Social responses to Koro illness was studied from an urban population (n = 118) of Darjeeling district of West Bengal State, during and after the North Bengal Koro epidemic. The prevalent social cognition of Koro as a positive illness paradigm, both among the Koro-affected and non-affected families, was the important social dynamics that helped the epidemic to spread as the illness in the regio...

In this present communication we report the occurrence of additional 13 Odonate species from Asansol-Durgapur Industrial Area, West Bengal, India, making total 76. This paper reports first record Libellago indica (Fraser, 1928) and photographic records Macromia flavicincta Selys, 1874 Bengal. It also range extension cingulata Rambur, 1842 Purulia District to Paschim Bardhaman District.

This research was focused on the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects of ethanolic extract of Scindapsus officinalis (EESO) fruit in laboratory animals and whether these effects were of any statistical significance. Carrageenan-induced Hind Paw Edema test in long evans rat was the experiment for anti-inflammatory activity of the ethanolic extract of...

As a part of an ongoing biodiversity survey of aseptate gregarine fauna of oligochaete hosts of West Bengal, an expedition was carried out in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal and most of the earthworms collected were found to be infested with a species of Monocystis Stein, 1848. The monocystid species was collected from the seminal vesicles of the earthworm and was identified as a new spe...

The paper reports a new citation record of butterfly species, the Indian Pierrot (Tarucus indica Evans, 1932) for first time in Baidyabati canal area, Hooghly district, southern West Bengal. distribution lies central and peninsular India including Brahmaputra plains but it has not been reported part Bengal, before.

Baruipur is one of the five subdivisions of district South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India. The subdivision is again comprised of seven blocks. People residing in these blocks are severely affected by the incidence of snakebite. Hundreds of people die of snake venom each year in this district. A survey was conducted in the seven blocks of the subdivision in search of potential anti ophidian bot...

The study pertains to the carcass traits of thirty yearling Sahabadi ewes that were raised under the semi intensive conditions by farmers in Bardhamman district of West Bengal. Sahabadi is one of the least studied sheep and owes its origin to Sahabad district of Bihar. The sheep bears coarse wool and is leggy. The results indicate that the dressing percentage of the ewes were low (39%). The wei...