@Research Paper
<#LINE#>Studies on Larval mortality: Diseases, Pest and Predator menace in Outdoor and Indoor reared Tasar Silkworm, Antheraea mylitta Drury (Daba TV)<#LINE#>Shiva@Kumar G., @Shamitha G <#LINE#>1-7<#LINE#>1.ISCA-RJAVFS-2013-023.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Zoology, Kakatiya University, Warangal-506009, INDIA@Department of Zoology, Kakatiya University, Warangal-506009, INDIA<#LINE#>9/3/2013<#LINE#>23/3/2013<#LINE#>The rearing of Tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta D., conducted in outdoor conditions by the tribal people on the forestgrown Terminalia arjuna trees resulted in 80-90% crop loss due to pests, predators, natural calamities and diseases. Thereare several predators of tasar silkworm like Ichneumon fly, Canthecona bug, reduvid bug, Hicrodulla bipapilla (Prayingmantis) etc., which are natural enemies in abundance in the rearing field resulting in low yield of cocoons. Duringtraditional rearing the Tasar silkworms are also facing four serious diseases like Virosis, Bacteriosis, Microsporidiosis andMycosis which in turn add to heavy crop loss. In order to stabilize tasar silk production and increase income from tasarculture, tasar silkworm rearing methods need considerable improvement. In the present study, the tasar silkworms inoutdoor (nylon netted) and indoor (innovative) conditions reared simultaneously is envisaged and mortality due to variouscauses was comparatively evaluated. The Effective Rate of Rearing (by number) has shown occasional increase in some ofthe crops in the three years of indoor rearing. The most significant finding of the present studies is that the loss due to pestsis minimal to nil and due to rainfall is nonexistent in the indoor rearing.<#LINE#>Mohanty Prafulla Kumar@Tropical wild silk cocoons of India@Book, Daya Publishing house, New Delhi (2003)@Yes$@@Hari Om Agrawal and Seth M. K., Food plants of the Tasarsilkworms, Sericulture in India, Eds. 761-777 (1999)@No$Mathur S. K. and Shkla R. M.@Rearing of tasar silkworm@IndianTextile.Jn, (86), 68-77 (1998)@Yes$Singh R.N., Bajpayee C.M., Jayaswal J. and Thangavelu@Perspective of biological control in tasar culture@Indian silk, 31(7)48-50 (1992)@Yes$Ram Kishore A., Debnath K. and Suranarayana N.@Integratedmanagement to control Uzi fly, Bleparipa zebina Walker@anendoparasitoid of tropical and temperate tasar silkworms,Sericologia, 49(4), 525-530 (2009)@Yes$Mishra P.K. and Singh R.N.,@Pest control by Carbamates in Tasarculture@43-44 (1992)@Yes$Tembhare D.B. and Barsagade D.D.@Effect of microbial infectionon the posterior silk gland in the tropical tasar silkworm@Antheraea mylitta (Drury) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), Entomon.,28(3), 231-235 (2003)@Yes$Akai H., Suto M., Ashok K., Nayak B.K. and Jaganath Rao B.@Rearing of A. mylitta with newly developed artificial diet@WildSilk moths, 121-127 (1991)@Yes$@@Jolly M.S., A technique of tasar silkworm rearing, Indian Silk, 115-8 (1972)@No$Mathur S.K., Sinha B.R.R.P. and Sinha S.S.,@@Package for Chawkiraring, Indian Silk, 34(10), 23-26 (1996)@No$@@Mathur S.K., Singh B.M.K., Sinha A.K. and Sinha B.R.R.P.,Techniques for rearing young age tasar silkworm, A.mylitta D.Indian Silk, 37 16-21 (1999)@No$@@Babu C.S. and Purshotham Rao A., Indoor Chawki rearing tray – anew device for tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta DruryProceedings of third Intarnational Conference on Wild Silkmoth,87-91 (1998)@No$Rath S., Sinha B.R.R.R.P. and Thangavelu K.@Comparative foodutilization and adult characters in Antheraea mylitta D. fed ondifferent host plants@Proceedings in national seminar on tropicalsericulture: Non-mulberry sericulture, Silk technology, SericultureEconomics and Extension, 3, 12-16 (1999)@Yes$Ojha N.G., Saran S.K., Rai S. and Pandey P.N.@Studies on the sexwise consumption and utilization of the leaves of different foodplants in different ecoraces of tropical tasar silkworm@Antheraeamylitta Drury during fifth instar of the first crop, International J.Wild Silkmoth and Silk, 5, 241-245 (2000)@Yes$Sinha U.S.P., Bajpai C.M., Sinha A.K., Brahmhachari B.N. andSinha B.R.R.P.@Food consumption and utilization in Antheraeamylitta Drury larvae@Int. J. Wild Silk moth & Silk, 5, 182-186(2000)@Yes$Patil G.M. and Savanurmath C.J.,@@Moth emergence, mating, egglaying and egg hatchability in tasar silk moth, Antheraea paphia(Linn) under Bangalore (Karnataka), Indoor conditions, TheJournal of the Karnataka University Science, 33, 15-18 (1988)@No$Patil G.M. and Savanurmath C.J., Can tropical tasar@Antheraeapaphia be reared indoor Entomon@14 (3&4), 217-225 (1989)@Yes$Shamitha G.@Total indoor rearing of the Tasar silkworm@Everyman’s Science, XLII(4), 198-202 (2007)@Yes$Shamitha G., Comparative Studies on Tasar silkworm ,Antheraeamylitta Drury@Andhra local ecorace under outdoor and indoorconditions@Ph.D Thesis submitted to Kakatiya university,Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, India (1998)@Yes$Shiva Kumar G., Shamitha G. and Purushotham Rao A.@Studieson the impact of environmental factors on the rearing performanceof total indoor reared tasar silkworm@Antheraea mylitta D. (DabaTV ecorace), Sericologia, 51(3), 397-408 (2011)@Yes$Singh G.P., Sinha A.K., Kumar P.K. and Prasad B.C.@Characterization and Identification of Bacteria Infecting IndianTropical Tasar Silkworm@Antheraea mylitta D, Research Journalof Microbiology, 6, 891-897 (2011)@Yes$Sahay D.N., Roy D.K. and Sahay A.@Diseases of Tropical TasarSilkworm Antheraea mylitta D.@Symptoms and control MeasuresIn: Lessons on Tropical Tasar, Thangavelu, K. (Ed.), CentralTasar research and training institute, Piska-Nagri, Ranchi, 104(2000)@Yes$Chakrabarti S. and Manna B.@Three new species from Nosemalike isolates of three non-mulberry silkworms in Assam: light@scanning and transmission electron microscopy, Journal ofParasitic Disease, 30(2), 125-133 (2006)@Yes$Rath S.S., Prasad B.C. and Sinha B.R.@Food utilization efficiencyin fifth instar larvae of Antheraea mylitta (Lepidoptera:Saturniidae) infected with Nosema sp. and its effect onreproductive potential and silk production@Journal of InvertibratePathology, 83, 1-9 (2003)@Yes$Kiran Kumar K.P., Sinha A.K., Singh G.P. and MadhusudhanK.N.@Efficancy of Systemic Fungicides for Control of WhiteMuscardine in Tasar Silkworm@Antheraea mylitta D., ResearchJournal of Microbiology, 6(11), 805-812 (2011)@Yes$Mahobia G.P., Yadav G.S., Singh B.M.K., Sinhadeo S.N. andVijayprakash N.B.@Association between different quantitativecharacters on population of Raily ecorace@a wild tasar silkworm,Indian J. Seric., 49(2), 115-124 (2010)@Yes$@@Rakesh Gupta, Chatterjee K.K. and Chakravorty D., Yellow Flymenace in tasar culture, Indian silk, 48, 22-23 (2009)@No$Sudhakara Rao P., Nataraju B., Balavenkatasubbaiah M. andDandin S. B.@Studies on transfer of disease resistant genes nonsusceptibleto denosonucleosis virus type 1 (BmDNV1) intoproductive silkworm breeds@Sericologia, 46(4), 383-391 (2006)@Yes
<#LINE#>Studies on the Ichthyofauna of Kararia Lake of Motihari, East-Champaran, Bihar, India<#LINE#>Kumar @Niraj,Singh@N.P <#LINE#>8-12<#LINE#>2.ISCA-RJAVFS-2013-026.pdf<#LINE#>Post-Graduate Department of Zoology, M.S. College, Motihari (B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur), East - Champaran, Bihar, INDIA@Post-Graduate Department of Zoology, M.S. College, Motihari (B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur), East - Champaran, Bihar, INDIA<#LINE#>7/4/2013<#LINE#>17/4/2013<#LINE#>The present study was undertaken to analyse the Ichthyofauna of Kararia lake of Motihari (District- East Champaran) ofBihar for duration of one year from January to December 2012. Among vertebrates, fishes are one of the most importantgroups of varied diversity. Fishes are very important as they are useful indicators of aquatic ecosystem. Fishes providecheap sources of protein, fat, vitamin A and D, minerals as well as several fish by-products and recreation. During theichthyofaunal studies, the fishes collected from Kararia lake were contributed by 33 species which belongs to 21 genera, 14families under 9 orders. Out of these 33 species family Cyprinidae was dominant of all with 11 species<#LINE#>Jain R., Choudhary P. and Dhakad N.K.@Study onichthyofaunal diversity of Bilawali Tank in Indore (M.P.)@J. Chem. Bio. Phy. Sci. Sec. B, 3(1), 336-344 (2012-2013)@Yes$Hamzah N.@Assessment on water quality and biodiversitywithin Sungai Batu Pahat@Master of Thesis, UniversityTeknologi Malaysia, 124 (2007)@Yes$Mittermeier R.A. and Mitemeier C.G.@MegadiversityEarth’s Biological Wealthiest Nation@In Mc Allister, D.E.A. Lttamiltion and B Harvey (Eds.), Global fresh waterBiodiversity, Sea Wind Cemex, Mexico City 1-40 (1997)@Yes$Jayram K.C.@The freshwater fishes of Indian region@Narendra Publication House, Delhi (1999)@Yes$Kar D.A., Kumar C. Bohra and Singh L.K.@Fishes of Barakdrainage@Mizoram and Tripura, In: Environment, Pollutionand Management. APH Publishing Corporation, New Delhi604: 203-211 (2003)@Yes$Kumar Niraj@Study of ichthyofaunal biodiversity ofTurkaulia lake@East-Champaran, Bihar, India, I. Res. J.Environment Sci., 1(2), 21-24 (2012)@Yes$@@Kumar Niraj and Singh N. P., Studies on physico-chemicalcharacteristics of Turkaulia Lake, a natural ox-bow lake ofEast-Champaran in relation to growth of zooplankton andfish culture, 20th All India Congress of Zoology, CIFE,Mumbai, 140 (2009)@No$@@National Wetland Atlas: Bihar, Ministry of Environmentand Forest, Government of India, Space ApplicationCentre, ISRO, Ahmadabad (2010)@No$@@CDP (2010-2030) Motihari, Executive Summary, UrbanDevelopment and Housing Department, Government ofBihar, (2010)@No$Mishra K. S.@An aid to the identification of the commoncommercial fishes of India and Pakistan@Res. Indian Mus.,57(1-4), 320 (1962)@Yes$Hamilton F.@An account of the fishes found in the riverGanges and its branches@Archibald Constable and Co.London, 1-39 (1822)@Yes$@@Day F., The fauna of British India including Ceylon andBurma, Fishes, 1 (1889)@No$@@Shrivastava G., Fishes of U.P. and Bihar. 7th Edition,Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, Varanasi, India (1998)@No$Talwar P.K. and Jhingran A.G.@Inland fishes of India andadjacent countries@Vol. 1 and 2, Oxford and IBHPublishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, (1991)@Yes$Jayram K.C.@The freshwater fishes of India@Pakistan,Burma and Srilanka, Handbook of Zoological Survey ofIndia, 2, XII+475 (1991)@Yes$Vishwanath W.@Fishes of North East India: A field guide tospecies identification@Manipur University-NATPPublication (2002)@Yes$@@www.iucnredlist.org (2013)@No$@@Eknath C. N. The seasonal fluctuation of physico-chemicalparameters of Mula-Mutha at Pune, India and their impacton fish biodiversity, Res. J. Animal, Veterinary and FisherySci., 1(1), 11-16 (2013)@No$@@Choubey K. and Qureshi Y., Study of Ichthyofaunalbiodiversity of Rajnandgaon town, CG, India, Int. Res. J.Biological Sci., 2(2), 21-24 (2013)@No$Zeena K.V. and Jameela Beevi K.S.@Fish diversity inIthipuzha and Murinjapuzha@Kerala, India, J. Bombay Nat.Hist. Soc., 108(2), 98-102 (2011)@Yes$Dhamak R.M., Tilekar B.B., Ghadage M.K., Theurkar S.V.and Patil S.B.@Phytoplanktons variation with respect toichthyofaunal studies of Bhandardara Dam@MS., India,Res. J. Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sci., 1(2), 7-8(2013)@Yes$Bhalerao S.N.@Study of fish diversity and water quality atKasar Sai Dam@Hinjewadi, Pune, MS, India, I. Res. J. Biol.Sci. 1(4), 51-55 (2012)@Yes$@@Barbhuiya A.H., Mahseer fishes of river Barak, Jatinga,Dholeswari and Ganol in North East India, Res. J. Recent.Sci., 1(ISC 2011), 7-16 (2011)@No$Theurkar S.V., Takalakar D.L., Jadhav S.S. and PawarR.M.@Diversity and composition of fishes of ChaskamanDam@Rajgurunagar, part of northern western ghats, Pune,MS, India, Res. J. Animal. Veterinary and Fishery Sci. 1(1),7-10 (2013)@Yes
@Short Communication
<#LINE#>Evaluation of the Antinociceptive (Anti Pain) Activity of Prosopis Africana Using Formalin Test on Rats<#LINE#>Ufele @A.N,Ozuluonye@E.J, @C.I,Akunne@ E.C,Aziagba@B.O,Mogbo@T.C.,Okeke@ J.J.  <#LINE#>13-14<#LINE#>3.ISCA-RJAVFS-2013-018.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Zoology Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, NIGERIA@Department of Zoology Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, NIGERIA@Department of Zoology Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, NIGERIA@Department of Zoology Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, NIGERIA@Department of Zoology Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, NIGERIA@Department of Zoology Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, NIGERIA@Department of Zoology Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, NIGERIA<#LINE#>12/2/2013<#LINE#>29/4/2013<#LINE#>This research was conducted to evaluate the potency of Prosopis africana leaf extract in the treatment of pain in rats. Thework investigated the antinociceptive (anti pain) activity of the leaf extract of this plant. The experimental rats were groupedinto three; Group A negative control, the rats in this group were given 0.2ml of normal saline, Group B contained rats thatwere given 0.2ml of aspirin, this served as positive control and the last Group C were given 0.2ml of the leaf extract. At theend the rats in group A experienced the highest pain, having mean value of 2.925. But in the rats in groups B and C, therewas no significant difference (P < 0.05), having the mean values of 1.600 and 1.575 respectively. At the end of this research,it was observed that the leaf extract of Prosopis africana plant relieved pains in the rats studied.<#LINE#>Collier H.O.J., Dinnen L.C., Johnson C.A. and SchneiderC.@The abdominal constriction respose and its suppressionby analgesic drugs in mouse@Brit. J. of pharm. and chem.,32, 295 -310 (1968)@Yes$Woolf C.J. and Mannion R.J.,@@Neuropathic pain: actiology,symptoms, mechanisms and management, The Lancet.,353(9168), 1059 – 1064 (1999)@No$Raj P.P.,@@Taxonomy and classification of pain, In: KreitlerS., Beltrutti D., Lamberto A., The handbook of chronicpain. New York: Nora Science publishers Inc., 143 (2007)@No$Obeta J.A.N. and@Ugwuanyi M.A.A. Microbiology of theproduction of ‘okpeye’@a condiment from seeds of Prosopisafricana (Guill and per), Trop. Sc., 36(4), 206–210 (1996)@Yes$Barminas J.T., Maina H.M. and Ali J.@Nutrient content ofProsopis africana seeds@Plants Foods for HumanNutrition, 52, 325–328 (1998)@Yes$Enujiugha V.N.@Major fermentative organism in someNigerian soup condiments@Pak. J. of Nut., 8, 279–283(2009)@Yes$Okigbo R.N., Anugasi C.I. and Amadi J.E.@Advances inselected medical and aromatic plants indigenous to Africa@J. of Med. plants Res., 3(2), 3-30 (2009)@Yes$Messlinger K.,@@What is a nociceptor? Anaesthesist., 46,142–153 (1997)@No$Dubuisson D. and Dennis S.G.@The formalin test: aquantitative study of the analgesic effect of morphine@meperidine and brain stem stimulation in rats and cats,Pain., 4, 161–174 (1977)@Yes$Tjolsen A., Berge O.G., Hunskaar S., Rosland J.H. andHole K.@The formalin test: an evaluation of the method@Pain, 51, 5–7 (1992)@Yes$Lee I.O., Kong M.H., Kim N.S., Choi Y.S., Lim S.H. andLee M.K.@Effect of different concentrations and volumes offormalin on pain response@Acta Anaesthesiologica sinica,38, 59–64 (2000)@Yes$Harborne J.B.,@@Phytochemical Methods 1st Edition(Chapman and Hall Ltd), London, 279 (1973)@No$Steel R.G.D. and Torrie J.H.@Principles and procedures ofstatistics@McGraw-Hill, New York, 451 (1990)@Yes
<#LINE#>Road kills of Reptiles in the region of Khed Tahsil, Pune, MS, Northern Western Ghats, India<#LINE#>Ghadage@M.K.  <#LINE#>15-17<#LINE#>4.ISCA-RJAVFS-2013-025.pdf<#LINE#>JJT University, Rajasthan, India<#LINE#>27/3/2013<#LINE#>9/4/2013<#LINE#>Very few studies on Herpetological Road mortality have been conducted in India which is related to amphibians only. Thereare several studies outside the India on road kills of reptiles. During the different seasons reptiles can be seen dead on roads.The present study, we collected the reptiles representing 8 species in Khed Tehsil from different regional type like Industrial,gricultural, water bodies and forest regions. We select the road which shows a similar habitat pattern of other areas ofKhed tehsil. No observation of road kill was made between months of August, but two distinctive peaks in road kills wereseen in June- July and September- October. The threatened status is more in agricultural and forest areas of Khed Tahasil,Pune (MS), India.<#LINE#>Daniel J.C.@The Book Indian Reptiles@Bombay naturalHistory Society/oxford University Press, Bombay (2004)@Yes$Patil S.B., Ghadage M.K. and Theurkar S.V.,@@Changes inhabit and habitat of poisonous, semi poisonous and nonpoisonoussnakes found in and around BhimashankarNational Park Dist. Pune, Maharashtra, India, AppliedResearch and Development Institute Journal, 3(6), 67-72(2012)@No$Kadaba Shamanna seshadri, Amit Yadav and KotambluVasudeva Gururaja,@@Road kills of amphibians in differentareas from shatavathi river basin ,central Western Ghats,India, Journal of Threatened Taxa., 1(11), 549-552 (2009)@No$Vijaykumar S.P., Vasudevan K. and Ishwar N.M.,@@Herpetofaunal mortality on roads in Annamalai Hills,southern Western Ghats, Hamadryad, 26(2), 253-260(2001)@No$Jason D. Gibson and Merkle D.A.@Road Mortality ofsnakes in central Virginia@Banisteria, 24, 8-14 (2004)@Yes$Denim Jochimsen, Peterson, Andrews and Gibbons, ALiterature Review of the Effects of Road Amphibians andReptiles and the Measures Used to Minimize Those Effects,Inaho Fish and Game Department USDA Forest ServiceFinal draft (2004)@undefined@undefined@Yes$Smith M.A.@The fauna of British@India, Ceylon and Burmaincluding the whole of Indochinese sub regionreptilian and Amphibian Vol-I, Loricta, testacies. TaylorFrancis, London Pp-ixxviii+1-185 (1993)@Yes$Smith M.A.@The fauna of British@India, Ceylon and Burmaincluding the whole of Indochinese sub region reptilian andAmphibian Vol-I, Loricta, testacies, Taylor Francis,London Pp-ixxviii+1-185 (1993)@Yes$Smith M.A.@The fauna of British@India, Ceylon and Burmaincluding the whole of Indochinese sub region reptilian andAmphibian Vol-III, Serpentes, testacies. Taylor Francis,London Pp-ixii+1-583 (1993)@Yes$Smith M.A.,@@The fauna of British, India, Ceylon and Burmaincluding the whole of Indochinese sub region reptilianand Amphibian Vol-II, Sauria, testacies, Taylor Francis,London Pp-ixiii+1-440 (1995)@No$Murthy T.S.N., D.P. Sanyal and B. Dasgupta@Rare snakesof India@The Snake 25, 135-140 (1993)@Yes$Captain A., Tillack F., Gumprecht A. and Dandge P.@Firstrecord of Elachistodon westermanni Reinhadt 1863(Serpents@Colubridae,Colubrinae) from Maharashtra state,India, Russian Journal of Herpetology, 12(2), 121-123(2005)@Yes
@Mini Review Paper
<#LINE#>Global impact of Wildlife and Animal Trafficking with special reference to Indian Perspective and International Regulatory Efforts: A Review<#LINE#>Ganguly@ Subha <#LINE#>18-19<#LINE#>5.ISCA-RJAVFS-2013-016.pdf<#LINE#>AICRP on Post Harvest Technology (ICAR), Department of Fish Processing Technology, Faculty of Fishery Sciences, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, 5, Budherhat Road, P.O. Panchasayar, Chakgaria, Kolkata 700 094, WB, INDIA<#LINE#>16/2/2013<#LINE#>10/4/2013<#LINE#>Animal trafficking includes the unlawful poaching, smuggling, transportation and distribution of the animals and theproducts and derivatives obtained from them for commercial purposes for human use. The whole market management oftrafficking is controlled and regulated both nationally and internationally. As per an estimate made by the Interpol, it hasbeen predicted that annually 10-20 billion US dollars is generated from such illegal activities.<#LINE#>@@Lovgren, Stefan, Wildlife Smuggling Boom Plaguing L.A.,Authorities Say, National Geographic, (2007)@No$@@Christy Bryan, Wildlife Smuggling: Why Does WildlifeCrime Reporting Suck?, Huffington Post., (2010)@No$@@Mastny, Lisa and French, Hillary, Crimes of (A) GlobalNature, World Watch Magazine, 15, (5) (2002)@No$@@Poaching, American Security: Impacts of Illegal WildlifeTrade., U. S. Government Printing Office., 5 [Availableonline] (2012)@No