isolation of bohv-1 was attempted from nasal swabs as well as aborted foetuses and vaginal swabs in madin darby bovine kidney (mdbk) cell line to find out the prevalent strain in the state of west bengal, india. the virus was isolated from only one case out of 65 nasal swabs whereas no virus was isolated from aborted foetuses and vaginal swabs. the isolate was typed as bohv-1.2 (strain india 3).

in india, more than 104 species of myxobolus have so far been reported infecting freshwater as well as marine fishes. the study focuses on the description of a new myxosporean species, myxobolus sp.n pkb 2014 from the gill lamellae of an indian major carp labeo rohita. the species have been described on the basis of morphological characterization of the spores, tissue architecture and 18s rdna ...

A nutrientand carbon-rich, oxygen-poor benthic layer is observed in the lower 100m of the central and western Bay of Bengal, at depths between 3400 to 4000m. The observed ratios for the biogeochemical anomalies in the benthic layer water are similar to those observed for phytoplankton blooms in open oceans and hence suggest that the source of the high silica, phosphate, nitrate and carbon is li...

Forcipomyia (Forcipomyia) hispida, a new species from the Dooars region of West Bengal, is described and illustrated here based on morphological molecular data. Among three newly recorded species, (Dycea) hamoni de Meillon was known Eastern Himalayas while F. (Euprojoannisia) calamistrata Debenham & Wirth (E.) fuscimana (Kieffer) were Gangetic plains Bengal. The supplementary descriptions i...

The river Ganges is the largest in India and fifth longest world. Although, many studies on fish ecology systematic have been conducted largely to improve fisheries but diversity their distribution pattern from conservation point of view never adequately addressed River . objective present study was explore Ichthyofaunal stretch Ganga at Malda district West Bengal. result showed that 69 freshwa...

The study concerned about the growth rate of mulberry area, production and productivity cocoon raw silk five major traditional sates (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu Kashmir Bengal) in India during 1980-81 to 2016-17. In Tamil Compared with all seven periods highest significant compound observed area was 17.50 per cent, 21.02 cent period IV (1998-99 2001-02) 2.63 since...

The State of West Bengal supports a wide variety wetlands covering freshwater, brackish water, and coastal wetlands, both natural manmade wetlands. Directorate Fisheries, Government estimated at 3,111,92.52 ha which include river, canal, beel/ baor, reservoir. A list total 61 cultivated culturable species occurring in freshwater water is provided. Another 21 crustacean fishery added this commun...