Kuroilers are semi-synthetic, dual purpose breed of birds with higher productivity than indigenous breeds and are commonly reared in hilly area like Darjeeling district of West Bengal. The present study was intended to detect the sero-prevalence of Newcastle disease virus in kuroilers and indigenous birds in Darjeeling district of West Bengal. The serum samples from kuroilers (n=10) and indigen...

As a part of an ongoing biodiversity survey of aseptate gregarine fauna of oligochaete hosts of West Bengal, an expedition was carried out in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal and most of the earthworms collected were found to be infested with a species of Monocystis Stein, 1848. The monocystid species was collected from the seminal vesicles of the earthworm and was identified as a new spe...

Air pollution in industrial cities with emissions from firms is a growing problem in India. Durgapur, one of the growing industrial cities in eastern India, covering a host of industries, suffers from similar problems. The paper estimates the marginal abatement cost of air pollution of industries in Durgapur, West Bengal. We model the technology of a firm with output-distance function. Here the...

The genus Maydelliathelphusa Bott, 1969 includes five species, M. masoniana (Henderson, 1893), edentula (Alcock, 1909), falcidigitis 1910), harpax and lugubris (Wood-Mason, 1871), is endemic to India. Out of the only 1871) was reported from West Bengal previously. Present study reports second Bengal, India for first time.

The paper reports a new citation record of butterfly species, the Indian Pierrot (Tarucus indica Evans, 1932) for first time in Baidyabati canal area, Hooghly district, southern West Bengal. distribution lies central and peninsular India including Brahmaputra plains but it has not been reported part Bengal, before.

An abnormal atlas and axis with presence of os odontoideum and fusion of multiple vertebrae were noted in an intact skeleton, in the osteology museum of the Department of Anatomy of North Bengal Medical College, West Bengal, India.These multiple abnormalities at various levels along with increased thickness of antero-posterior arch of atlas pointed towards the congenital nature of the anomalies...

New larval host plants for three butterfly (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) species from Rahr region of West Bengal, India

Unsafe abortion represents a preventable yet major cause for maternal mortality in India. A majority of these abortions are performed confidentially. Complications occur in a large portion of these cases and ultimately require tertiary care. However, patients and their relatives often fail to disclose the abortion despite the critical state of the patients. This scenario creates considerable co...

Social responses to Koro illness was studied from an urban population (n = 118) of Darjeeling district of West Bengal State, during and after the North Bengal Koro epidemic. The prevalent social cognition of Koro as a positive illness paradigm, both among the Koro-affected and non-affected families, was the important social dynamics that helped the epidemic to spread as the illness in the regio...

Croton oblongifolius Roxb. (Euphorbiaceae) is a weed available all over in the agricultural fields of West Bengal villages. Traditionally this plant is used as wound healing drug in the Bengal villages. As there is less number of scientific information present, an attempt has been taken to search some important phytoconstituents and their amount which may act as marker compounds. Simultaneously...