Prevalent in assam

The present investigation was done for one year to record the prevalence of haemoparasite species in crossbred and domestic cattle along the four Indo-Bhutan border districts of Assam. Microscopic examination of blood smears from 533 cattle resulted in overall prevalence of 67.35% and detection of three species, viz.

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Goatpox and Sheeppox are highly contagious, trans-boundary viral diseases of sheep and goats and are economically important causing high morbidity and mortality along with huge production loses. The disease was recorded for the first time from Assam in 2016 with high morbidity and mortality. No systematic vaccination policies are being followed so far against this disease. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to study the sero-prevalence of goatpox in goat population of Assam.

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Molecular detection of Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV) was carried out using nucleic acid based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method with six different primer pairs for the six components of BBTV (DNA1 to DNA6) genome. Samples were collected from six banana cultivars exhibiting the characteristic symptoms Banana bunchy top disease from eight districts of Assam viz., Jorhat, Golaghat, Sonitpur, Morigaon, Nagaon, Kamrup Metro, Kamrup Rural and Goalpara.

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Candidiasis is the commonest fungal disease found in humans affecting mucosa, skin, nails and internal organs. It is caused by various species of yeast like fungi belonging to genus Candida with Candida albicans as the representative species. This study was undertaken to find out the prevalence of candidiasis in immunocompromised patients in this part of the country as well as to identify the different species isolated. History was elicited from all the patients enrolled in this study after taking informed consent from the patient.

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Huanglongbing (HLB) or Citrus Greening Disease is a widespread and serious threat to the Citrus growing industry worldwide due to its complexity and destructiveness. On an average, the disease can cause 30 to 100 per cent yield loss around the globe depending on its severity. In Assam, an important factor associated with Citrus decline is the wide spread prevalence of Huanglongbing (HLB) in Khasi mandarin (Citrus reticulata). HLB was detected by molecular methods in Khasi mandarin orchards of Assam state in Northeastern India.

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Prevalence and pathomorphology of bacterial infection of the liver and kidneys was studied in swine population from postmortem carcasses of pigs in the Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary science, Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Khanapara, Guwahati-22.A total of 21(48.8%) liver and 9(20.9%) kidney samples were found to be positive for the presence of bacterial infection out of 43 samples examined during the study. Bacteria isolated were mainly Streptococcus spp. (10.5%), Staphylococcus spp. (6.97%), Micrococcus spp. (1.16%), E. coli (11.6%), Klebsiella spp. (2.

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The present study was conducted to know the diversity of tick species infesting domestic and crossbred cattle in 4 districts of Assam along the Indo-Bhutan border for one year. A total of 533 cattle were examined, 266 (49.90%) were found infested either with Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (23.45%) or Haemaphysalis bispinosa (15.75%) or with both the ticks (10.69%). Crossbred cattle were found having higher tick prevalence (53.50%) compared to the indigenous (49.34%) which was statistically non-significant. Infestation was highest in adult cattle > 3 years of age (56.

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The present study was carried out to know the status of haemoprotozoan infection of domestic pigeon in Assam by microscopic examination of blood of pigeons for a period of one year which revealed an overall prevalence of 53.39%. Three species viz. Haemoproteus columbae (29.93%), Plasmodium relictum (21.29%) and Leucocytozoon sp. (2.16%) were identified either in single or mixed infection. According to age, highest prevalence was recorded in adult (61.81%) and lowest in squab (36.25%). Comparatively, infection was recorded higher in females (58.22%) than males (48.79%).

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The present study was undertaken to screen the prevalence of Duck Plague virus (DPV) antibodies among the duck population of Assam. In this study, a total of 445 sera samples were collected from 10 different districts of Assam during August 2014 to November 2015. The sera samples were tested for presence of antibodies against duck plague virus (DPV) by employing Indirect-ELISA. Indirect ELISA was standardized using purified DPV produced in bulk in primary chicken embryo fibroblast (CEF) cell culture.

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Maharashtra have estimated adult HIV prevalence less than one per cent. While all high prevalence states had shown decline in prevalence between 2006 and 2009, rising trends are noted in some new states namely Orissa, Assam, Chandigarh, Kerala, Jharkhand and Meghalaya. It may be noted that though prevalence is declining, in terms of absolute numbers, it may not be so because of large population size. The epidemic in India is higher in urban areas than rural areas and greater among males than females.

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