scholarly journals Bovine Visceral Schistosomosis Caused By Schistosoma Indicum in Migrant Cattle Slaughtered at Chennai City, Southern India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shivani Mamane ◽  
Narayanaperumal Jeyathilakan ◽  
Bhaskaran Ravi Latha ◽  
T.M.A. Senthilkumar ◽  
Raja P
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Production Loss ◽  
First Report ◽  
Slaughter House ◽  
16S Rna ◽  
Livestock Farmers ◽  
Chennai City

Abstract One hundred and eighty mesentery samples of cattle were collected during a period of October 2019- March 2020 for screening visceral schistosomosis from Perambur slaughter house, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Schistosoma indicum was identified in eleven mesenteries of Nellore breed of cattle based on morphology and worm number varied from 1-114 per mesentry. Molecular confirmation based on 16s RNA revealed it to be S. indicum. It was found that the infection of S. indicum in cattle was first report in Tamil Nadu in last two decades. The slaughtered cattle originated from neighboring states especially Andhrapradesh. The tract of infection needs to be traced accordingly for future control strategies. Awareness must be created among the livestock farmers to prevent production loss due to S. indicum infection while purchasing cattle from neighboring states within India.

Foliar fungal endophytes from two species of the mangrove Rhizophora

1998 ◽  
Vol 44 (10) ◽  
pp. 1003-1006 ◽  
Author(s):  
T S Suryanarayanan ◽  
V Kumaresan ◽  
J A Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Endophytic Fungi ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Fungal Endophytes ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Rhizophora Mucronata ◽  
Dry Period ◽  
First Report ◽  
Mangrove Plants ◽  
Rhizophora Apiculata

Endophytic fungi were isolated from leaves of Rhizophora apiculata Bl. and Rhizophora mucronata Lamk., two typical mangrove plants growing in the Pichavaram mangrove of Tamil Nadu, Southern India. Three hundred leaf segments from each plant species were sampled during dry and rainy months. More endophytes could be isolated during the rainy months than during the dry period. Hyphomycetes and sterile forms were more prevalent than ascomycetes or coelomycetes. Sporormiella minima, Acremonium sp. strain MG1 and a sterile fungus (MG90) were isolated from both plants irrespective of the season. Some endophytes were common to both plants, although a few appeared to be host specific. This is the first report on fungal endophytes in leaves of mangrove plants in India.Key words: endophytic fungi, Rhizophora apiculata, Rhizophora mucronata, mangrove, leaves.

A Scale Development Approach To Employees’ Perspective Of Knowledge Management In Banks

2019 ◽  
Vol 118 (7) ◽  
pp. 82-94
Author(s):  
DR.C. KATHIRAVAN ◽  
DR.M. MANIVANNAN ◽  
E.CHANDRA MOULI ◽  
A. RAJASEKAR
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Technology Knowledge ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
Chennai City ◽  
Future Topics

The data were collected using personal interview method and a total of 455 employees who were in some aspect knowledge management in banks and identified through multistage random sampling method. Multistage random sampling technique is a probability sampling type where available study topics employ future topics from among their contacts. The study was limited to Chennai city of Tamil Nadu. The analysis found that banks employees moderately perceived towards factors of knowledge management such as knowledge utilization, information technology, knowledge motivation, knowledge storage, knowledge sharing enablers and knowledge creation. Hence, it is concluded that training program is important for the survival of knowledge management. It is also imperative for effective of employees’ job performance.

Seroprevalence of leptospirosis in Chennai city, India.

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (03) ◽  
pp. 4897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Padma Kumari J.* ◽  
Sheila Doris T. ◽  
Usha Krishnan K.
Keyword(s):  
Control Strategies ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Laboratory Diagnosis ◽  
Community Change ◽  
Standard Test ◽  
Agglutination Test ◽  
Source Of Infection ◽  
Potential Reservoir ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Chennai City

Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease, it occurs worldwide but is most common in tropical and subtropical countries. The magnitude of the problem varies from community to community. The serovars which cause the disease in a community change with adaptation to a new maintenance host and is epidemiologically important. Aims and Objectives: To determine the seroprevalence of leptospirosis in Chennai city. To identify the prevalent serovar in Chennai causing leptospirosis by using gold standard test Microscopic Agglutination Test (MAT). Methods: 1209 patients from Chennai, with fever of one-week duration and with signs and symptoms of Leptospirosis were the study population and were screened for Leptospirosis by Macroscopic Slide Agglutination Test (MSAT). The positive samples by MSAT were tested for the prevalent serovar and for confirmation by MAT and the results were analyzed statistically. Result: The seroprevalence of Leptospirosis is 17.8%. The prevalent serovar circulating in Chennai is L. grippotyphosa. Conclusion: Laboratory diagnosis is essential to confirm the current illness, and for epidemiological and public health reasons, namely to determine which serovar caused the infection, the likely source of infection and the potential reservoir and its location. This helps in control strategies.

scholarly journals First Report of Echinococcus ortleppi in Free-Living Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) from Portugal

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 1256
Author(s):  
Teresa Letra Mateus ◽  
Maria João Gargaté ◽  
Anabela Vilares ◽  
Idalina Ferreira ◽  
Manuela Rodrigues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wild Boar ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Sus Scrofa ◽  
One Health ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Free Living ◽  
First Report ◽  
Wildlife Reservoirs ◽  
First Time ◽  
Echinococcus Granulosus Sensu Lato

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonosis that is prevalent worldwide. It is considered endemic in Portugal but few studies have been performed on Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato and their hosts. In this study, CE cysts are reported for the first time in a free-living wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Portugal. The presence of the metacestodes in the liver of the wild boar was identified by morphological features, microscopic examination and molecular analysis. The sequencing of part of the DNA nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer-1 (ITS-1) region revealed a G5 genotype that presently corresponds to Echinococcus ortleppi. This is the first report of E. ortleppi in Portugal and to the best of the authors’ knowledge, in Europe. These results suggest that wild boar may be a host of CE, namely, crossing the livestock–wildlife interface, which has important public health implications. Wildlife reservoirs must be taken into account as CE hosts and surveillance of game as well as health education for hunters should be implemented using a One Health approach, with implementation of feasible and tailor-made control strategies, namely, proper elimination of byproducts in the field.

Distribution of the Grey Slender Loris (Loris lyddekerianus Cabrera, 1908) in Tamil Nadu, Southern India

2016 ◽  
Vol 87 (5) ◽  
pp. 291-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Honnavalli N. Kumara ◽  
R. Sasi ◽  
Subash Chandran ◽  
Sindhu Radhakrishna
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Slender Loris

First Report of Sapphirine-bearing Rocks from the Palghat-Cauvery Shear Zone System, Southern India

2004 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 620-626 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Santosh ◽  
Toshiaki Tsunogae ◽  
Saori Koshimoto
Keyword(s):  
Shear Zone ◽  
Southern India ◽  
First Report

Representing Disasters and Long-term Recovery – Insights from Tamil Nadu

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandni Singh ◽  
Mark Tebboth ◽  
Jasmitha Arvind ◽  
Yashodara Udupa
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Shape Recovery ◽  
South India ◽  
State Policies ◽  
Indian Ocean Tsunami ◽  
Recovery Processes ◽  
Disaster Impacts ◽  
Chennai City ◽  
Post Disaster

This study focuses on disaster impacts and recovery in Tamil Nadu, drawing on insights from Chennai city and Nagapattinam district. The research is part of a larger three-year project called “Recovery with Dignity”, which examines the experiences of recovery in post-disaster situations across three states in India – Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala – and explores how recovery processes represent vulnerable populations. In this report, we focus on three key disasters in Tamil Nadu: the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, the 2015 South India flood, and the 2018 Cyclone Gaja. Through these events, we examine how the ways disasters and their losses are represented shape recovery outcomes. The study uses a range of data, from a review of state policies in Tamil Nadu (2005-2019), an analysis of media articles published in English and Tamil (2004-2019), to interviews with disaster-affected people and secondary stakeholders. The findings indicate that disaster responses and outcomes are highly differentiated based on how disaster-affected people and their needs and losses are represented. To enable inclusive recovery, it is necessary to recognising the heterogenous nature of disaster impacts and acknowledge different ideas of what recovery means.

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