OBJECTIVE To establish a laboratory iodization quality assurance system to support small-scale salt production facilities in India and to assess the level of agreement for the internal quality assurance (IQA) and external quality assurance (EQA) protocols. DESIGN Operational research. The IQA and EQA programme was established in the year 2008. Agreement between field laboratories and the refe...

AIM The present research work was undertaken to study the diagnostic importance of hematobiochemical changes in naturally occurring ehrlichiosis in dogs of Anand region, Gujarat irrespective of their age, breed, and sex. MATERIALS AND METHODS Blood samples from a total of 29 dogs of Anand region of Gujarat state were screened for detection of anti-Ehrlichia canis antibodies using Immunocomb(®...

The oldest euprimates known from India come from the Early Eocene Cambay Formation at Vastan Mine in Gujarat. An Ypresian (early Cuisian) age of approximately 53Ma (based on foraminifera) indicates that these primates were roughly contemporary with, or perhaps predated, the India-Asia collision. Here we present new euprimate fossils from Vastan Mine, including teeth, jaws, and referred postcran...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE In June 2000, Adolescent Anaemia Control Programme was initiated as a pilot programme in Vadodara district of Gujarat covering over 69000 girls in over 426 schools. Programme strategy was to provide once weekly fixed day (Wednesday) supervised iron folic acid (IFA) supplements to all adolescent girls in Grade 8-12. Currently, programme covers 10 lakh schoolgirls and 2.6 l...

Dogs are one of the most common and well-liked pets in Gujarat, India. People have a different perception more open to idea having pet as companion. Interactions between humans dogs, well close living, pose significant risk for development zoonotic diseases, including diseases that can be carried by dogs. There many dogs been reported from Gujarat state but not concisely reviewed. Having rich n...

background: to study the pattern of acute chemical and pharmaceutical poisoning in ahmadabad, gujarat, india. methods: this was a prospective study of patients with chemical and pharmaceutical poisoning who were admitted to the emergency department of civil hospital ahmadabad, from 1st october 2006 to 30th september 2007. socio-demographic details, intention of poisoning, type of poison, durati...