hirudinea sp. Zulhisyam A.K,, A. Anwar Ismail and Ibrahim Che Omar Department of Agro Industry, Faculty of Agro Industry and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Pengkalan Chepa, 16100, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Abstract: Leeches (Phylum: Annelida, Class: Hirudinea) are widely distributed all over the...

Journal of Natural History Vol. 45, Nos. 11–12, March 2011, 737–747 Reproductive biology and ecological strategies of three species of medicinal leeches (genus Hirudo) Laima Petrauskiene ̇a, Olga Utevskab and Serge Utevskyc* aInstitute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania; bDepartment of Genetics and Cytology, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine; cDepartment of Zoology and Animal Ecology, V.N. Karazin...

Scientists have discovered that a case of mistaken identity means that "medicinal leeches" which have been used by doctors for centuries are not officially approved for medicine. As well as the doctors who use them today in plastic surgery, numerous researchers who have studied the medicinal leech have also been using a different kind of blood sucker from the one...