| studies on the mosquitoes of bankura district, west bengal: adult populations. | | 1978 | 31333 |
| the 1973 epidemic of japanese encephalitis in west bengal: a serological survey of domestic animals. | | 1976 | 186404 |
| prevalence and blood meal sources of phlebotomus argentipes in west bengal in 1972-73. | | 1976 | 1010623 |
| breeding places of phlebotomus argentipes annandale and brunetti (diptera: psychodidae) in west bengal, india. | a search for the breeding places of phlebotomus argentipes annandale and brunetti was undertaken in west bengal during 1988-1990. sugar flotation technique was applied for the isolation of larvae from the collected soil samples and emergence trap and sticky paper trap were used for the collection of adults. soil incubation method was followed for the collection of emerged adults from the soil sample. a total 131 soil samples were analysed by flotation technique which produced 19 immature stages- ... | 1991 | 1841217 |
| blood meal analysis of phlebotomus argentipes in eight districts of west bengal. | eight districts of west bengal (india) were surveyed for the biting habit of phlebotomus argentipes using agar gel diffusion method. blood meal indices were found different in the two biotopes, human dwellings and cowsheds. a total of 395 blood meals were analyzed. the blood meal indices in the human dwellings were human 68.8 per cent, cow 38.9 per cent, both human and cow 10.2 per cent, others 2.5 per cent and in the cowsheds: human 19.7 per cent, cow 91.6 per cent, human and cow 13.9 per cent ... | 1990 | 2230024 |
| anopheles annularis as a vector of malaria in rural west bengal. | | 1985 | 3830747 |
| demodicidosis in livestock in west bengal (india). | of 2820 livestock, comprising 472 cattle, 294 goats, 128 pigs and 665 dogs of urban and rural areas of west bengal (india), 89 (3.15%) were found to suffer from demodicidosis. highest infestation rate (3.87%) was observed in dogs followed by cattle (3.11%), goats (2.44%) and pigs (1.44%). the infestation rate did not differ significantly between urban and rural areas. head, neck and face were the common sites of lesions followed by extremities and body surfaces. females were infested more than m ... | 1985 | 3836214 |
| susceptibility of a yak to influenza a viruses and presence of h3n2 antibodies in animals in nepal and india. | naturally acquired antibody to h3n2 human influenza antigens was found in a yak-zebu crossbred in nepal. serial inoculation of a yak, negative for antibody, produced a response to a/hong kong/1/68 (h3n2), a/england/42/72 (h3n2), and a/prague/1/56 (heq1 neq1) influenzavirus strains. single radial diffusion tests showed that cattle and goats in west bengal, india, and water buffaloes and cattle in kathmandu, nepal, also had antibodies against the h3n2 antigens. haemagglutination-inhibition antibod ... | 1974 | 4549482 |
| activity of japanese encephalitis virus among certain domestic animals in west bengal. | | 1982 | 6295928 |
| cattle ecology of upland and deltaic areas of west bengal. | two large cattle populations were enumerated by a house to house survey in several villages in upland and deltaic regions of rural west bengal, india. the basic population parameters of the 2 were compared and their inter-relationships related to the different environmental setting of each region. the total number, density, sex ratio, age distribution, number per household, basic productivity and general management of the cattle differed significantly. while the male cattle were activity bought ... | 1980 | 7434475 |
| observation on host preference of phlebotomus argentipes in district south-24-parganas, west bengal, india. | | 1995 | 7499772 |
| sarcoptes scabiei in animals spreading to man. | an outbreak of sarcoptes scabiei in animals was observed from mid-november 1991 to mid-december 1991 in two adjacent villages, fewgram and nurpur, in birbhum district, west bengal state, india, starting from goats to cattle, then to sheep and even to dogs. nineteen goats and one cattle died of manage infection. the infection spread to man in the last week of december 1991, and affected forty-two human beings, tending and rearing animals. the animals treated with deltamenthrin (synthetic pyrethro ... | 1993 | 8362460 |
| transmission of sarcoptes scabiei from animal to man and its control. | outbreak of sarcoptes scabiei in animals spilling over to man in close association was observed in two adjacent villages, fewgram and nurpur in the district of birbhum, west bengal, from mid-november to mid-december, 1991. nineteen goats and one calf who did not receive any treatment died of sarcoptic manage. all infected animals got cured with external application of deltamethrin, a synthetic pyrethroid and triazapentadiene. human cases were treated successfully with benzene hexachloride (2%). | 1995 | 8699041 |
| ecological observations on the anopheline mosquitoes of jalpaiguri duars, west bengal. | a nine month entomological study was conducted from august 1989 to april 1990 in jalpaiguri duars of west bengal where malaria has been persistent problem. amongst the anopheline fauna three vector species were recorded; an. minimus was the principal vector supported by a. dirus during the rainy months and an. fluviatilis in dry months. all the three vectors were found in close association with human orbit and an. minimums was found to be primarily a domestic vector. the primary role of an. mini ... | 1996 | 9057453 |
| a serological survey of bovine brucellosis in india. | a serological survey of brucellosis in cattle and buffalo was performed in 23 states of india. a total of 30,437 bovine samples, comprising 23,284 cattle and 7,153 buffalo (bubalus bubalis), were screened. the screening initially used the rose bengal plate test: doubtful and positive samples were then titrated in the serum tube agglutination test. the overall prevalence rate of antibodies was 1.9% in cattle and 1.8% in buffalo. in a detailed study of 47 organised farms in the southern state of k ... | 1998 | 9850550 |
| an outbreak of gangrenous syndrome among buffaloes and cattle in west bengal: clinicopathological studies. | gangrenous syndrome/degnala disease was recorded in a large number of buffaloes and cattle in murshidabad district of west bengal, india. fusarium spp. had been isolated from the mouldy paddy straw which were fed to the animals. there was a reduction in the incidence of the disease following withdrawal of the mouldy paddy straw. histopathological examination showed necrosis and loss of architectural details in the skin. | 2000 | 10907287 |
| anthropophily of anophelines in duars of west bengal and other regions of india. | attempts have been made to identify the source of blood meals of twenty three anopheline species from various areas of high malaria endemicity in india. anopheles minimus, anopheles fluviatilis and anopheles dirus showed a high propensity for human blood in north-eastern parts of the country while anopheles sundicus was found to be anthropophilic in andaman & nicobar islands. anopheles culicifacies, anopheles maculatus and anopheles philippinensis were found primarily zoophilic in north-eastern ... | 2000 | 11198404 |
| sandfly survey in nainital and almora districts of uttaranchal with particular reference to phlebotomus argentipes, vector of kala-azar. | kala-azar continues to pose a major public health problem in bihar, west bengal and parts of eastern uttar pradesh in india causing great deal of morbidity and mortality. during 1998, several kala-azar cases from sub-himalayan region were treated in delhi hospitals. and a suspected focus of kala-azar was subsequently reported from this area. therefore a preliminary sandfly survey was carried out during october, 1999 in 18 randomly selected villages at different altitudes in nainital & almora dis ... | 2001 | 11898464 |
| human and cattle population changes in upland west bengal, india between 1977-1978 and 1987. | "six villages in upland west bengal, india, were resurveyed in 1987 and the results compared with the data from a larger area studied in 1977-1978. there has been a 6.4% increase in the human population, but the number of households has decreased by 1.7%. the cattle population has increased 14.4% with male cattle accounting for the bulk of the increase. a crossbreeding program implemented 8 years ago has had virtually no beneficial effects. other observations on the general welfare of humans ... | 1988 | 12281717 |
| human and cattle population changes in deltaic west bengal, india between 1967 and 1977. | | 1980 | 12313520 |
| the maharashtra felling of trees (regulation) (amendment) act, 1988 (no. 26 of 1989), 5 august 1989. | among other things, this act amends the maharashtra (india) felling of trees (regulation) act, 1964, to authorize the tree officer to order the planting of trees in any land (other than government-designated drought land) that he thinks does not contain an adequate number of trees. owners and occupiers of the land must comply with the order, after being given a reasonable opportunity to be heard. if they do not comply, they can be charged for expenses incurred in having the trees planted. in 1 ... | 1989 | 12344326 |
| economy of fertilizer nitrogen through organic sources in rain-fed rice-legume cropping systems in west bengal, india. | field experiments were conducted at a farmers" plot adjacent to the regional research station, red and laterite zone, sub-center sekhampur (birbhum district) of west bengal, india, situated 23 degrees 24' n latitude, 87 degrees 24' e longitude, to study the effect of different bio- and organic sources of nutrients instead of total fertilizer n in terms of crop productivity in the sequence and building up of soil fertility. during the wet seasons of 1997 and 1998, 12 combinations of bio- and orga ... | 2001 | 12805756 |
| arsenic and other elements in hair, nails, and skin-scales of arsenic victims in west bengal, india. | for the first time, biological tissues (hair, nails, and skin-scales) of arsenic victims from an arsenic affected area of west bengal (wb), india were analyzed for trace elements. analysis was carried out by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (icp-ms) for 10 elements (as, se, hg, zn, pb, ni, cd, mn, cu, and fe). a microwave digester was used for digestion of the tissue samples. to validate the method, certified reference materials--human hair (gbw 07601) and bovine muscle (crm 8414)--w ... | 2004 | 15142763 |
| dairy farm investigation on shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli (stec) in kolkata, india with emphasis on molecular characterization. | an investigation was conducted to determine the distribution, virulence gene profile and phenotypes of shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli (stec) strains within a dairy farm in kolkata, india by characterizing the stec strains isolated from healthy dairy cow and calf stool samples, raw milk and farm floor swabs from july 2001 to march 2002. primary screening by multiplex-pcr detected stx1 and stx2, the common virulence genes of stec, in 18.9% of cow faeces, 32.4% of calf stool samples, 21.6% ... | 2005 | 16050506 |
| epidemiological profile of rotaviral infection in india: challenges for the 21st century. | rotaviruses cause acute viral gastroenteritis worldwide. it has been estimated that, each year, 440,000 deaths that occur among children are attributed to rotavirus infection, mainly in developing countries. in india, the diversity of rotaviruses reported during the 1980s and 1990s emphasizes the need for surveillance of cocirculating strains, to follow the rapid changes in circulation and to detect novel strains. | 2005 | 16088795 |
| studies of the outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in west bengal, india, between 1985 and 2002. | foot and mouth disease (fmd) is the major disease constraint on international trade in livestock and their products. in the state of west bengal, india, 1,082 fmd outbreaks were reported in the 18 years from 1985 to 2002. of the prevalent four serotypes, o type fmd virus accounted for the most outbreaks (67%), followed by asia-1 virus type (15%) and a virus type (14%). outbreaks of the type c fmd virus were least prevalent (4%), and no cases have been recorded since 1996. the study shows clearly ... | 2005 | 16642764 |
| municipal waste compost as an alternative to cattle manure for supplying potassium to lowland rice. | the importance of the use of potassium in agriculture is increasing in south asia for making most productive use of the nutrient in terms of economic returns. nutrient supply traditionally by cattle manure is constrained by its insufficient availability. municipal waste compost may be an alternative source of nutrient supplements. field experiments were conducted at the experimental farm of calcutta university, west bengal, india during the wet seasons of 1997, 1998 and 1999 on flooded lowland r ... | 2007 | 16956645 |
| occurrence, virulence characteristics and antimicrobial resistance of escherichia coli o157 in slaughtered cattle and diarrhoeic calves in west bengal, india. | (i) to study the occurrence of escherichia coli serotype o157 in cattle stool in west bengal, india, and (ii) the virulence properties and antimicrobial resistance of the e. coli isolates. | 2006 | 16965371 |
| evidence for interstate transmission and increase in prevalence of bovine group b rotavirus strains with a novel vp7 genotype among diarrhoeic calves in eastern and northern states of india. | during a surveillance study (2003-2005) in a cattle market in kolkata city, state of west bengal, eastern india, 34 (13.0%) of 260 calves with diarrhoea were positive for group b rotaviruses (gbr) by rna electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels. analysis of the partial vp7 gene sequence of 28 of the 34 gbr strains revealed maximum identities (97.7-99.5% at nucleotide level and 97.8-100% at amino-acid level) with the novel bovine gbr 'kolkata strains' reported in an earlier surveillance study (1.5% ... | 2007 | 17291375 |
| seroprevalence of brucellosis in yaks (poephagus grunniens) in india and evaluation of protective immunity to s19 vaccine. | the present study was carried out to explore the seroprevalence of brucellosis in yaks of north-eastern hilly yak tracts of arunachal pradesh, india. of 374 animals tested, 23.79, 21.11 and 18.98% were found positive for brucellosis using avidin-biotin elisa (ab-elisa), rose-bengal plate test (rbpt) and standard tube-agglutination test (stat), respectively. the relative sensitivity and specificity for stat were 79.77 and 100%, respectively and the same for rbpt were 88.76 and 100%, respectively ... | 2009 | 18763048 |
| cutaneous anthrax, west bengal, india, 2007. | | 2009 | 19239777 |
| a study on the possibility of zoonotic infection in rotaviral diarrhoea among calves and buffalo calves in and around kolkata, india. | group a and group b rotaviruses are important diarrhea causing agents among calves and buffalo calves. epidemiological studies in indian calves revealed the predominance of group a rotavirus strains with g6, g8, and g10 specificity and group b rotaviruses. a total of 95 fecal samples were collected from calves and buffalo calves affected with diarrhea from an unorganized cattle farm and two cattle markets in and around kolkata, in the state of west bengal of eastern india. rotaviruses were detec ... | 2009 | 19364081 |
| prevalence of brucellosis and infectious bovine rhinotracheitis in organized dairy farms in india. | this study was carried out to investigate the prevalence of bovine brucellosis and infectious bovine rhinotracheitis (ibr) in organized dairy farms with history of abortion in india. elisa and rose bengal plate test (rbpt) were used to detect the seropositive animals and the test results indicated that 22.18% and 13.78% animals were declared as sero-positive by elisa and rbpt, respectively. milk ring test (mrt) was carried out only in one farm and 12.82% of the tested animals were turned positiv ... | 2010 | 19644761 |
| molecular characterization and assessment of zoonotic transmission of cryptosporidium from dairy cattle in west bengal, india. | few studies in the past have examined the genetic diversity and zoonotic potential of cryptosporidium in dairy cattle in india. to assess the importance of these animals as a source of human cryptosporidium infections, fecal samples from 180 calves, heifers and adults and 51 farm workers on two dairy farms in west bengal, india were genotyped by pcr-rflp analysis of the 18s rrna gene of cryptosporidium followed by dna sequencing of the pcr products. phylogenetic analysis was carried out on the d ... | 2010 | 20356678 |
| ground water arsenic contamination in west bengal, india: a risk of sub-clinical toxicity in cattle as evident by correlation between arsenic exposure, excretion and deposition. | arsenic contamination of ground water in west bengal, india, is a great concern for both human and livestock populations. our study investigated and correlated the arsenic concentration in the drinking water, urinary excretion and deposition of total arsenic in hair of cattle at an arsenic contaminated zone in west bengal. the results of our study indicated that the average concentration of arsenic in tube well water in contaminated villages ranged from 0.042 to 0.251 ppm and a statistical signi ... | 2010 | 20639276 |
| chronic arsenicosis in cattle with special reference to its metabolism in arsenic endemic village of nadia district west bengal india. | thirty milch cattle were selected randomly from a village of nadia district of west bengal, india containing high arsenic in water and soil samples. milk, feces and hair samples were collected to analyze arsenic status in animals. water and straw samples were also estimated for arsenic. milk products prepared from milk of cattle rearing in arsenic prone village were also collected to quantify total arsenic and speciation of arsenic in milk and feces samples were also carried out. it was observed ... | 2010 | 21059470 |
| hematological and biochemical studies of stephanofilarial dermatitis in naturally infected cattle of west bengal, india. | this experimental study was conducted to assess the alterations in hematobiochemical values of cattle infected with stephanofilarial microfilariae. hematological studies of infected cattle revealed significant (p<0.05) decrease in hb%, pcv and tec values whereas tlc values were significantly (p<0.05) increased. there was insignificant increase in lymphocyte concentration (%), significant (p<0.05) increase in eosinophil concentration (%) and insignificant decrease in neutrophil concentration (%) ... | 2010 | 21183193 |
| genotyping of cryptosporidium parvum isolates in bovine population in kolkata and characterization of new bovine genotypes. | cryptosporidium infection may have adverse effect in health and production potential of cattle herd. the exact profile of cryptosporidium infection in bovine population of india in general, particularly from kolkata is scarce. we here report systematic investigation of clinical and genetic profiling of promiscuous cryptosporidium infection in selected representative cattle farms from kolkata as well as some surrounding local areas. the current study was conducted in the period of october to sept ... | 2011 | 21316723 |
| molecular evidence for zoonotic transmission of giardia duodenalis among dairy farm workers in west bengal, india. | no study in the past has examined the genetic diversity and zoonotic potential of giardia duodenalis in dairy cattle in india. to assess the importance of these animals as a source of human g. duodenalis infections and determine the epidemiology of bovine giardiasis in india, fecal samples from 180 calves, heifers and adults and 51 dairy farm workers on two dairy farms in west bengal, india were genotyped by pcr-rflp analysis of the ß-giardin gene of g. duodenalis followed by dna sequencing of t ... | 2011 | 21324592 |
| detection of human g10 rotavirus strains with similarity to bovine and bovine-like equine strains from untypable samples. | g10 rotaviruses, which are usually found in cattle, have also been reported in neonatal infections in recent years. during the rotavirus surveillances of children less than 4years of age between 2003 and 2006 in kolkata, eastern india, 60 out of 1153 samples could not be typed. all 60 samples gave usual electropherotype pattern in polyacrylamide gel. thirty-one out of these 60 g and p untypable rotavirus strains were successfully characterized during the study. among 31 samples, g9p[4] (n=8), g1 ... | 2011 | 22155585 |
| co-infection of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus epidermidis, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus and extended spectrum β-lactamase producing escherichia coli in bovine mastitis--three cases reported from india. | emergence of antimicrobial resistance among bovine mastitis pathogens is the major cause of frequent therapeutic failure and a cause of concern for veterinary practitioners. this study describes intra-mammary infection of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus epidermidis (mrse), methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) and extended spectrum β-lactamase (esbl) producing escherichia coli in two holstein friesian crossbred cows with subclinical mastitis and one non-descript cow with clinic ... | 2015 | 25444074 |