Publications

a genetic and phenotypic study of milk yield of hariana cattle in bihar.		1967	6070766
heavy sarcocystosis in the ocular musculature of cattle and buffaloes.	a high prevalence of 71.5 per cent and 69.7 per cent of sarcocystosis was observed in the ocular musculature of cattle and buffaloes respectively, in bihar, india. the concentration of cysts in the eye muscle was also usually heavy. ocular musculature appears to be a preferred site for the development of sarcocystis in these intermediate hosts, second only to the heart muscle. the species of sarcocystis involved in the present study were morphologically indistinguishable from s. cruzi in cattle ...	1982	6818753
a search for leishmania in vertebrates from kala-azar-affected areas of bihar, india.		1983	6665843
use of modified grace's insect medium for the primary isolation of leishmania donovani donovani in bihar, india.	grace's insect medium, supplemented with 20% (v/v) heat-inactivated fetal bovine serum (fbs) and 15% defibrinated pooled rabbit blood is statistically shown to be more sensitive than modified nnn medium (p less than 0.05), grace's insect medium with 20% (v/v) and grace's insect medium with 30% (v/v) fbs (p less than 0.01) for in vitro primary isolation of promastigotes of leishmania donovani donovani from cultures of bone marrow aspirates. this medium has been found to be especially useful for p ...	1986	3706619
host feeding patterns of anopheles culicifacies species a and b.	countercurrent immunoelectrophoresis was used to assay bloodmeals to determine the host specificity of anopheles culicifacies species a and b, collected from areas in delhi, uttar pradesh and bihar. results indicated the predominantly zoophagic nature of species a and b with a relatively higher degree of anthropophagy for species a. further, the human blood index was found to be related to the proportion of human and cattle population in an area. this study is significant because, of the two spe ...	1988	3199114
pressure and poverty in bihar.	the biomass crisis in the indian state of bihar, and its effects on women's lives and nutrition, are delineated. bihar is india's 2nd most populous state and has 497 people/km. many families of 5-10 people farm less than 1 acre, and may share small houses with 3-4 other families. women are responsible for gathering fuel. until a few years ago they walked 1-2 km; now they walk 8-10 km to search for firewood. women used to use only twigs and small branches for firewood, saving the trees. now p ...	1992	12317379
absence of phlebotomus argentipes ann & brun. (diptera: psychodidae) the vector of indian kala-azar from kamrup district, assam.	in the past assam was devastated by epidemics of kala-azar. however, inspite of resurgence of this disease in bihar and neighbouring areas assam has remained untouched by this disease since the mid 1950s so far. the study undertaken in kamrup district, sought to provide an entomological explanation for assam's present freedom from kala-azar. sandfly collections were made in 15 villages. three different methods were used; namely hand collections by aspirator and torch, sticky traps and examinatio ...	1994	7989678
an entomological field evaluation of larval biology of sandfly in kala-azar endemic focus of bihar--exploration of larval control tool.	knowing the exact breeding places inside the habitat is very important to plan the larval control strategy. information regarding larval biology in relation to different seasons will be more useful to organize insecticide spray schedule at a particular month of maximum immature density to bring down the adult sandfly density. in the present study, maximum number of soil samples were found positive in the month of january and minimum in the month of september. maximum positive soil samples were c ...	2000	11668939
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
diclofenac residues in carcasses of domestic ungulates available to vultures in india.	gyps vulture populations across the indian subcontinent are declining rapidly and evidence indicates that veterinary use of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (nsaid) diclofenac is the major cause. exposure of vultures to diclofenac is likely to arise from the consumption of livestock carcasses that have been treated shortly before death, however, detailed information regarding the prevalence and residual levels of diclofenac in carcasses available to vultures in india remains unreported. ...	2007	17433834
breeding ecology of visceral leishmaniasis vector sandfly in bihar state of india.	soil samples weighing 255.3 kg, collected from 50 villages of 5 visceral leishmaniasis (vl) endemic districts of bihar state were examined for sandfly breeding, using the soil incubation method. breeding of sandflies was detected in 46% of the villages and 7.3% of the soil samples examined. intra-domestic soil was found to be infested with 2 species of sandflies, phlebotomus argentipes annandale and brunetti and phlebotomus papatasi (scopoli). in comparison with human houses, p. argentipes was f ...	2008	18555206
knowledge about sandflies in relation to public and domestic control activities of kala-azar in rural endemic areas of bihar.	visceral leishmaniasis (vl) control is a global cause of concern. to identify the gaps in people's knowledge/awareness about sand flies and control activities of kala-azar in rural endemic areas of bihar, this study consisting of 450 respondents with 288 male and 162 female was carried out. the result showed that 95% respondents had heard about the disease up to some extent, but majority respondents were neither aware about the vector of kala-azar, nor they had any idea about transmission of the ...	2009	22010501
bionomics of phlebotomine sand flies from three villages in bihar, india.	this study examined the spatial distribution and seasonal fluctuations of population densities of phlebotomine sand flies and was designed to obtain baseline data on the population trends of phlebotomus argentipes, p. papatasi, and sergentomyia spp. in a visceral leishmaniasis endemic area of bihar, india. beginning on 28 october 2009 and through 20 october 2010, 63 cdc light traps were evenly distributed in human homes, cattle sheds, combined dwellings, chicken coops, and adjacent vegetation ar ...	2011	21366762