The Maasai have high rates of death from neonatal tetanus, partly due to their custom of packing the umbilical stump with cow dung. We report on the effect of a simple health promotion programme, designed in consultation with the local community and carried out by local women. After introduction of the programme in 1981, neonatal (<6 weeks of age) tetanus rates fell sharply, and by 1988 annual ...

Larval habitats of Armigeres subalbatus were delineated in urban and rural areas of Pondicherry. Survey of various potential mosquito breeding habitats revealed that septic tanks were the typical breeding habitat in both areas and the proportion was significantly higher in urban areas. The productive status of septic tanks differed in different months and the overall proportion breeding Ar. sub...

The field trial was conducted at the Nursery and Research Farm, Department of Horticulture, College Agriculture, Dhule during 2021-22, to study influence priming on germination khirni seedlings (Manilkara hexandra L.). experiment laid out in a Complete Randomized Block Design with ten treatments viz., T1 (GA3 @ 50ppm), T2 (GA₃ 75ppm), T3 100ppm), T4 200ppm), T5 (NAA T6 (KNO3 1%), T7 (Cow urine ...

Bangladesh is a densely populated country where the oil crisis one of major issues. On other hand, balanced fertilizer used lacking until now. The purpose study to investigate yield Mustard (Brassica napus L.) Binasarisha-9 influenced by different applications organic fertilizers. experiment was conducted at Institute Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), substation, Satkhira during rabi season 2020-2021...

A Gram-positive, aerobic, non-motile, non-spore-forming, short rod-shaped strain, NEAU-LLCT, was isolated from cow dung in Shangzhi City, Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China and identified by a polyphasic taxonomic study. Colonies light yellow, round, with entire margin. Strain NEAU-LLCT grown at 15–45 ? pH 6.0–10.0. NaCl concentration ranged 0 to 5% (W/V). The 16S rRNA gene sequence of show...

Aim: To standardize the ratio of household waste and cow dung for quality vermicompost based on physical properties.&#x0D; Study Design: Completely Randomized Design (Factorial).&#x0D; Place Duration Study: Vermicompost Production Unit, RPCAU, Pusa during April 2018 to June 2018.&#x0D; Methodology: Household was combined with in three different proportions (35:65, 50:50 65:35 dung, respectively...