Animal Science Research : New Dimensions

Contents: Preface. 1. Fish and human welfare with special reference to its conservation strategies/Arvind Kumar and C. Bohra. 2. Ageing biology and related growth statistics of a freshwater fish Tor chilinoides (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from Garhwal Himalaya, India/S.P. Uniyal, Anoop K. Dobriyal and H.K. Joshi. 3. Role of birds in the seed dispersal of Zizyphus oenoplia (mill.) in a tropical deciduous forest of Central India/R.M. Mishra and Atul Mishra. 4. Avian community of orchard and its surrounding eucalyptus windbreak in Punjab Agricultural University, University Campus, Punjab/Sumit Chakravarty and J.S. Sandhul. 5. Influence of sago-wastes pressmud mixture on the growth and reproduction of an Indian epigeic earthworm Perionyx excavatus (Perrier)/A. Mary Violet Christy and R. Ramalingam. 6. Parasites of Uzi fly, exorista sorbillans Wiedemann (Diptera: Tachinidae) III. Biology of Nesolynx thymus (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)/Anand Kumar. 7. Humoral and cellular immunomodulation induced by Endosulfan in Swiss Albino Mice/P. Dhasarathan, A.J.A. Ranjithsingh and N. Sukumaran. 8. Effects of Parathion on Haemoglobin content in mice/Md. Aftab Alam, Pankaj Kumar, Ranjana and A.P. Mishra. 9. First record of pontoscolex corethrurus (Muller, 1856) (Oligochaeta: glossoscoloecidae) from Rajasthan/P. Bhardwaj and S.S. Suthar. 10. Scanning electron microscopic observation of Armpit gland secretion in field mouse, Mus booduga (L.)/S. Kannan and P. Ponmanickam. 11. Food preference of Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) under varying temperature and pH/N. Dhiman and S.K. Battish. 12. Host Parasitoid density relationship between Sylepta derogata (Lepidoptera) and Apanteles blateatae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)/T.V. Sathe. 13. Comparison of mosquito fauna in Srivilliputhur town and Krishnankovil Village, Tamil Nadu/K. Karuppasamy and T. Sooravan. 14. A study on proteins during the postnatal development of brain in rat, Rattus norvegicus/D. Anusuya and D.J. Prakash. 15. Thrombocytopenic effect of Buprenorphine in mice/Dhriti Banerjee and Nirmal Kumar Sarkar. 16. Chemical impact on the histological studies of the thyroid in the freshwater fish Channa orientalis (sch.)/S.V. Deshmukh and K.M. Kulkarni. 17. Length-weight relationship and relative condition in Catla-catla (ham.) from a pond in Jabalpur/Reeta Solanki, K.K. Dubey and A.K. Mandloi. 18. Alteration in oxygen consumption in freshwater snail Bellamya bengalensis (Lamarck) during pesticide exposure/P.H. Rohankar and K.M. Kulkarni. 19. Studies on the efficacy of five botanical extracts as Pupicidal against Trogoderma granarium (everts)/S.C. Dwivedi and Nidhi Bala Shekhawat. 20. Length-weight relationship between body and brain in Puntius conchonius (Pisces: Cyprinidae)/Pankaj K. Bahuguna, Hemant K. Joshi, Sandhya Goswami and Anoop K. Dobriyal. 21. Mosquito larvivorous potential of some indigenous fishes/Rajiv Shrivastava, S.K. Goyal, P.K. Mishra and Kapil Soni and R.C. Saxena. 22. Role of Liv-52 in protection against Vanadium intoxication/Shakti Bhardwaj and R. Mathur. 23. Seasonal incidence of diamondback moth on cabbage/A.P. Chavan, D.B. Pawar, D.B. Kadam and S.P. Kalhapure. 24. A comparative study on some enzymes of the atrial and ventricular tissues of the heart of Albino rats employing snake Venoms of two different geographical locations/D. Mukherjee and C.R. Maity. 25. On a new species of Genus Mehraorchis from the Gall Bladder of Rana cyanophlyctis/Anjna Prema Vandna Khalkho, M.T. Dan and Umapati Sahay. 26. Effect of opium on certain biochemical constituents of Albino rat, Rattus norwegicus/Arti Kumari and B.P. Akela. 27. New record of wild silk caterpillar, cricula trifenestrata Heifer on large Cardamon and notes on its biology/Sujata Yadav and Anand Kumar. 28. Inheritance of resistance in interspecific hybrid cotton to Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner)/Pandurang, B. Mohite and S. Uthamasamy. 29. Collection of fishes from Khaji-Kotnoor reservoir/Padmavathi and K. Vijaykumar. 30. Haemato-biochemical variation induced by monocrotophos in Cyprinus carpio during the exposure and recovery period/C. Maruthanayagam and G. Sharmila. 31. Growth inhibition activity of Quercitrin flavonoidal compound on Earias fabia (stall)/Sunil Dubey, P.K. Mishra, R.C. Saxena, Rahul Kavale and S. Patel. 32. Aquatic insects in the lentic systems of North Cachar Hills, Assam, India/Tara Nandi Majumdar and Abhik Gupta. 33. Identification of Mulberry genotypes suitable for Cocoon characters of silkworm, Bombyx mori L/B. Sannappa, Ramakrishna Naika, J. Shanthala and R. Govindan. 34. Cadmium chloride impact on thyroid of the fish Channa orientalis (sch.)/S.V. Deshmukh and K.M. Kulkarni. 35. Effect of environmental parameter (light) on pineal secretion in the Wistar Albino Rat/Pravin P. Joshi and K.M. Kulkarni. 36. Alternation in nucleic acid (DNA and RNA) concentration of a freshwater fish Tilapia mossambicus peters under fluoride stress condition/M.K. Mahapatra, B.P. Das and M. Shedpure. 37. A study of amylase activity in some Indian Prawns/Papree Chatterjee, Tushar Kanti Mukhopadhyay and Nirmal Kumar Sarkar. 38. Effect of Chlorine on common carps/C. Bala Murali Krishna. 39. A new species of microvelia Westwood, 1834 from India/Y.C. Gupta and V.K. Khandelwal. 40. Holistic approach in biological phenomena/M.P. Chaudhary. 41. The prevalence rate of certain stomach and nodular helminths of pigs belonging to Agra and neighbouring areas/Rajesh Prakash. 42. Rapid screening technique for measuring antibiosis to Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) in wild Gossypium spp./Panduran B. Mohite and S. Uthamasamy. 43. Impact of flyash of a thermal power station on biochemical parameters of a shrimp, Penaeus monodon inhabiting Ennore Brackishwater/E. Ekambaram and D. Sudarsanam. 44. Haemato-biochemical studies on some economically important North Indian fishes. III. On the occasional variation of organic metabolite-glucose/S.K. Singh, K.N. Srivastava and Amar Kumar. 45. Effect of body weight and sex on liver glycogen level of heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch.)/B.P. Akela. 46. Braconid parasitoids associated with rice insect pests in India/Arshad Ali Raider and Md. Noor Alam. 47. Evaluation of new molecule, spinosad 2.5 SC for the management of diamond blackmoth plutella xylostella on Cauliflower/Panduran B. Mohite, Sarjerao A. Patil and Babruwan B. Gaikwad. Index.

"The factors governing life on earth are changing constantly and the same is true for life too. The unique property of the living forms is their ability to change themselves, accepting the challenge caused by changes in the surroundings and this has enabled them to exploit the environment successfully, leading to their survival, multiplication and continuation on earth since first appearance.

The association of man and animals dates back to the prehistoric period. The prehistoric men knew animals; they could distinguish them from one another, from different angles, primarily from their daily needs and safety. The early Egyptians knew quite a lot about animals, and domesticated cattle, sheep, cats and ducks. Today the tree of animal science has grown steadily for millions of years, diversifying it in many branches. Our ever-increasing knowledge in animal science has enabled us to apply this science in human benefit, ranging from prevention of diseases to production of various items for our use, introduction and stabilization of new hybrids, and in many other fields. Hence, the animal science has attained new and advance spectrum, which is visible in this book. Therefore, it is to be noted that the present book is a unique compilation of most recent research articles in various fields of zoology and will be very much helpful for students, research scholars, and college or university teachers." (jacket)