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Open AccessA review on the anti-parasitic activity of ruthenium compounds
There are many infectious diseases in the world caused by parasites. Among them, toxoplasmosis, American trypanosomiasis, African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, neosporosis and malaria are more common and con...
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Effect of Metanil Yellow on Pre-natal and Post-natal Physiology: A Study on Rat Model
Metanil yellow (MY) is a widely used colour additive to impart yellow or orange hues in food items to make it more attractive to consumers. Previous studies have shown that MY can put a negative impact to our ...
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Role of traditional Indian plants on treating myelosuppression caused by chemotherapy with special reference to cyclophosphamide
Chemotherapeutic drugs like cyclophosphamide, cisplatin and carboplatin can suppress both cellular and humoral immunity and decrease the activity of myeloid progenitor cells in the bone marrow which leads to a...
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What Corvus splendens Offers as a Host: Tolerance or Controlled Aggression?
A study was conducted to investigate the parasitic diversity prevailing in the natural population of common crow, Corvus splendens from an urban habitat of Kolkata, India. A population of twenty birds were examin...
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Reduction of methane and nitrogen emission and improvement of feed efficiency, rumen fermentation, and milk production through strategic supplementation of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus citriodora) leaf meal in the diet of lactating buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
Buffalo plays a compelling role in reducing malnutrition and ensuring food to the people of Asian countries by its major contribution to milk and meat pool of the livestock agriculture farming system in the re...
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Diagnostics and real-time extended range prediction of cold waves over India
Cold wave (CW) events over India are usually observed during the boreal winter months, November–February. This study proposes an objective criterion using the actual, departure from normal and the percentile v...
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Evaluation and comparison of the subseasonal prediction skill of Indian summer monsoon in IITM CFSv2 and UKMO GloSea5
Documentation of the skill of a prediction system and its comparison with those of leading modelling centres are crucial in model development. This facilitates understanding the limitations of the existing pre...
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The intraseasonal fluctuation of Indian summer monsoon rainfall and its relation with monsoon intraseasonal oscillation (MISO) and Madden Julian oscillation (MJO)
The intraseasonal fluctuations of Indian summer monsoon rainfall (ISMR) are mainly controlled by northward propagating monsoon intraseasonal oscillation (MISO) and eastward propagating Madden Julian oscillatio...
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Extended-range forecast of monsoon at smaller spatial domains over India for application in agriculture
The performance of the operational extended-range forecast (ERF) issued by IMD is evaluated for the southwest monsoon 2020. The normal onset of monsoon over Kerala (the southern tip of India) with subsequent r...
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Kharif rice yield prediction over Gangetic West Bengal using IITM-IMD extended range forecast products
The economy and livelihood of the State of West Bengal in India are mainly dependent on agriculture. Rice is one of the major crops of this state, and it contributes a significant proportion to the rice produc...
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Large-scale features associated with excess monsoon rainfall over india during 2019 and the real-time extended range forecast
The performance of operational extended range forecast (ERF) issued by IMD is evaluated for the southwest monsoon 2019, which is one of the excess monsoon years. The delayed onset of monsoon over southern tip ...
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Effect of Black Tea (Camellia sinensis) Extract on Thyroid Physiology During Pregnancy in Experimental Animal Model
Tea (Camellia sinensis) being the most consumed beverage worldwide. The safety evaluation of tea needs to be monitored during pregnancy, prenatal as well as postnatal developmental period beside its beneficial ro...
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Value addition to forecasting: towards Kharif rice crop predictability through local climate variations associated with Indo-Pacific climate drivers
The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) has generated seasonal and extended range hindcast products for 1981–2008 and 2003–2016, respectively, using the IITM-Climate Forecast System (IITM-CFS) coup...
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Open AccessReducing enteric methane production from buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) by garlic oil supplementation in in vitro rumen fermentation system
Enteric methane production contributes significantly to the greenhouse gas emission globally. Although, buffaloes are integral part of livestock production in Asian countries, contributing milk, meat and draft...
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MJO Prediction Skill Using IITM Extended Range Prediction System and Comparison with ECMWF S2S
Eastward propagating Madden–Julian Oscillation (MJO) is a dominant mode of the intraseasonal variability and hence a potential source of intraseasonal predictability. Therefore, advancing MJO prediction using ...
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Open AccessDevelopment of a probabilistic early health warning system based on meteorological parameters
Among the other diseases, malaria and diarrhoea have a large disease burden in India, especially among children. Changes in rainfall and temperature patterns likely play a major role in the increased incidence...
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Active-Break Transitions of Monsoons Over India as Predicted by Coupled Model Ensembles
The active-break cycle of monsoons is the most important phenomenon of the Indian summer monsoon, and its prediction in real time will help to review the ongoing monsoon conditions for providing outlooks to fa...
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Associative effects of plant secondary metabolites in modulating in vitro methanogenesis, volatile fatty acids production and fermentation of feed in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)
The present study was conducted to examine the plant bioactive compounds individually and in association for modulation of rumen fermentation in buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) with the aim to develop phytogenic feed a...
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Abatement of enteric methane production from lactating Murrah buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) with improving production performance and immune status through dietary supplementation of composite feed additive
Ruminant livestock production processes are the major sources of methane production in agriculture sector triggering global environmental pollution. Above 90% of world buffalo population present in Asian count...
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Black Tea (Camellia sinensis) Extract Induced Changes in Blood and Liver Parameters on Pregnant and Lactating Experimental Albino Rats
This study was to evaluate the changes in blood and liver parameters caused by oral dose of black tea extract (BTE) in experimental albino rats throughout pregnancy and lactation periods. Pregnant female Wiste...
