@Short Communication
<#LINE#>The study of substratum preference in pestiferous land snail, macrochlamys  petrosa (hutton)<#LINE#>Deshmukh Pradeep @S. <#LINE#>1-2<#LINE#>1.ISCA-RJAVFS-2017-001.pdf<#LINE#>Dept. of Zoology, Government Arts and Science College, Aurangabad, MS, India<#LINE#>13/10/2016<#LINE#>4/1/2017<#LINE#>The distribution and population of land snail Macrochlamys petrosa depends up on type of soil, temperature, rainfall, humidity and natural enemies. The observations on the ecology were made in the natural as well as under laboratory conditions by performing the experiments. To test experimentally the behavior of the snail towards substratum preference, round glass troughs were used as the experimental containers. Moist soil, sand and stones were collected from the natural habitat of the snail and this material was divided into four parts i.e.) moist soil ii) moist soil and sand iii) sand with stones and iv) only sand. In the centre of troughs 50 snails were placed and left for 24Hrs. After 24hrs location of the snails was noted down. Average percentage distribution and substratum preference of the snail was calculated for each type of substratum. It is observed that moist soil was preferred by 80% of snails, 10% snails preferred moist soil and sand substratum, 8% snails preferred sand with stones and only 2% snails found in only sand substratum. No mortality of snail was observed during this experiment.<#LINE#>Dundee D.S., Stutts B.S. and Hermann P.W. (1965).@Preliminary survey of a possible molluscan pest in the Southern United States.@Ecology, 46(1-2), 192–193.@Yes$Gillmore R. (1982).@On pest detection survey.@Plant Industry News, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, 24(2), 8-12.@Yes$Raut S.K. (1979).@Distribution and population of two pestiferous land snails Achatina fulica (Bowdich) and Macrochlamys indica (Godwin–Austen), in west Bengal.@Bull. Zool. Surv. India, 2(1), 7–16.@Yes$Raut S.K. and Ghose K.C. (1977).@Effect of upwardly directed shell aperture on the aestivating land snail, Achatina fulica.@Nautilus, 91 (1), 31 – 33.@Yes$Burch J.B. (1955).@Some ecological factors of the soil affecting the distribution and abundance of the land snails in Eastern Virginia.@Nautilus, 69 (2), 62-69.@Yes$Howess N.H. and Wells G.P. (1934).@The water relationship of snail and slug:II- Weight rythum in Arion ater L and Limax flavus L.@J.Exp. Biol., 11, 344-351.@Yes$Pusswald W. (1948).@Beitrage zum wasserhaushalt der pulmonaten.@Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 31(2), 227-248@Yes$Partsvaniya V.B. (1972).@Ttemperature effect on the spontaneous activity of Helix pomatia neurons russ. Soobshch.@Akad. Nauk cruz SSR, 67, 445-448@No$Newell P.F. (1968).@The measurement of light and temperalure as factors controlling the surface activity of the slug, Agriolimax reticulatus (Muller) in measurement of environmental factors in terrestrial ecology Ed.@R.M. Waldsworth, Blackwell Sci. Publications, Oxford and Edinburg. 141-146.@Yes$Crawford-Sidebotham T.J. (1972).@The influence of weather upon the activity of slugs,@Oecologia(Berl), 9 (2), 141-154.@Yes
<#LINE#>Evaluation of herbal formulation for dermatitis under in vivo condition<#LINE#>Umadevi @U.,Umakanthan @T. <#LINE#>3-6<#LINE#>2.ISCA-RJAVFS-2017-002.pdf<#LINE#>Department of Botany Specialized with Plant Biotechnology, The Standard Fireworks Rajaratnam College for women, Sivakasi, Virudhunagar (Dt), Tamil Nadu – 626 123, India@Veterinary Hospital, Sattur, Virudhunagar Dt, Tamil Nadu- 626203, India<#LINE#>30/11/2016<#LINE#>8/1/2017<#LINE#>Traditional medicinal practices using herbs are still playing a major role in the treatment of cattle diseases in developing countries.  In the present study, different concentrations and combinations of aqueous extract of Andrographis paniculata, Lawsonia inermis and Madhuca longifolia were used for the preparation of herbal formulation to treat animals infected with skin disease caused by microbes under in vivo condition. Number of days took for the animals for complete recovery was recorded and compared with the allopathic drugs Povidone iodine ointment and Candid cream used as control.  Animals treated with herbal formulations recovered faster (5-8 days) than with allopathic drugs (19-21 days). This combination of herbal drug is novel, effective, economical and safe for treating the skin disease of animals.<#LINE#>Siripong P., Kongkathip B., Preechanukool K., Picha P., Tunsuwan K. and Taylor W.C. (1992).@Cytotoxic diterpenoid constituents from A. paniculata Nees leaves.@J. Sci. Soc., Thailand, 18 (4), 187-194.@Yes$Umadevi U. and Kamalam M. (2014).@Phytochemical and antioxidant studies of an important indigenous medicinal plant – Andrographis paniculata (Burm. F) Nees.@International Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Research, 5 (12), 5240-5244@Yes$Abubacker   M.N. and Vasantha S. (2010).@Antibacterial activity of   Ethanolic leaf extract of Andrographis paniculata Nees. (Acanthaceae) and its bioactive compound Androgrpholide.@Drug invention today, 2(10), 440-442.@Yes$Meenu Sharma, Aakansha Sharma and Sandeep Tyagi (2011).@Quantitative HPLC analysis of Andrographolide in Andrographis paniculata at two different stages of life cycle of plant.@Acta Chimica & Pharmaceutica Indica, 2 (1), 1-7.@Yes$Priyanka yadav (2012).@Madhuca lonigfolia (Sapotaceae): A review of its traditional uses, Phytochemistry and pharmacology.@International Journal of Biomedical research, 3(7), 291-305.@Yes$Divya N., Mythili S. and Sathivelu A. (2011).@Phytochemical  analysis and In vitro antimicrobial activity of Andrographis paniculata (Acanthaceae).@Journal of Pharmacy research, 4(7), 2140-2142.@No$Muhammad Ghufran Saeed S., Syed Asad Sayeed, Seema Ashraf, Shahina Naz, Rahmanullah Siddiqi, Rashida Ali  and Ahmed Mesaik M. (2013).@A new method for the    isolation and purification of lawsone from Lawsonia inermis and its ROS inhibitory activity.@Pak.J. Bot., 45 (4), 1431-1436.@Yes$Patel P.K., Narendra K., Prajapati and Dubey B.K. (2012).@Madhuca indica: A review of its medicinal property.@International journal of Pharmaceutical sciences and research, 3(5), 1285-1293.@Yes$De M., Krishna De A. and Banerjee A.B. (1999).@Antimicrobial screening of some Indian spices.@Phytother. Res., 13(7), 616-618.@Yes$Radha R., Sermakkani M. and Thangapandian V. (2011).@Evaluation of phytochemical and antimicrobial activity of Andrographis paniculata Nees (Acanthaceae) aerial parts.@International Journal of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 2(2), 562-567.@Yes$De-Lucca A., Clevaland T., Rajasekaran K., Boue S. and Brown Brown (2005).@Fungal properties of CAY-1, a plant saponin, for emerging fungal pathogens.@45th Interscience Conference in Antimicrobial agents and Chemotherapy Abstract, 180.@Yes