Highly contagious virus disease of cloven-hoofed animals with serious production losses. Introduction It is a highly contagious virus disease of animals. It is one of the most serious livestock diseases. It affects cloven-hoofed animals (those with divided hoofs), including cattle, buffalo, camels, sheep, goats, deer and pigs. It can cause serious production losses the most significant impact of the disease occurs because of its effect [...]
Viral disease of domestic poultry and wild birds, which is characterized by gastrointestinal, respiratory and nervous signs. Disease Details Introduction: Newcastle disease (ND) is a highly contagious viral disease affecting poultry of all ages. Affected species include chickens, turkeys, pigeons and ducks. It is listed in OIE (Office International des Epizooties) list of diseases as per its severe nature. The virus involved is Paramy [...]
सरस्वती पूजा (बसन्त पञ्चमी वा श्री पञ्चमी रूपमा चिनिने) हिन्दूहरूको पर्व हो । यो पर्वले शुद्धता, शान्तिको प्रतीक, ज्ञान, सिक्ने, कला र संस्कृतिको प्रतिनिधित्व गर्दछ । यो पर्व जनवरी / फेब्रुअरी महिनामा पर्छ । यस दिन विद्याकी देवी सरस्वतीलाई पूजा गरिन्छ । विशेष गरी यो पूजा नेपाल र भारतमा ठूलो उल्लाससित मनाइन्छ । शास्त्रहरूमा वसन्त पञ्चमीलाई ऋषि पञ्चमी भनेर उल्लेख गरिएकोछ,र पुराण-शास्त्रहरू तथा अनेक काव्य ग्रन्थाहरूमा पनि अलग-अलग ढंगले [...]
रङ्गहरूको चाड होली रङ्गहरूको चाडले चिनिने वसन्त ऋतुमा प्रत्येक वर्षको फागुन शुक्ल पूणिर्मा अर्थात होली पूर्णिमाको दिन मनाइने यो चाड नेपाल भारत तथा अन्य राष्ट्रमा रहेका हिन्दूहरूको एउटा महत्वपूर्ण चाड हो । होली पर्व मनाउनुको एउटा कारण र इतिहास छ । होलीको दिन मानिसहरूले एक अर्कामाथि विभिन्न प्रकारका रङ्गहरू हालेर एक अर्कालाई रङ्गिन बनाउ छन् होली खेल्ने दिन भन्दा एक दिन पहिला राती होलीका दहन गरिन्छ । राती होलीका दहन ग [...]
Blood drinking festival In Myagdi and Manang as food how safe for public health and cruelty to these species: Every year in the district of Myagdi and Manang drinking of raw hot blood of yaks direct from the jugular vein is being organized. There is popular believe that drinking such fresh blood of yak cure many alignments and diseases .But in meat hygiene and meat science&nbs [...]
TERMINOLOGY Edema: is a condition of abnormally large fluid volume in the circulatory system or in tissues between the body's cells (interstitial spaces) Embolism: An embolism is an obstruction in a blood vessel due to a blood clot or other foreign matter that gets stuck while traveling through the bloodstream. The plural of embolism is emboli Erythrocytes Macrocytes: larger erythrocytes of normal shape Microcytes: Ab [...]
TERMINOLIGY Acaricide: chemical substance having a cidal or lethal effect on the Acarida, a subclass of the athropods to which ticks and mites belong. Anaemia: reduced number of erythrocytes or red blood cells often resulting by haemolysis due to the damaging action of intra erythrocytic parasites suchg as Plasmodium or Babesia Anthroponoses: human diseases that can be transmitted to animals Commensalism: when one sym [...]
PROJECT DESIGN FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE OF FARM ANIMALS The reasons for investigating outbreaks are to Prevent further disease transmission Provide information which can be used to control the outbreak Prevent similar occurrences in the future Identify populations at risk for a disease Evaluate the effectiveness of public health programs Characterize modes of disease transmission Train public healt [...]
TERMINOLOGY Animal breeding: Branch of animal science that addresses the evaluation (using best linear unbiased prediction and other methods) of the genetic value (estimated breeding value, EBV) of domestic livestock. Backcross: Backcross is the mating of a two–breed animal back to one of the two parental breeds Crossbreeding: Mating of different breeds to produce multi-breed offspring. Dominance: A dominant gene affe [...]
QUICK INFORMATION Louis Pasteur, 1856 invented pasteurization June is national l dairy month An enzyme from the stomachs of dairy cattle added to cheese to help coagulate the curds is called as rennet 60:40 is the usual ratio of the amount of milk produced by the rear udder versus the fore udder Myoepithelial are essential for milk letdown Adrenaline hormone blocks milk letdown The hollow cavity foun [...]
Anthrax is an acute disease caused by infection with the spore-forming bacterium called Bacillus anthracis. Disease Details Introduction: Anthrax is also called as Woolsorters’ Disease and Splenic Fever. It is a serious bacterial, cutaneous, zoontic disease that affects the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts of most mammals including humans, several species of birds, and herbivores. Cause:& [...]
Infectious Bursal Disease (Gumboro, IBD, infectious bursitis, infectious avian nephrosis) A highly contagious and fatal viral disease mostly affecting young birds aged between 3-6 weeks, caused by RNA virus belonging to the family Birnaviridae. The disease attacks the bursal component of the immune system resulting in immunosuppression due to the destruction of immature B lymphocytes and thereby increases susceptibility to secondary infect [...]