| outbreak of human anthrax in ramabhadrapuram village of chittoor district in andhra pradesh. | thirty human anthrax cases were reported from ramabhadrapuram village of chittoor district in andhra pradesh during november-december, 1989. these cases occurred following an epizootic of anthrax among cattle and sheep of the village and ingestion of contaminated meat by the villagers. the overall attack rate was 24.39 per cent with a case fatality of 16.67 per cent. all age groups and both sexes were affected. ten cases were of cutaneous form with typical black eschar formation which were confi ... | 1990 | 2091991 |
| an outbreak of anthrax meningoencephalitis. | we report a common-source outbreak of anthrax meningoencephalitis in chittoor district in andhra pradesh, southern india, in october 1990. the source of infection was the carcass of a sheep. of 5 persons who skinned and cut up its meat for human consumption, 4 developed anthrax meningoencephalitis and one a malignant pustule. another person who wrapped the meat in a cloth and carried it home on his head developed a malignant pustule on his forehead and also meningoencephalitis. all subjects with ... | 1994 | 8036676 |
| diversity analysis of sheep breeds from southern peninsular and eastern regions of india. | information is presented on the genetic diversity and relationship among six indian sheep breeds/populations belonging to the southern peninsular and eastern agroecological zones, based on microsatellite markers. parameters of genetic variation, viz., allele diversity, observed heterozygosity, gene diversity and population inbreeding estimates, were calculated for the six breeds. the allele diversity ranged from 6.40 to 7.92, whereas the gene diversity varied from 0.617 to 0.727. the highest all ... | 2010 | 20938738 |
| restriction enzyme analysis of vp7 gene of indian isolates of bluetongue virus. | the genome segment 7 of two indian isolates of bluetongue virus (btv) from avikanagar (btv-1-western india) and hyderabad (btv-untyped hyderabad-southern india) was amplified by rt-pcr using two sets of vp7 specific primers. a sequence of 1137 bp comprising the complete coding sequence of the vp7 gene from avikanagar isolate and a 1154 bp full-length sequence from btv-ut hyderabad isolate were amplified. further, restriction enzyme digestion of these full-length amplicons, using ecori, psti and ... | 2009 | 19382719 |
| incidence of neutralizing antibodies to chandipura virus in domestic animals from karimnagar and warangal districts of andhra pradesh, india. | in order to determine the possible role of domestic animals in the outbreak of acute encephalitis associated with chandipura virus (cpv) among children in andhra pradesh in 2003, a serological survey of domestic animals was carried out during the epidemic in july 2003. out of 180 animal sera from highly affected areas of the karimnagar and warangal districts of andhra pradesh 33 (18.3%) had virus neutralizing (vn) antibodies to cpv. the positive animals consisted of pigs (30.6%), buffalos (17.9% ... | 2005 | 15929402 |
| studies on amphistomiasis in andhra pradesh (india) vi. immunization of lambs and kids with gamma irradiated metacercariae of cercariae indicae xxvi. | the life span and the pathogenicity of amphistomes developing from cercariae indicae xxvi (paramphistomum epicilitum) were considerably reduced when the metacercariae were gamma-irradiated at 2 krad or 3 krad. the higher irradiation dose resulted in the complete absence of the flukes in infected animals. single vaccination of lambs and kids with 3000 metacercariae irradiated at 2 krad or 3 krad stimulated a significant degree of resistance against challenge with 5000 non-irradiated metacercariae ... | 1981 | 7229328 |
| disseminated unicellular green algal infection in two sheep in india. | unicellular green algae infected and disseminated in two adult nellore brown rams in india. at necropsy multiple green lesions were observed in the lungs, liver and kidneys of both sheep. histological examination revealed necrotizing granulomas that contained numerous spheroidal to elliptical organisms ranging from 5-20 micrometers in diameter. these organisms occurred in several reproductive stages: small (5-9 micrometers) single, undifferentiated cells; intermediate (9-15 micrometers) cells un ... | 1983 | 6837849 |
| investigation of febrile illness in exotic and cross-bred sheep from sheep farm, palamner in andhra pradesh. | | 1981 | 6797937 |
| some observations on babesia motasi infection in sheep in andhra pradesh. | | 1966 | 5950635 |
| fertility rate of hydatid cyst in animals from kurnool. | | 1970 | 5528198 |