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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Foot and Mouth Disease amongst Pastoral Practioners Adjoining the Bannerghatta National Park
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Swathi Muralidhar and Avinash Krishnan |
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International Journal of Latest Research in Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences (IJLRAVS), pp 01 - 14, Vol 01 - No. 01, 2019 |
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A social survey to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of foot and mouth disease among pastoral practioners along forest-farm interfaces adjoining the Bannerghatta National Park was conducted in 83 households comprising of 206 interviewees. It was observed that although 92.23% had knowledge about the incidence and prevalence of the disease and its implications in their husbandry practices, the overall KAP score was considered to be average among the practioners. There seemed to be major misconceptions with regard to routine of vaccination for FMD, which needs to be attended to immediately. Especially, a large void was found in knowledge with regard to neonatal vaccination in livestock and re- vaccination schedules. Importantly, irrespective of previous vaccination or not, 75.24% of the participants reported of recent foot and mouth disease outbreak in their herd with almost 57.28% of them reporting an outbreak in 2018-19. A strong association was seen between lack of education and experience in livestock with foot and mouth disease occurrence. We also found that since many practice grazing in or near forest areas, FMDV could be prevalent in their livestock and not being transmitted by the wild animals. The community members were positive about preventive care and disease monitoring if they received support from the responsible stakeholders. |
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Bannerghatta National Park, cattle, foot and mouth disease, vaccination, wildlife |
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Physicochemical Characterization and Organic Pollution Status of Tropical Urban Man-Made Lakes (Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire)
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Authors: |
Tapé Logboh David, Nangoh Kouamé Martin, Edia Oi Edia, Niamien-Ebrottié Julie Estelle & Ouattara Allassane |
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International Journal of Latest Research in Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences (IJLRAVS), pp 15 - 24, Vol 01 - No. 01, 2019 |
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Abiotic parameters and organic pollution level of the urban man-made lakes of Yamoussoukro city were analyzed. Twenty eight stations defined on eight lakes were sampled each two months during two years. Six environmental variables (temperature, conductivity, pH, dissolved oxygen, transparency and redox potential), transparency and percentage of substrata were measured at each campaign. Water samples were taken for the further determination of ammonium-nitrogen, nitrite and phosphate. The studied lakes presented a strong mineralization with values of conductivity ranging between 233.05 and 977 μS/cm. Multivariate analysis gathered stations into three clusters. There was not a significant variation in physicochemical parameters between clusters (Kruskal-Wallis test, P >0.05) with the exception of conductivity and nitrate significantly higher (Mann-Withney test, P < 0.05) and transparency significantly lower (Mann-Withney test, P < 0.05) in cluster I (composed only by samples from lake 7). The values of the organic pollution index (1.66 – 2.33) indicated a strong organic pollution in all studied lakes. The lake 7 (cluster I) represented the most polluted hydrosystem of the city so that it related to an emissary of wastewater. The studied lakes are engaged in an accelerated damage process which certainly leads them to the stage of hypereutrophy. |
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anthropic pressure, organic pollution, urban man-made lake, Yamoussoukro city, Côte d’Ivoire. |
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A Survey to Identify the Cause of Decline in Backyard Poultry Rearing in District Chitral, Khyberpakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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Kalim Ullah, Muhammad Sohail, Safir Ullah, Muhammad Rashid Khan, Imdad Ullah, Shakir Ullah |
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International Journal of Latest Research in Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences (IJLRAVS), pp 33 - 36, Vol 01 - No. 01, 2019 |
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This study examined the causes and issues of the decline in backyard poultry farming in rural areas of District Chitral. The basic objective of the study was to determine the problems and causes of the decline of backyard poultry farming in the recent past and to determine a possible solution for these issues. Data was collected through personal interviews from the respondents (farmers) using a simple questionnaire. Females (n=180) and males (n=180) having education above the metric were interviewed in the survey. It was noted that about 95% of domestic poultry is reared by females. It was also observed that a major portion of respondents (92%) consider that non availability of broody hens are cause of reduced backyard poultry farming while (87.5%) think that abrupt disease outbreaks are resulting in the decline in domestic poultry farming because then they consider it unsafe to rear backyard poultry, 65% considered that the educated females are less interested towards farming while only 31% pointed out the problem of poor nutrition. About 41% declared that wild foxes, dogs and cats a great problem in discouraging backyard poultry farming. Finally, it is recommended that as in Chitral the community is well organized so the peoples should be educated regarding rearing and importance of backyard farming and small incubators having capacity of 100-500 eggs may be provided to rural women and they should be trained on its operation. Mass vaccination of the rural poultry should be done through provision of vaccines. High producing strains like Fayumi and RIR should be introduced for improving the production performance of household poultry. Furthermore, it is recommended that the Government may encourage private sector for availability of balanced and economical feed in the study area to boost productivity of the backyard poultry farming. |
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Decline, Poultry, Backyard, Chitral |
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The Influence of Three Different Storage Methods on the Quality of Middle and Late Indica Rice
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Dandan Li, Xiaoxue Shan, Guangchao Xu, Zhihang Zhang, Xiaoping Yan, Tao Jiang, Jinying Chen |
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International Journal of Latest Research in Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences (IJLRAVS), pp 25 - 32, Vol 01 - No. 01, 2019 |
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Middle and late indica rice was stored for a year using three typical storage methods(nitrogen controlled atmosphere, quasi-low temperature and conventional storage)to explore the influence of different storage methods on the commercial quality. The results showed that for any of the above storage methods, with the extension of time, the quality of both middle and late indica rice changed. The fatty acid value and crack rate grew, while the milled rice rate, head rice yield and taste score dropped with the extension of storage time. After one-year storage, the fatty acid value of conventional storage increased by 7.5mg KOH/100g on a dry weight basis, the fatty acid value of nitrogen controlled atmosphere storage increased by 1.6 mg KOH/100g on a dry weight basis and the fatty acid value of quasi-low temperature storage increased by 1.2 mg KOH/100g on a dry weight basis. The increase of the fatty acid value of conventional storage was the highest, 4.7 times that of nitrogen controlled atmosphere storage, 6.25 times that of quasi-low temperature storage. The milled rice rate and head rice yield of conventional storage dropped by 8% and 5.8% respectively, the milled rice rate and head rice yield of nitrogen controlled atmosphere storage dropped by 4.7% and 2.8% respectively and the milled rice rate and head rice yield of quasi-low temperature storage dropped by 2.7% and 2.2% respectively. The differences in the milled rice rate and head rice yield were significant. The drop of quasi-low temperature storage was the smallest, followed by nitrogen controlled atmosphere storage. The drop of conventional storage was the greatest. Thus, nitrogen controlled atmosphere storage and quasi-low temperature storage can slow down the aging of grains. On the other hand, quasi-low temperature storage can retain water to a certain degree, which is beneficial to the safe storage of middle and late indica rice. |
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middle and late indica rice; conventional storage; nitrogen controlled atmosphere storage; quasi-low temperature storage; quality |
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