isolation and characterization of bohv-1 from cattle in west bengal, india

Isolation of Bovine Herpesvirus-1 (BoHV-1) From Latently Infected/Carrier Cattle in Ahvaz

Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BoHV-1) is one of the most important infectious viruses of cattle which is considered as the causative agent of several clinical conditions in this species. Hence, we tried to isolate a local strain of the virus from carrier cattle in Ahvaz based on a strategy for reactivation of the latent infection in hosts having antibodies against the virus. Thus, 20 cattle were examin...

Isolation and Characterization of Arsenic-Resistant Bacteria from Contaminated Water-Bodies in West Bengal, India

Isolation and Characterization of Arsenic-Resistant Bacteria from Contaminated Water-Bodies in West Bengal, India Ramansu Goswami, Suprabhat Mukherjee, Vipin Singh Rana, Dhira Rani Saha, Rajagopal Raman, Pratap Kumar Padhy & Shibnath Mazumder a Immunobiology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India b Parasitology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati Unive...

Genomic Characterization of Nipah Virus, West Bengal, India

An intrafamilial outbreak in West Bengal, India, involving 5 deaths and person-to-person transmission was attributed to Nipah virus. Full-genome sequence of Nipah virus (18,252 nt) amplified from lung tissue showed 99.2% nt and 99.8% aa identity with the Bangladesh-2004 isolate, suggesting a common source of the virus.

Isolation and Characterization of Clostridium chauvoei Strains Isolated from Cases of Blackleg in Cattle in Iran

Detection and characterization of pathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa from bovine subclinical mastitis in West Bengal, India

AIM Subclinical mastitis in bovines is mainly responsible for the huge economic loss of the dairy farmers, of which Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the causative agents. The study was aimed at a screening of suspected milk samples from different cattle farms of West Bengal for detection and confirmation of P. aeruginosa strains followed by their characterization. MATERIALS AND METHODS Around...

Prevalence of paratuberculosis in organized and unorganized dairy cattle herds in West Bengal, India

AIM The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence pattern of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, the causative agent of paratuberculosis or Johne's disease, in unorganized as well as organized cattle herds in West Bengal. MATERIALS AND METHODS Four organized cattle farms with identical management practice in Nadia (n=3) and South 24 Parganas (n=1) districts and three unorgani...