Incidence of egg drop syndrome – 1976 in Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu, India

Faulty radiographs: A cross-sectional analysis among dental college students in Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu, India

AIM The aim of this study was to assess the ability of taking and processing of intraoral periapical radiographs (IOPA) by the dental college undergraduate students and also to evaluate the impact of teaching on their skills. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study was conducted in the OMRD department. Final year students (52) and interns (41) of 2014 were included in this study. In this 1 year stud...

Japanese encephalitis vectors in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India

Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne zoonotic pathogen. JEV is transmitted by paddy field breeding mosquitoes of the Culex vishnui subgroup, primarily by Culex tritaeniorhynchus vectors and amplified by pigs / Ardeidae birds in nature. Mosquitoes were sampled from identified villages during different season intervals from 2011 to 2014. Adult mosquitoes were collected which were...

Economics of Herbal Cultivation: a Study on Namakkal District in Tamil Nadu State

Women Empowerment through Participation in Backyard Poultry Rearing: A Case Study from Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu

Women play a signi cant and crucial role in agricultural development and allied  elds. This paper presents a potentially effective empowerment strategy for women, using Backyard poultry as a case-study. The empowerment of women is the key issue in protecting women’s interests. The rural women folk were provided with desi poultry birds, inputs and capacity building to strengthen their liveliho...

Incidence of egg drop syndrome

Aim: To know the magnitude of influence by Egg Drop Syndrome – 1976 (EDS –'76) virus infection in causing drop in egg production in and around Namakkal. Materials and Methods: A total of 150 cloacal swabs and 15 pouch shell glands (uteri) homogenates from 15 poultry farms in and around Namakkal area were used for virus isolation. Three numbers of 10 –dayold embryonated duck eggs were used for t...