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<#LINE#>A Study on the Immunoprotective effect of the Medicinal Plant Aloe Vera on the Common Carp Cyprinus Carpio (L)<#LINE#>Valsa Judit Anto @A.,Balasubramanian@V. <#LINE#>1-5<#LINE#>1.ISCA-RJAVFS-2014-015.pdf<#LINE#>Post Graduate and Research Department of Zoology, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal (Autonomous) College, Sivakasi, INDIA @Post Graduate and Research Department of Zoology, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal (Autonomous) College, Sivakasi, INDIA <#LINE#>8/4/2014<#LINE#>10/5/2014<#LINE#>The present study has been carried out to evaluate the immuno stimulatory effect of Aloe vera. A.vera is an active compound and it contains protein, amino acids, and enzymes. Different concentrations (250,500,750mg/kg of food) of extract of Aloe vera were fed to common carp, Cyprinus carpio for 30 days. Fish pathogen, Aeromonas hydrophila with 0.1ml of 10CFU/ml was injected intraperitonialy. The cumulative percentage mortality, oxygen consumption and opercular movement were calculated and observed. After the treatment, cumulative percentage mortality, increased opercular movement and oxygen consumption were observed. Thus Aloe vera acts as an immunostimulant to enhance the activity of fish.<#LINE#>Heo G.J., Kim J.H., Jenon B.G., Park K.Y. and RaJc@Effects of FST Chitosan mixture on Cultured rock fish(Sebaster schlegeli)@Olive flounder (Paralichthysolivaceus) Kor.J.Vet pub Health, 25, 141-149 (2004)@No$Shirali S. N., Erfani Majd M., Mesbha and M.R. Seif.@Histological studies of c. carp ovarian development duringbreeing season in Khouzestan province@Iran.WorldJournel to better growth of fish (2012)@No$Santhanakumar G. and Selvaraj A.M.@Concept ofaquaculture@Meenam Publications, Nagercoil, 12-54(1995)@No$Gohil M.N and Mankodi@P.C.Diversity of fish fauna fromDownstream zone of River Mahisagar@Gujarat state, India,Res. J. Animal,Veterinary and Fishery Sci., 1(3), 14-15(2013)@Yes$Ransangan J., Manin B.O., Lal T.M.M., Lu, K.C., Sade A.and Azila A.@Betanodavirus Infection in Marine FishAquaculture in Malaysia@Res. J. Animal, Veterinary andFishery Sci., 1(7), 10-15 (2013)@No$Seethalakshmi I., Subashkumar R. and Saminathan P.@Distribution of putative virulence genes in A.hydrophilaand A.Salmonicida isolated form marketed fish samples@J.fish Aquatic sci., 3, 145-151 (2008)@No$Esteban M.A., Mulero V., Cuesta A., Ortuno J. andMeseguer J.@Effect of infecting chitin particles on theinnate immune responses of gilthead sea bream (Sparusaurata L,) Fish shellfish Immunol.@10, 543-554 (2000)@Yes$King G.K., Yates K.M. and Greenlee P.G.@The effect ofAcemannan Immunostimulant in combination with surgerywith radiation theraphy on spontaneous canine and felinefibrosarcomas Jour. of the American Hospital Association@31(5), 439-47 (1995)@No$Alisahi M., Ranjbar M., Ghorbanpow M., Peyghan R.,Meshba M. and Razi Jalali M.@Effects of dietary Aloe veraon some specific and non specific immunity in thecommon carp (cy.carp)@Int . J. Vet .Res. 4, 189-195 (2010)@No$Chandra S. R., Sebastian R. and Simhachalam. G.@Biodiversity and Conservation Status of Fishes of RiverSarada@Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, India,Res. J. Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sci. Vol. 2(2), 1-8,(2014)@Yes$Choi S and Chung. M. H@A review on the relationshipbetween A. Vera components and their biological effects.@Seminars Integrative Medicine, 1, 53-62 (2003)@Yes$Balasubramanian V.@Physiology of Cyprinus carpioinfected by Aeromonas hydrophila and efficiency of aselected neem formulations to cure the diseases@Ph.DThesis, MK University, Madurai.@No$Praveena M., Sandeep V., Kavitha N. and Jayantha R.K.@Impact of Tannery Effluent,Chromium on HemayologicalParameters in a Fresh water fish, Labeo rohita (Hamilton).@Res.J. Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sci., 1(6), 1-13(2013)@No$Fabio S.Z., Billar-Takashiv J.D. and Urbinati E.C.@Effectof the respiratory activity of leukocytes of matinxa duringthe transport stress.@R. Bras.Zootec. 410, 10 (2013)@No$Sahu S., Das B.K., Pradhan J., Mohapatra B.C., MishraB.K. and Sarangi N.N.@Effect of Magnifera indica kernelas a feed additive on immunity and resistance toAeromonas hydrophila in Labeo rohita fingerlings@Fish &Shellfish Immunol. 23, 109-118 (2007)@Yes$Currie R.J., Bennett W.A. and Beitinger T.L.@Criticalthermal minima and maxima of three freshwater game-fishspecies acclimated to constant temperatures@Env. Biol.Fish, 51, 187-200 (1998)@Yes$Guderley H.@Temperature and growth rates as modulatorsof the metabolic capacities of fish muscle in cold oceanphysiology@cambridge (1998)@Yes$Chandanshive N.E.@Studies on Toxicity of Detergents toMystusmontanus and Change in behaviour of Fish, Res.@J.Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sci., 1(9), 14-19 (2013)@No$Nathiya K. and Balasubramanian V.@Therapeutic effect ofTurmeric on disease induced common carp@Cyprinuscarpio (L). M.sc., Thesis, ANJAC (Autonomous) Sivakasi(2008)@No
<#LINE#>First record of Plesiophrictus millardi Pocock, 1899 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Gujarat, India<#LINE#>Parmar@Bharat N.,Patel@Harshil,Thumar@Ramesh,Tank@ Shantilal K.,Dholakia@Arun H. <#LINE#>6-9<#LINE#>2.ISCA-RJAVFS-2014-016.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Zoology, B.P. Baria Science Institute, Navsari, Gujarat, INDIA @Department of Biosciences, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, INDIA @Department of Zoology, B.P. Baria Science Institute, Navsari, Gujarat, INDIA @Department of Biosciences, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat, INDIA @Department of Zoology, Sir P.T. Sarvajanik Collage of Science, Surat, Gujarat, INDIA <#LINE#>19/4/2014<#LINE#>12/5/2014<#LINE#>Plesiophrictus millardi is reported for the first time from Gujarat, based on one male specimens collected from Kevadi, Vansda, Navsari District, Gujarat, India. This new record extends the distribution range of the species for about 400 km in north from the nearest known locality.<#LINE#>Guadanucci J.P.L.@The genus Plesiophrictus Pocock andrevalidation of Heterophrictus Pocock (Araneae:Theraphosidae)@Journal of Arachnology, 39, 523–527(2011)@No$Siliwal M., Gupta N. and Raven R.@A new genus of thefamily Theraphosidae (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) withdescription of three new species from the Western Ghats ofKarnataka@India, Journal of Threatened Taxa, 4(14), 3233–3254 (2012)@Yes$Pocock R.I.@Diagnosis of some new Indian Arachnida@Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 12, 744–753 (1899)@Yes$Pocock R.I.@The fauna of British India, including Ceylonand Burma, Arachnida, Taylor and Francis@London, 279,(1900)@Yes$Gravely F.H.@Notes on Indian mygalomorph Spiders@Records of Indian Museum, Calcutta, 11, 257–287, (1915)@Yes$Tikader B.K.@Studies on some mygalomorph spiders of thefamilies Ctenizidae and Theraphosidae from India@Journalof the Bombay Natural History Society, 74, 306–319 (1977)@Yes$Siliwal M., Molur S. and Raven R.@A new species of thegenus Plesiophrictus (Araneae: Theraphosidae:Ischnocolinae) from Western Ghats@India, Zoos’ PrintJournal, 22, 2853–2860, (2007)@Yes$Patel, B. H.@Fauna of protected areas in India-1: Spiders ofVansda National Park@Gujarat. Zoos’ Print Journal, 18(4),1079–1083, (2003)@No$Raven, R. J.@The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae(Araneae): cladistics and systematics. Bulletin of theAmerican Museum of Natural History@182 (1), 1–180,(1985)@Yes$Smith, A. M.@The tarantula: classification andidentification guide (2nd edition).@Fitzgerald Publishing,London, 178, (1987)@No$Smith, A. M.@Baboon spiders. Tarantulas of Africa and theMiddle East.@Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 142. (1990)@Yes$Sanap, R. V. and Z. A. Mirza@First description of femalePlesiophrictus millardi Pocock@1899 (Araneae:Theraphosidae). Taprobanica, 5(1), 6–11, (2013)@No$Siliwal, M., B. Suresh and B. Pilo@Fauna of protected areasin India-3: Spiders of Purna Wildlife Sanctuary@Dangs,Gujarat. Zoos’ Print Journal, 18(11), 1259–1263, (2003)@No
<#LINE#>A note on Fish diversity in the major Lagoons of Bundala National Park-A Ramsar wetland in Sri Lanka-An insight to Wetland degradation<#LINE#>Chandana@E.P.S.,Dayasiri@P.B.I.A.K.,Amarasighe@N.J.de.S.  <#LINE#>10-13<#LINE#>3.ISCA-RJAVFS-2014-019.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, SRI LANKA @Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, SRI LANKA @Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, SRI LANKA <#LINE#>15/5/2014<#LINE#>20/5/2014<#LINE#>This short report explains the status of fish diversity in the major lagoons of Bundala National Park (Malala, Embillakala and Bundala) according to a study conducted thirteen years before with a note to the fish diversity in recent past. Diversity and density of fishes inhabiting these lagoons and their feeding habits were studied weekly from June 2000 to May 2001 and November to December 2013. Fishes were identified and classified as bentho-pelagic, dermersal, pelagic and reef associated guilds according to ichthyological literature. Highest fish diversity was recorded in Embillakala lagoon and Malala lagoon. Dermersal fish guild was prominent in Malala and Embillakala lagoons. Omnivore and picsivore guilds were prominent in BNP lagoons. Two fish species associated with reefs were found only in Malala lagoon. As for the survey conducted in 2013, it has been noted that fish diversity has declined and lagoon habitats have been changed immensely. This report highlights a possible loss of fish diversity over time in the major lagoons of BNP indicating loss of biodiversity and wetland degradation.<#LINE#>Prasad S.N., Ramachandra T.V., Ahalya N., Sengupta T.,Kumar A., Tiwari A.K., Vijayan V.S. and Vijayan L.@Conservation of wetlands of India – A review, TropicalEcology@43(1), 173-186 (2002)@Yes$Zhang L., Wang M.H. J Hu J. and Ho Y.S.@A review ofpublished wetland research@1991–2008, Ecologicalengineering and ecosystem restoration, 36, 973-980 (2010)@Yes$Benthem W., Jeanes K.W., van Lavieren L.P.@Wetland SiteReport and Conservation and Management Plan-BundalaNational Park@Central Environmental Authority/Euroconsult Colombo, 84 (1993)@Yes$Bambaradeniya C.N.B.@Freshwater wetlands in Sri Lanka,Their conservation significance and current status In: IUCNSri Lanka 2004@Proceedings of the National Symposium onWetland Conservation and Management, 19-24 (2004)@No$Chandana E.P.S.@A study of selected ecological aspects ofthe aquatic environment and some sociological aspect inBundala National Park@Master of Philosophy, Thesis, 43-59: 80 XV, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna,Matara, Sri Lanka (2004)@No$Luke T. and Peter T.@Nutrient limitation of phytoplanktonin a seasonally open bar-built estuary: Wilson inlet@Western Australia, Journal of Phytology, 37, 16-29 (2001)@Yes$Munro J.S.R.@The Marine and Fresh Water fishes ofCeylon@Narendra Publishing House, 1417, KishannduttStreet, Delhi, 78 (1982)@Yes$Fernando C.H.@Fresh water fauna and fisheries in SriLanka, Natural resources@Energy and Science Authority ofSri Lanka, 444 (1990)@No$Pethiyagoda R.@Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka@Wild lifeHeritage Trust of Sri Lanka, 362 (1991)@Yes$Freitas C.E.C. and Petrere M.@Influence of artificial reefson fish assemblage of the Barra Bonita Reservoir (SãoPaulo, Brazil), Lakes & Reservoirs: Research andManagement@6(4), 273-278 (2001)@No$Mika V., Jukka H., Mikko O., Jukka R., Kari N.@The food,growth and abundance of five co-exiting cyprinids in LakeBasin of different morphometry and water quality@AquaticEcology, 34, 421-431 (2000)@No$Fernando C.H.@Freshwater Zooplankton in Sri Lanka@NRESA, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 456 (1972)@No$Harding J.P. and Smith W.A.@A Key to the BritishFreshwater Cyclopoid and Calanoid Copepods@FreshwaterBiological Association, United Kingdom, 58 (1974)@No$Abeywickrama B.A.@The genera of the freshwater algae ofSri Lanka@part 1 (1979)@Yes$Abeywickrama B.A.@The genera of the freshwater algae ofSri Lanka@part 2, 103 (1986)@Yes$Pennack R.W.@Fresh water invertebrates in of the U.S.A.Third ed. J. Willey and Sons@Inc. New York, 803 (1989)@No$Fernando C.H.@Fresh water fauna and fisheries in SriLanka, Natural resources@Energy and Science Authority ofSri Lanka, 444 (1990)@No$Welcomme R.L.@Fish bio diversity in floodplains and theirassociated rivers@In Gopal, B., Junk, W. J.,Davis,J. A.,(eds) Biodiversity in wetlands: assessment, function andconservation, Vol1 .Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, theNetherlands, 61-87 (2000)@Yes$Culum B. and Rachel L.D.@The future of stockenhancements lessons for hatchery practice fromconservation biology@Fish and Fisheries, 3, 79-94 (2002)@Yes$Williams W.D.@Anthropogenic salinisation of inlandwaters@Hydrobiologia, 466, 329-337 (2001)@Yes