General Zoology
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This book is compiled to provide key information of equine field to the equine veterinarians. Focus of the book is common equine health problems occurring in tropical and subtropical climatic conditions especially India. Apart from some important equine diseases which are not present in India, most of the diseases addressed in the book are based on authors’ experience as clinician. As equine veterinary practitioner, we felt the paucity of a book on equine ...
This book starts with an introduction of Biodiversity along with the wildlife habitats and protected Areas of Bangladesh. The focus of this book has been given on ‘Dudpukuria-Dhopachari WS’ where the sanctuary’s history, legal status, topography, climate etc. has been broadly discussed. A short glance of the total area including the description of the sanctuary’s flora, fauna has been given. In the very last chapter of the book the ...
First Garden of the Republic documents the flora and fauna of the Estate across the seasons. It shows how human agency creates and curates this habitat, looking particularly at the quiet yet constant work done by the mails (gardeners). This book explores how plants and animals make the President’s Estate their own, adapting it to their ends, and the challenges these living creatures and their habitats face today.
Contents: 1. Impact of botanical supplements on silkworm Bombyx mori L/Arockiamary J.S. Mary Agnes A. and Vimala G. 2. Efficacy of combined plant extract on diethylnitrosamine induced hepatic carcinogenesis in wister Albino rata/A. Jayavelu, R. Thangamani, A. Thirupathi, A. Natarajan and B. Senthil Kumar. 3. Study of blood cells of the fish Oreochromis Mossambiccus under copper sulphate stress with relation to some physicochemical factors of Kullursandhai ...
This book is a unique compilation of research papers based on “Camelid Immunology” and published in Journal of Camel Practice and Research between 1994-2015. Research on this subject was done in 30 countries involving about 248 scientists. In terms of number of published papers in JCPR on the immunology the following countries remain in order of merit (in parenthesis), i.e. Iran (1), India and UAE (2), China and Saudi Arabia (3), Sudan (4), Kenya and ...
Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Species account. 3. Summary. 4. Acknowledgements. 5. References.
The law, effectively harnessed, can become the most potent weapon in the fight against animal abuse and exploitation. Interpreted with courage and compassion, it can extend the maximum protection to living beings that cannot speak or fight for themselves. Animals are an integral part of the Indian economy and ecology. In their protection lies our own survival. Yet Animal Law has remained a largely neglected arena with few people even aware of the existence of ...
Parasitic Zoonoses in the new millennium, is intended to provide enhanced fundamentals and updated information on a rapidly evolving subject of increasing concern for both medical and veterinary professionals. Parasitic diseases that are transmitted between humans and animals, represent a shared threat. Yet there commonly exist knowledge gaps among those trained in human health care regarding the veterinary component of such diseases and vice versa among vets. ...
Contents: I. Study Area: Rajasthan. 1. Introduction. 2. Thar Desert or Great Indian Desert. 3. Aravalli hill ranges. 4. Geology. 5. River valley catchments. 6. Rainfall pattern. 7. Temperature regimes. 8. Forests. 9. Tropical thorn forests. 10. Tropical dry deciduous forests. 11. Central Indian Sub-tropical hill forests. 12. National parks and wildlife sanctuaries. References. II. Odonata (Damselflies and Dragonflies). 1. Introduction. 2. Habitat. 3. Life ...
It is said of Johnsingh that he lives to work. In this book, he goes on several walks across the rugged and enchanting Western Ghats, detailing the presence and absence of the flora and fauna. Tiger pugmarks, tahr pellets, leopard scrapes, here tracks, sloth bear droppings, otter spoor, porcupine remains in leopard scat, scent of tiger spray, alarm calls of the wild, intrusion of non-endemic flora - nothing misses Johnsingh as he straddles the length and breadth ...
The book covers the first revisionary taxonomical work on Indian Bumblebees, it deals with 48 species out of which an extensive detail of 37 species has been provided, this book is an outcome of extensive and intensive collection surveys of all high altitude localities situated along the entire Himalayan belt and the hills of North-Eastern States. Detailed identification keys, good number of morphological illustrations, colored plates of population variations, ...
This compendium of 30 papers, presented at a national seminar, organized by Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, attempts to examine the different aspects of traditional knowledge and social practices which promote biodiversity conservation. It deals with the traditional knowledge used for oral hygiene of rural people, medicinal uses of plants by the tribal people, traditional knowledge of fishermen communities, and traditional management practices for ...
Ichneumonids are potential biocontrol agents of insect pests and widely used in biological pest control programs in the world. Therefore, this book contains following chapters on Ichneumonids, Prestomerus testaceous, Charops obtusus and Diadegma fenestralis.
1. General introduction
2. Methods of rearing of Ichneumonids and pests
3. Collection, identification and abundance
4. Life cycles
5. Host age selection
6. Host density
7. Intrinsic rates of increase
8. ...
