| insecticide susceptibility of some vector fleas and mosquitoes in burma. | rat fleas and mosquitoes are insect vectors of public health importance in burma. plague is endemic in central burma and ddt has been the principal insecticide used for its control to date. dengue haemorrhagic fever, recently introduced and transmitted by aedes aegypti, has been spreading to major towns since 1971. the rodents, rattus rattus, r. exulans, bandicota bengalensis, mus musculus, as well as shrews were commonly caught during routine trapping in the country. rattus norvegicus, prevalen ... | 1975 | 131975 |
| the host/parasite relationships of xenopsylla astia and x. cheopis on bandicota bengalensis in rangoon, burma. | in rangoon, burma, over half the commensal b. bengalensis taken in live traps were found to be infested with xenopsylla species fleas. x. astia infestations were twice as common as those of the classic plague vector x. cheopis. in terms of absolute numbers x. astia outnumbered x. cheopis by 10 to 1. x. astia was more commonly found as a monospecific infestation, and x. cheopis was more commonly found mixed with x. astia. the flea indicies were high, with a specific index of 2.4 for x. cheopis an ... | 1979 | 161416 |
| the susceptibility of tatera indica, nesokia indica and bandicota bengalensis to three anticoagulant rodenticides. | three south-asian rodent past species were tested for susceptibility to anticoagulant rodenticides. wheat fluor containing 0-025% warfarin 0-0375% coumatetralyl or 0-005% difenacoum was fed to 260 tatera indica, 140 nesokia indica and 81 bandicota bengalensis for 1-56 days. tatera was about as susceptible to anticoagulants as rattus has been reported to be. nesokia and bandicota were extremely variable: though the majority were highly susceptible, the slopes of the dose-mortality curves were clo ... | 1977 | 264500 |
| comparative dimensional characteristics of spermatozoa in muridae. | a comparative study has been made of the dimensional characteristics in six species of muridae (malardia meltada, bandicota bengalensis, albino rat, rattus norvegicus, mus booduga, rattus rattus). characteristic differences were found in the dimensions of their spermatozoa. head dimensions viz., acrosome length, width, area and post-acrosomal area, vary significantly between different species but the differences are significant within individuals of the same species. flagellum dimensions viz., m ... | 1977 | 615418 |
| laboratory evaluation of pyriminyl used as a rodenticide against the lesser bandicoot rat, bandicota bengalensis. | the properties of pyriminyl (n-3-pyridylmethyl-n'-p-nitrophenyl urea) as a rodenticide against the lesser bandicoot rat (bandicota bengalensis) in rangoon, burma, were investigated in the laboratory. the acute ld 50 and ld 95 dose of orally administered pyriminyl for b. bengalensis were found to be 6.7 mg/kg and 23.0 mg/kg of body weight respectively. when caged bandicoots were given a choice between plain and poisoned baits, the optimum rodenticidal concentration in the bait was found to be 0.2 ... | 1978 | 649948 |
| pancreatic alpha cell function in relation to cholesterol metabolism in bandicota bengalensis. | | 1975 | 1089063 |
| prevalence and pathology of hepatojarakus bandicoti sood et parshad, 1973 (trichostrongylidae:nematoda) in natural infections of rodents. | the prevalence and pathological changes in the liver and biliary system of field rodents due to hepatojarakus bandicoti sood et parshad, 1973 have been worked out. higher infection rates occurred in tatera indica and bandicota bengalensis than in other field rats and mice. in heavy infections, the liver became grossly enlarged, hard and pale, and showed the presence of white scars on its surface and in the parenchyma. white nodules are commonly seen on the bile ducts due to heavy infections. his ... | 1976 | 1274384 |
| mammalian sex chromosomes. iv. replication heterogeneity in the late replicating facultative- and constitutive-heterochromatic regions in the x chromosomes of the mole rats, bandicota bengalensis and nesokia indica. | the karyotypes of nesokia indica and bandicota bengalensis are identical except for their sex chromosomes, which are much larger in nesokia due to additional constitutive heterochromatin (c.h.). replication patterns of their sex chromosomes were studied employing 3h-tdr autoradiography and brdurd-fpg staining techniques. though the "conservative" part of both early- and late-replicating x chromosomes revealed identical replication patterns in most cells, deviant patterns of only the late replica ... | 1991 | 1816171 |
| distribution and insecticide resistance of the plague flea xenopsylla cheopis in maharashtra state, india. | distributions are reported for commensal rat fleas, predominantly xenopsylla cheopis (rothschild), in the state of maharashtra, india, including the city of bombay, during 1965-80. the x.cheopis flea index was high in most parts of maharashtra, but low in bombay. rattus rattus linnaeus is the principal host of x.cheopis, but the host range includes bandicota bengalensis gray, golunda ellioti gray, mus musculus linnaeus, rattus blandfordi thomas, r. norvegicus berkenhout, suncus caerulaeus lerr, ... | 1990 | 2132973 |
| chromosomal complements of five species of indian mammals. | the chromosomal complements of five species of mammals, mus musculus (linn.), rattus rattus rattus (linn.), bandicota bengalensis (gray and hardw.), funambulus pennanti (wr.) and lepus ruficaudatus (geoff.) were elaborated. the karyotypes of all the species were compared. the diploid number (2n) in mus is 40, rattus 42, bandicota 42, funambulus 54 and lepus 48. an extra large x-chromosome was observed in one population of male rattus rattus rattus (linn.), which might have been formed as a resul ... | 1990 | 2376151 |
| conditioned taste aversion in lesser bandicoot rat, bandicota bengalensis. | the lesser bandicoot rat after ingesting a sublethal dose of 0.025% zinc phosphide, in preferred food millet (pennisetum typhoides) grains, for 4 days, showed aversion for 5-6 days towards plain millet offered in choice with the less preferred sorghum (sorghum vulgare) grains. the aversion response to nontoxic bait was stronger (aversion index greater than 0.7) for first 3-4 days in individual and for 1-2 days in paired rats. 100% or more shift in aversion index from pre-treatment to post-treatm ... | 1989 | 2620939 |
| chigger mite infestation of small mammals in a feral biotope of a public park area of south delhi. | examination of bandicota bengalensis (8) and suncus murinus (4) trapped in a feral biotope of a public park area of south delhi revealed presence of the known scrub typhus vector leptotrombidium (l.) deliense, the suspected vector gahrliepia (s.) ligula and gahrliepia (walchia) sp. of chigger mites, on them. the epidemiologically important population indices (chigger infestation rate-cir and incidence rate--1r) were estimated. the overall cir of the three mite species on the hosts was 2.83 mite/ ... | 1989 | 2638383 |
| effect of 22,25-diazacholesterol dihydrochloride on the spermatogenesis of a wild rat, bandicota bengalensis. | the effects of 22,25-diazacholesterol dihydrochloride (sc-12937) on the spermatogenesis of the bandicoot rat (bandicota bengalenesis), heretofore unreported on any mammalian species, were studied. rats were given a single subcutaneous injection of sc-12937 at a dosage of 100 or 200 mg/kg body weight and were killed on days 2 or 10 post-injection. quantitative analysis of the germinal epithelium was performed on testicular sections (5 micron) stained with periodic acid-schiff-hematoxylin to asses ... | 1987 | 2887533 |
| observations on commensal rats and their status to plague in bombay. | the distribution pattern of various types of commensal rodents in bombay city reveals that bandicota bengalensis constitutes the predominant commensal rodent species followed by r. rattus and rattus norvegicus. apart from these three types, bandicota indica, m. musculus and an insectivore (suncus murinus) are the three species of commensal small mammals that are frequently encountered in or near human habitations. these small mammals are prevalent throughout the year and their percentage distrib ... | 1988 | 3221091 |
| effects of alpha-chlorohydrin on the reproductive organs of the male bandicoot rat (bandicota bengalensis). | the present study was undertaken to determine the effects of alpha-chlorohydrin at a dosage of 50, 100 or 150 mg/kg body weight and were killed 2 or 10 days later. alpha-chlorohydrin at employed dose levels induced selective damage to the germinal epithelium which seemed to be confined to one "cycle" only. no permanent epididymal lesions were observed in any of the treated bandicoots even following a toxic dose of the drug. administration of this compound at a dose level of 50 or 100 mg/kg also ... | 1986 | 3577596 |
| factors influencing replicon organization in tissues having different s-phase durations in the mole rat, bandicota bengalensis. | in order to identify factors affecting the length of s-phase in mammals, dna fibre autoradiograms from different tissues [bone marrow, phytohaemagglutinin (pha)-stimulated spleen lymphocytes and whole body cells of new-borns] of the mole rat, bandicota bengalensis, were examined for various parameters of replicon organization. the duration of s-phase in bone marrow and spleen was 12-14 h while that in new-borns was 8-9 h. fork migration rate was significantly greater in new-borns than in bone ma ... | 1987 | 3622082 |
| effect of clomiphene citrate on the ovary of a wild rat, bandicota bengalensis. | the effects of clomiphene citrate (0.3 or 3.0 mg/kg body weight/day) for 10 consecutive days on the ovary of a wild rat, bandicota bengalensis, were studied. the low dose of clomiphene decreased the number of nonatretic follicles larger than 400 microns in diameter, increased atresia in follicles smaller than 200 microns, inhibited granulosal mitosis in follicles less than 200 microns and between 401 and 600 microns in diameter and inhibited thecal mitosis in follicles smaller than 400 microns a ... | 1987 | 3661117 |
| experimental study with leptospires in bandicoot bandicota bengalensis. | | 1987 | 3666804 |
| effect of dl-6-(n-alpha-pipecolinomethyl)-5-hydroxyindane maleate (pmhi) on the reproductive system of a wild rat, bandicota bengalensis. ii. epididymis and accessory sex glands. | the effect of pmhi on the epididymis and accessory sex glands (ventral prostate, seminal vesicle, and coagulating gland) was studied in a wild rodent, the bandicoot rat. animals were given a single subcutaneous injection of pmhi (150 mg/kg body wt) and were killed 2, 10, or 30 days later. treatment of pmhi resulted in severe alterations in the epididymis of the bandicoot rat with no apparent effect on accessory sex glands except for a transitory decrease in epithelial height of the seminal vesic ... | 1986 | 3699137 |
| the susceptibility of rattus rattus and bandicota bengalensis to a new anticoagulant rodenticide, flocoumafen. | the anticoagulant rodenticide flocoumafen was evaluated against rattus rattus and bandicota bengalensis. in no-choice 24 h feeding tests 100% mortality occurred at 0.00125% concentration of the poison in the bait in the case of b. bengalensis and at 0.00375% in r. rattus. feeding of 0.0025% poison bait in 1-day, no-choice and 2-day choice tests resulted in 60% and 75% mortality of r. rattus, respectively, and 100% of b. bengalensis. the differences between the consumption of plain food in the pr ... | 1986 | 3755452 |
| estradiol modulation of pineal gland activity in the wild bandicoot rat, bandicota bengalensis. | in the present study, the effect of estradiol dipropionate on the cytology and mitotic activity of the pineal gland was evaluated in adult ovariectomized and juvenile bandicoot rats, bandicota bengalensis. estradiol treatment for 5 days inhibited the ovariectomy-induced hypertrophy of the pineal gland, and increased the nuclear diameters of pinealocytes in juvenile males while having no effect on the pineal cytology of juvenile females. estradiol injection induced mitosis in the pinealocytes of ... | 1986 | 3953238 |
| evaluation of coumatetralyl against two predominant murid species. | coumatetralyl was evaluated in the laboratory against bandicota bengalensis and rattus rattus. feeding tests with 0.0375% coumatetralyl baits produced 100% mortality after a single day feeding period in b. bengalensis and after a 10-day period in r. rattus. the anticoagulant bait is less palatable in comparison to plain bait. in the case of r. rattus, lfp50 and lfp98 and their 95% confidence limits were 3.89 (2.62-5.77) days and 11.22 (6.1-20.65) days respectively. median period of survival and ... | 1985 | 4008919 |
| mitotic activity and its 24-hour rhythm in the ovarian follicles during the estrous cycle of a wild rat, bandicota bengalensis. | mitotic activity in ovarian follicles was studied in relation to the size of the follicles during a 24-hour period (10.00, 16.00, 22.00 and 04.00 h) throughout the estrous cycle of the wild bandicoot rat (bandicota bengalensis) to ascertain the cell proliferation rate and its 24-hour rhythm in the follicular tissue. in the bandicoot ovary, mitotic activity in the granulosa and thecal cells was highest in the follicles ranging from 201 to 400 micron in diameter. during the estrous cycle, mitotic ... | 1985 | 4061039 |
| field evaluation of brodifacoum against rattus rattus and bandicota bengalensis in bombay. | | 1985 | 4078301 |
| effect of dl-6-(n-alpha-pipecolinomethyl)-5-hydroxy-indane maleate (pmhi) on the reproductive system of a wild rat, bandicota bengalensis. | the anti-testicular action of pmhi was investigated in a wild rodent, the bandicoot rat. bandicoots were given a single subcutaneous injection of this compound at a dose of 150 mg/kg and were killed 2, 10, or 30 days later. pmhi induced marked and rapid testicular regression with complete arrest of spermatogenesis by day 10 such that the seminiferous tubules contained only a ring of sertoli cells with few spermatogonia. this was also reflected by a severe depletion of the number of sperm in the ... | 1985 | 4093202 |
| variation of constitutive heterochromatin in the sex chromosomes of the rodent bandicota bengalensis bengalensis (gray). | | 1973 | 4692205 |
| intrasubspecific sex chromosome polymorphism in the bandicota bengalensis bengalensis (gray) collected from india. | | 1972 | 5020366 |
| the microclimate of simulated burrows of bandicota bengalensis (g. & h.) in calcutta, india (rodentia: muridae). | | 1971 | 5555009 |
| natural occurence of schistosoma spindale in bandicota bengalensis in bombay together with a note on their possible role in the dissemination of schistosomiasis spindale in domestic ruminants. | | 1967 | 6070761 |
| effects of hoechst 33258 on different cell cycle events. i. inhibition of synthetic activities in bone-marrow cells of the mole rat bandicota bengalensis. | a study of the effects of the a-t base-specific ligand hoechst 33258 on the cell cycle events of the bone-marrow cells of the mole rat bandicota bengalensis reveals that (1) the g2 phase is prolonged by 2 h; (2) the chromosomes are undercondensed to varying degrees in about 30% metaphases; (3) dna as well as rna synthesis is partially inhibited. study on dna fibre autoradiograms shows that despite the inhibition of dna synthesis the average replicon size and rate of fork migration remain unchang ... | 1983 | 6196217 |
| the susceptibility of bandicota bengalensis from rangoon, burma to several anticoagulant rodenticides. | the baseline susceptibility of the lesser bandicoot rat, bandicota bengalensis, from rangoon, burma, to five anticoagulant rodenticides was established with no-choice feeding in the laboratory. the susceptibility of lesser bandicoots to the several poisons (brodifacoum, difenacoum, diphacinone, coumatetralyl, and warfarin) was such that they were offered at a 0.001% concentration. b. bengalensis was most susceptible to brodifacoum, and in descending order, difenacoum, coumatetralyl, diphacinone ... | 1980 | 6444311 |
| seasonal variations and relative abundance of mesostigmatid mites collected from bandicota bengalensis and rattus species in rangoon, burma. | examination of 536 female mesostigmatid mites of 177 samples collected from bandicota bengalensis in rangoon, burma revealed 6 species present: laelaps echidnina, l. nuttalli, l. myonyssognathus, laelaps sp. a and b of allred, 1970, and liponyssoides muris, all of which were elsewhere reported from rattus spp. in rangoon. analysis of variation in abundance by season found no significant differences except for liponyssoides muris which was most common in the hot dry season, march through may. | 1980 | 6449737 |
| species distribution of trombiculid mites on murine rodents in rangoon, burma. | ectoparasite collections from over 12,000 commensal rodents and shrews in rangoon were examined. rattus rattus, r. norvegicus, r. exulans and bandicota bengalensis were found to host 12 species of trombiculid mites. ascoschoengastia indica was the most abundant trombiculid found representing 84% of the total sample of 15,000 chiggers. this species (a. indica) may be of considerable significance as a vector of murine typhus. | 1980 | 6449738 |
| effect of photoperiod and all-female grouping on the estrous cycle of the bandicoot rat, bandicota bengalensis. | female bandicoot rats showing irregular cycles in 12l:12d were exposed to light-darkness cycles of 1l:23d, 4l:20d and 8l:16d. significant regularization of the estrous cycle was observed in 8l:16d with most of the rats exhibiting a regular 3-day cycle and the regularity was further enhanced by all-female grouping (4/cage). | 1984 | 6542024 |
| circadian rhythms in adrenal adrenaline and noradrenaline and in blood glucose levels in the bandicoot rat (bandicota bengalensis). | the aim of the present investigation was to ascertain circadian rhythms in adrenomedullary hormones and blood glucose level in the adult male bandicoot rat. adrenomedullary hormones and blood glucose were measured during 0600 h, 1200 h, 1800 h and 2400 h of a 24-hour period from different groups of animals. adrenaline, noradrenaline and blood glucose levels increased during 2400 h through 0600 h and decreased during 1200 h through 1800 h. the finding indicates that there is a circadian rhythm in ... | 1983 | 6682789 |
| effect of thiourea on parafollicular cells of indian bandicoot rat, bandicota bengalensis. | effects of thiourea treatment on follicular and parafollicular cells have been studied in bandicota bengalensis. although follicular cells showed hypertrophy and hyperplasia, parafollicular cells of thyroid remained unaffected, suggesting the lack of effect of this drug. | 1980 | 6778006 |
| follicular growth and kinetics during the estrous cycle, pregnancy and postpartum in the indian mole rat (bandicota bengalensis). | follicular growth and kinetics were studied in detail in the ovaries of the indian mole rat (bandicota bengalensis) during various stages of the estrous cycle; days 7, 12, 15, 19, and 21 of pregnancy; and day 2 postpartum. the sizes of follicles, oocytes, nuclei, and nucleoli were measured. in all rats, regression coefficients, a, and intercepts, b, were calculated in oocyte/follicle, oocyte nucleus/follicle and oocyte nucleus/oocyte regressions. the oocyte reached its maximum size when the aver ... | 1983 | 6858942 |
| effect of grouping and sex on the estrous regulation of a wild rat, bandicota bengalensis. | bandicoot rats in laboratory conditions show irregularity in their estrous cycle. a majority of the animals, however, manifest regularity in their cycle following all-female grouping and the presence of a male. the probable participation of a pheromone(s) in the reproduction of this wild rat is suggested. | 1982 | 6891609 |
| cytophysiological responses of the pineal gland to intermale aggression in a wild rat. | intermale aggression by pairing bandicoot rats (bandicota bengalensis) in their home cage, continuously for three hours, stimulated the pineal gland activity, cytologically measured by decreasing cell population density and increasing nuclear size of the pinealocytes, in the socially subordinate animals. the pineal gland of the dominant animal was not perceptibly affected by aggression. it is suggested that during aggression, the subordinate rats perhaps suffered from psychosocial stress that mi ... | 1982 | 6891922 |
| the histomorphology of pancreatic islets in the bandicoot, bandicota bengalensis (gray). | histomorphology of pancreatic islets are first time reported in the bandicoot, bandicota bengalensis. histological observations are made with conventional staining techniques on the pancreatic islets of bandicota bengalensis. the endocrine tissues present all over the pancreatic mass through large number of islets are confined to spleenic region and exhibited various shaped from round, oval, oblong to irregular. three main types of cells viz., a-1, a-2 and b cells are observed. the commonly used ... | 1980 | 7006238 |
| a comparative assessment of efficacy of three anticoagulant rodenticides. | results are presented of feeding tests carried out with three common anticoagulant rodenticides viz., coumatetralyl, fumarin and warfarin on three common species of commensal rodents i.e., rattus rattus, rattus norvegicus and bandicota bengalensis. all three species of rodents were susceptible to anticoagulant rodenticides. however, the action of these compounds in b. bengalensis was comparatively slow. coumatetralyl was found to be the most effective rodenticide followed by fumarin and warfarin ... | 1982 | 7119429 |
| diurnal variation in the leucocyte count in the male bandicoot rat (bandicota bengalensis). | | 1981 | 7199126 |
| electrocardiographic changes on sublethal poisoning of vacor and silmurin to bandicota bengalensis. | a single sublethal dose of vacor (1 mg/rat) or silmurin (50 microgram/rat) brought about dissimilar changes in cardiac physiology of bandicoot rats. delayed myocardial repolarization and stress on cardiac tissues were noticed. elevation of s-t segment above the isoelectric axis diagnostic of recent myocardial infarction was observed. vacor and silmurin induced differential changes in heartbeat; vacor poisoning resulted in bradycardia, whereas silmurin tachycardia. it is inferred that vacor death ... | 1981 | 7275264 |
| a new leptospiral serovar from india in the javanica serogroup. | a new serovar in the javanica serogroup is described after parallel investigation by the 'classical' comparative cross-agglutinin absorption test method and by a method derived from factor analysis. the strain was isolated from a bandicoot (bandicota bengalensis) trapped in mannuthy, trichur, india. the serovar name menoni with reference strain kerala, is proposed. | 1981 | 7342380 |
| effects of hypophysectomy on the blood glucose concentration in the bandicoot, bandicota bengalensis (gray). | | 1980 | 7428719 |
| laboratory evaluation of scilliroside used as a rodenticide against the lesser bandicoot rat, bandicota bengalensis. | the toxicity and efficacy of the acute rodenticide scilliroside was evaluated in the laboratory against the lesser bandicoot rat, bandicota bengalensis. the acute oral ld50 and ld95 doses for males were 0 . 8 mg/kg and 2 . 5 mg/kg respectively, and for females were 0 . 5 mg/kg and 1 . 6 mg/kg, respectively. when caged bandicoots were given a choice between plain and poison baits, the optimum concentration of scilliroside was found to be 0 . 05%. symptoms of poisoning appear from 22 to 34 min aft ... | 1980 | 7451959 |
| identification of hairs of three asian commensal mammals: suncus murinus, bandicota bengalensis, and rattus exulans. | hairs of 3 major asian commensal mammals, suncus murinus (l.), bandicota bengalensis (gray and hardwicke), and rattus exulans (peale), were studied, identified, and compared with those of better-known commensal species to provide an overview of their hair morphologies. techniques were developed for authentic hair specimen collection and rapid slide mounting to aid in the timely analysis of food products. the study showed that hairs of b. bengalensis and r. exulans are easily identified to the re ... | 1994 | 8199475 |
| mammalian sex chromosomes. vi. synapsis in the heterochromatin-rich x chromosomes of four rodent species, mus dunni, bandicota bengalensis, mesocricetus auratus, and nesokia indica. | this study analyzes the progression of chromosomal synapsis in female meiosis of four rodent species, mus dunni, bandicota bengalensis, mesocricetus auratus, and nesokia indica. special attention has been paid to understand the mode of pairing between heterochromatin-rich x chromosomes. the ovaries were obtained from newborn individuals instead of fetuses. in all but m. auratus, day 0 ovaries provided almost all the prophase stages at varying frequencies. in b. bengalensis and m. dunni the entir ... | 1993 | 8458568 |
| ixodid ticks infesting rodents and sheep in diverse biotopes of southern india. | a total of 127 rodents were trapped in southern india. examination of these rodents revealed the presence of 2 species of ticks, haemaphysalis spinigera and rhipicephalus ramachandrai. the former species is the principal vector of kyasanur forest disease (kfd) in india, and the latter's role, if any, is unknown. sheep grazing in 1 of the study area were infested with another ixodid tick. haemaphysalis intermedia, which is a vector of bhanja virus in india. the presence of h. spinigera on domesti ... | 1997 | 9267427 |
| mesostigmatid mite infestations of rodents in diverse biotopes of central and southern india. | examination of 165 rodents trapped in domestic, peridomestic, and feral biotopes of central and southern india revealed the presence of 1,359 mesostigmatid mites. rodents in central india were infested with 1 species of mite, laelaps nuttalli; 98% of these mites were recovered from the peridomestic rodent bandicota bengalensis. material from the burrow nest of a peridomestic rodent examined in central india revealed the mite, hypoaspis miles. rodents from the diverse biotopes of southern india w ... | 1999 | 10207385 |
| identification of volatile compounds from cheek glands of lesser bandicoot rats and assessment of behavioural response for identified compounds. | check gland secretions were collected from sexually mature male and female rats to identify the volatile compounds using gas chromatography linked mass spectroscopy with a modified head space technique. twenty one volatile fractions including alkanes, aliphatic acids, esters and alcohols were found. three compounds viz. 3-octen-1-ol (e) (i), cyclopentane undecanoic acid (ii) and 2,4,6,8 tetramethyl-l-undecane (iii) were present in very high concentrations in both male and female rats. in additio ... | 1999 | 10709328 |
| leptospira autumnalis isolated from a human case from avadi, india, and the serovar's predominance in local rat and bandicoot populations. | leptospira were successfully isolated from the urine of an indian patient who had been clinically diagnosed as having leptospirosis. in an attempt to determine the source of this infection, 28 rats (rattus rattus) and 58 bandicoots (bandicota bengalensis) living in the vicinity of the patient's home in avadi, a suburban area of the city of chennai (madras), india, were then investigated. each animal was checked for infection by microscopical examination of fresh and stained urine, serological an ... | 2000 | 10983563 |
| reservoir hosts of leptospira inadai in india. | isolation of leptospira from the kidneys of rattus rattus wroughtoni hinton, rattus rattus rufescens, bandicota bengalensis and bandicota indica was attempted in bangalore in southern india. in total, 296 spirochaetes were isolated from 1,348 kidney cultures (an isolation rate of 22%). a batch of fifty-six isolates from india was identified, based on serological and polymerase chain reaction analysis, of which twenty-three isolates were identified as l. inadai by the world health organization/fo ... | 2000 | 11107622 |
| prevalence of anti-hepatitis e virus antibodies in different indian animal species. | prevalence of igg antibodies to hepatitis e virus (igg-anti-hev) was determined among different animal species from india. seropositivity varied from 4.4% to 6.9% in cattle, 54.6-74.4% in pigs and 2.1-21.5% in rodents. of the 44 dogs screened, 10 were positive (22.7%). none of the 250 goat sera tested were found to be anti-hev positive. among rodents, over 50% serum samples collected in 1985 from bandicota bengalensis were positive for anti-hev antibodies. no evidence of hev infection was obtain ... | 2001 | 11380801 |
| histopathology of trypanosoma (trypanozoon) evansi infection in bandicoot rat. i. visceral organs. | experimental infection of trypanosoma (trypanozoon) evansi in bandicota bengalensis produces an acute disease course leading to untimely death of the bandicoot rat. the sequential alteration of liver, spleen, lung, kidney, and heart was studied on the 5th, 8th, 12th, and 14th days postinoculation. the rats showed inflammatory, degenerative, and necrotic changes in these organs. in liver, pseudolobule formation, necrosis and hemorrhage within the sinusoids, and fatty degeneration of hepatic cells ... | 2001 | 11846525 |
| vaginal cytology of the lesser bandicoot rat (bandicota savilei). | the lesser bandicoot rat (bandicota savilei) is a wild field rat commonly found in thailand. vaginal smears were obtained from five colony-born animals twice daily for 28 days and stained with giemsa stain. the external appearance of the vulva and appearance of the tip of vaginal swabs were recorded. all cells, including nucleated or keratinized epithelial cells and leukocytes, were quantified by percentage. no changes of the external genitalia were observed. the gross appearance of the vaginal ... | 1999 | 12086458 |
| evidence that rodents are a reservoir of hepatitis e virus for humans in nepal. | hepatitis e virus (hev) is an important cause of enterically transmitted hepatitis in developing countries. sporadic autochthonous cases of hepatitis e have been reported recently in the united states and other industrialized countries. the source of hev infection in these cases is unknown; zoonotic transmission has been suggested. antibodies to hev have been detected in many animals in areas where hev is endemic and in domestic swine and rats in the united states. there is evidence supporting h ... | 2002 | 12454141 |
| toxicity of nerium indicum miller seed extract on bandicoot rat, bandicota bengalensis gray. | crude extract (12.5 ml/kg) of n. indicum seed gave 100% mortality of b. bengalensis. humanness assessment study revealed that this plant orgin chemical caused low pain and sufferings to the target pests. | 2004 | 15511005 |
| geographical distribution of hantaviruses in thailand and potential human health significance of thailand virus. | phylogenetic investigations, sequence comparisons, and antigenic cross-reactivity studies confirmed the classification of thailand virus (thaiv) as a distinct hantavirus species. the examination of sera from 402 rodents trapped in 19 provinces of thailand revealed that five greater bandicoot rats (bandicota indica) and one lesser bandicoot rat (b. savilei) from four provinces were focus reduction neutralization test (frnt) antibody-positive for thaiv. one of 260 patients from surin province in t ... | 2006 | 17124002 |
| bartonella strains in small mammals from dhaka, bangladesh, related to bartonella in america and europe. | ecological and bacteriologic observations of small mammals captured in dhaka, bangladesh, indicated that bartonella infections occurred in high prevalence among lesser bandicoot rats (bandicota bengalensis), black rats (rattus rattus), and house shrews (suncus murinus). sequence analysis of the citrate synthase gene of bartonella isolates showed that small mammals in bangladesh harbored a diverse assemblage of strains. some cultures were genetically related to bartonella elizabethae, a species i ... | 2007 | 17827381 |
| epidemiological studies of plague in india: 2. the changing pattern of rodents and fleas in calcutta and other cities. | data from early in the twentieth century up to the present day indicate that rattus rattus among rodents and xenopsylla cheopis among fleas are the two most important elements in urban human plague infection in india, r. norvegicus playing a more minor role. the relative numbers of both these species have decreased in recent years in bombay and calcutta, while those of bandicota bengalensis, which is less heavily parasitized by x. cheopis, have risen. this reduction in the numbers of the epidemi ... | 1960 | 20604076 |
| rodents as reservoirs of parasites in india. | we monitored the prevalence of endoparasitic infections of rodents in punjab state, india, between january 2004 and december 2005. three species of wild rodents, namely the house rat, rattus rattus (n= 42), the lesser bandicoot rat, bandicota bengalensis (n= 34) and the indian gerbil, tatera indica (n= 15), were live-captured from houses and crop fields. examination of various organs revealed that the highest rates of endoparasitic infection occurred in r. rattus (40.5%), followed by b. bengalen ... | 2008 | 21396047 |
| feed-through insecticides for the control of the sand fly phlebotomus argentipes. | three rodent feed-through studies were conducted to evaluate the efficacy of insecticides to control phlebotomus argentipes (diptera: psychodidae). the initial test evaluated diflubenzuron, eprinomectin, fipronil and ivermectin as feed-through treatments in rattus rattus (rodentia: muridae). in the preliminary trial, all four insecticides yielded 100% mortality of p. argentipes larvae within 20 days of exposure to treated rodent faeces. based upon the initial results, fipronil was evaluated furt ... | 2012 | 23278322 |
| patho-physiological observations in natural concurrent infections of helminth parasites of zoonotic importance in the wild rodents, bandicota bengalensis. | screening of 83 mature wild rodents of bandicota bengalensis (52 male and 31 females), live trapped from premises near railway station, fish market and agricultural fields in ludhiana district of punjab province, india was carried out to assess the natural occurrence of helminth parasites and their potential as reservoirs of zoonoses. on necropsy, intestine of rats was found infected with adult cestode parasites of hymenolepis diminuta and h. nana. liver was found infected with capillaria hepati ... | 2016 | 27876964 |
| pathological alterations in natural cases of capillaria hepatica infection alone and in concurrence with cysticercus fasciolaris in bandicota bengalensis. | the present study reports the natural occurrence and pathomorphological alterations of capillaria hepatica infection alone and in concurrence with cysticercus fasciolaris infection in the liver of bandicota bengalensis. out of the eighteen mature male b. bengalensis autopsied, livers of eight rats (44.4 %) were found infected with parasites comprising two (11.1 %) rats infected with c. hepatica alone, four (22.2 %) infected with c. fasciolaris alone and two (11.1 %) infected with c. hepatica in ... | 2013 | 24431534 |
| multilocus sequence typing (mlst) of leptospiral strains isolated from two geographic locations of tamil nadu, india. | here the rodent carrier status for the transmission of human leptospirosis in tiruchirappalli, district, tamil nadu, india was assessed. the predominantly circulating leptospiral sts were recognized by multilocus sequence typing (mlst). a total of 113 rodents were trapped from different provinces of the tiruchirappalli district. the most prevalent rodent was bandicota bengalensis (37.2%), and of the total, 52.2% (n=59) rodents were found to be positive for leptospiral 16s rrna. these results wer ... | 2016 | 26577860 |
| the population size of the lesser bandicoot (bandicota bengalensis) in three markets in penang, malaysia. | a study of the population size of bandicota bengalensis rats in three markets in penang was conducted from april 2004 through may 2005. taman tun sardon market (tts), batu lanchang market (btlg) and bayan lepas market (bynlp) were surveyed. six sampling sessions were conducted in each market for four consecutive nights per session. the total captures of b. bengalensis in tts, btlg and bynlp were 92%, 73% and 89% respectively. the total population of b. bengalensis in tts was estimated as 265.4 ( ... | 2011 | 24575219 |
| post-harvest impacts of rodents in myanmar; how much rice do they eat and damage? | we undertook studies on post-harvest losses by rodents in two townships in the ayeyarwady delta, myanmar. farmers harvest their monsoon rice crop and then stack it on levee banks to await threshing 4-6 weeks later. after threshing and drying, paddy rice is stored in granaries. the amount of grain stored in burrows was collected 4 weeks after harvest by excavating burrows. in grain stores, we quantified the weight of grain consumed by rodents for 3-6 months post-harvest. | 2017 | 27061129 |
| rats: if you can't beat them eat them! (tricks of the trade observed among the adi and other north-east indian tribals). | since outside the tribal areas of north-east india it is not widely known, neither in the world nor in india itself, that rats are considered a delicious food item, this was one of several reasons why we decided to present this ethnographic account of rat procurement and preparation (together with some additional comments on the cultural role that rats have especially amongst members of the adi tribe). consumption of rats by humans as a biological control method far superior to the use of rodent ... | 2015 | 26024664 |
| histomorphological and biochemical changes induced by triptolide treatment in male lesser bandicoot rat, bandicota bengalensis. | mature and healthy male lesser bandicoot rats, bandicota bengalensis (n = 40) were fed on bait (mixture of cracked wheat and powdered sugar in 98:2) containing different concentrations of triptolide (0, 0.15, 0.20 and 0.25% w/w) for 15 days in two-choice trials. results revealed no significant effect of triptolide treatment on weights of vital organs after 30 and 60 days of treatment withdrawal. a significant (p ≤ 0.05) increase in plasma levels of tp, alp, acp, alt and ast in response to stress ... | 2014 | 25454520 |
| distinct genetic characteristics of sri lankan rattus and bandicota (murinae, rodentia) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers. | we examined genetic variation in black rats (the rattus rattus complex) from kandy district, sri lanka using mitochondrial cytochrome b (cytb, 1140 bp) and nuclear melanocortin 1 receptor (mc1r, 954 bp) gene sequences together with database sequences. we confirmed the existence of two divergent mitochondrial lineages in sri lankan black rats, with genetic distance of 2.2% and estimated divergence time of 0.3 million years ago. because one lineage is unique to the island and the other is closely ... | 2014 | 25224973 |
| effect of triptolide on reproduction of female lesser bandicoot rat, bandicota bengalensis. | triptolide has been reported to cause antifertility in male rats and mice. however, studies on female rats have been limited. present study was aimed to evaluate the effects of triptolide on reproduction of wild female rodent pest species, bandicota bengalensis. feeding of bait containing 0.1, 0.15 and 0.2% triptolide for a period of 15 days in bi-choice resulted in per day ingestion of 17.37, 23.54 and 27.49 mg/kg body weight of triptolide, respectively. examination of vaginal smear of all the ... | 2014 | 24490988 |
| ectoparasites of livestock, dogs, and wild rodents in the chittagong hill tracts in southeastern bangladesh. | a large variety of ectoparasites parasitizing on livestock, dogs, and rodents are documented throughout the world, of which several are proven vectors for major (including zoonotic) diseases affecting humans and/or livestock. however, there remains a significant lack of knowledge in regard to the ectoparasite fauna in remote regions of the developing world, such as southeastern bangladesh, and an urgent need to investigate this fauna to improve diagnostic options. in the course of the present st ... | 2012 | 22576854 |
| detection of enzootic plague foci in peninsular india. | a continuous serological and bacteriological surveillance in rodents was carried out in peninsular india i.e. andhra pradesh, karnataka and tamil nadu to detect the role of different species of rodents in the maintenance of active enzootic plague foci. live rodents were collected from wild and ruderal/peri-domestic situations by digging and trapping for sera and organ samples. during 1989 to 2007 serological evidence of plague was detected in different species of rodents in peninsular india. pla ... | 2011 | 23781629 |
| multi-choice food preference behaviour of the indian mole rat bandicota bengalensis. | multi-choice food preference behaviour of the indian mole rat bandicota bengalensis has been studied with 4 and 8 foods consisting of cereals and a pulse in rat pens which had floor area of 143 x 94 cm and 143 x 94 plus 220 x 82 cm, respectively, and separate food and nest boxes. nine combinations of three texture forms of 4 foods and one combination of 8 foods were tested. significant differences were observed in the daily consumption of different foods irrespective of the daily clock-wise rota ... | 1991 | 24896429 |
| do sister forks of bidirectionally growing replicons proceed at unequal rates? | dna fibre autoradiography in different tissues of the rodents bandicota bengalensis and nesokia indica reveals a high frequency of such bidirectionally replicating replicons whose sister 'hot' tracks are of unequal size. these results suggest intrarepliconic difference in the rates of fork migration in the two directions. | 1987 | 3803454 |
| effect of glucagon on carbohydrate & protein metabolites in the bandicoot bandicota bengalensis (gray). | | 1980 | 7390563 |
| prevalence and detail morphological identification of helminths of murine rodents in dhaka city, bangladesh. | rodents are common pests that transmit various deadly pathogens to humans. here we have studied the helminth parasites of rodents from different ecological niches in dhaka city, bangladesh. the gastrointestinal helminths were investigated from a total of 70 rodents, namely bandicota bengalensis (20), rattus rattus (15), rattus norvegicus (25) and mus musculus (10). the rodents were live-captured from houses in the slum areas (20), stationary shops (20), residential buildings (15) and rice fields ... | 2020 | 32592456 |
| efficacy of management and monitoring methods to prevent post-harvest losses caused by rodents. | the presence of pest rodents around food production and storage sites is one of many underlying problems contributing to food contamination and loss, particularly influencing food and nutrition security in low-income countries. by reducing both pre- and post-harvest losses by rodents, millions of food-insecure people would benefit. as there are limited quantitative data on post-harvest rice losses due to rodents, our objectives were to assess stored rice losses in local households from eight rur ... | 2020 | 32917037 |
| evidence of toxoplasma gondii in rodents from bangladesh. | rodents contribute to the life cycle of the protozoan parasite toxoplasma gondii as an intermediate host and key prey animal of cats, the definitive host. as there is limited scientific knowledge available about the incidence and prevalence of t. gondii in commensal rodents in many asian countries, we tested rodents from a commercial rice mill and eight local villages in bangladesh for the presence of t. gondii dna using rodent brain material preserved in ethanol. overall, 10 of 296 (3.4%) roden ... | 2019 | 31343397 |
| serological evidence of thailand orthohantavirus or antigenically related virus infection among rodents in a chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology endemic area, girandurukotte, sri lanka. | we have reported high seroprevalence to thailand orthohantavirus (thaiv) or thaiv-related orthohantavirus (trhv) among patients with chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in girandurukotte, sri lanka. thaiv or trhv infection is considered to be transmitted by rodent hosts in this area, but its reservoir rodents have not yet been identified. hence, 116 rodents were captured, and seroprevalences were examined by indirect immunofluorescent antibody assay (immunofluorescence assay [ifa]) using ... | 2019 | 31339833 |
| effect of quinestrol on body weight, vital organs, biochemicals and genotoxicity in adult male lesser bandicoot rat, bandicota bengalensis. | the present study was aimed to evaluate the toxic effects of quinestrol (a synthetic estradiol) in male lesser bandicoot rat, bandicota bengalensis. effect was studied on body weight, weight of vital organs, changes in level of biochemical parameters and genotoxicity. feeding of bait containing 0.01% quinestrol in bi-choice and 0.02 and 0.03% quinestrol in no-choice for a period of 10 days resulted in total ingestion of 19.50, 67.60 and 243.30 mg/kg bwt, respectively of the active ingredient. au ... | 2020 | 32359538 |
| interactions between rodents and weeds in a lowland rice agro-ecosystem: the need for an integrated approach to management. | rodents and weeds are important pests to rice crops in southeast asia. the interaction between these 2 major pests is poorly documented. in temperate cereal systems, seeds of grass weeds can be an important food source for rodents and weed cover along crop margins provides important refuge for rodents. in 2012 and 2013, a replicated study (n = 4) in bago, myanmar compared 4 treatments (rodents and weeds; no rodents and weeds; rodents and no weeds; no rodents and no weeds) each of 0.25 ha in tran ... | 2019 | 30983096 |