Epidemiology and pathology of ectoparasitic infestations in Black Bengal goats were studied in different areas of Mymensingh and Gaibandha districts, Bangladesh from December, 2006 to November, 2007. A total of 125 Black Bengal goats were examined. Among them 91 (72.8%) were infested with one or more species of ectoparasites. Six species of ectoparasites were identified, of which four species w...

Elavarasan Subramani, Priyanka Banerjee, Chaitali Dattaray, Debashis Chakrabarty, Baidyanath Chakravarty and Koel Chaudhury School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, West Bengal, India Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGME&R) and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata 700020, West Bengal, Indi...

AIM The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of risingtemperature on the metabolic as well as the reproductive performance of the black Bengal goat. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total 27 numbers of non-pregnant black Bengal goats of the same parity comprised the experimental animals. The selected goats were randomly assigned to 3 groups of 9 each, maintaining uniformity in body weigh...