I . A flour was prepared from rhizomes of shoti (Curcumcr zedouriu) in such a way that most of the protein was retained. The crude protein fnitrogen x 6.25) content in this product *as 155 g/kg, compared with approximately 10 g/kg in commercial shoti flour. 2.The high-protein flour proved highly toxic to 5-week-old rats and caused IOO % mortality within 6 d when given at 320 g/kg diet.3. Fresh rhizomes were minced and dried, and the resulting meal was given to weanling rats at 400 g/kg diet. All the animals lost weight rapidly, and two of the five rats died within 4 d.4. This same shoti meal was given to 1-d-old chicks at IOO and 200 g/kg diet. All the chicks survived the test period (20 d), but body-weight, food intake and efficiency of food conversion decreased with increase in the level of shoti meal in the diet. 5.The traditional method of preparing shoti involves prolonged washing in changes of water, which removes most of the protein and other water-soluble nutrients and, presumably, a toxic constituent. Further investigation is needed to identify the toxic principle, and to discover a less wasteful procedure for removing it.Starch prepared from rhizomes of Curcuma zedoaria, commonly known as shoti, is extensively used as gruel to feed infants and invalids in many rural areas of Bangladesh, Jndia, Ceylon, China and other South-East Asian countries. Shoti is a member of the ginger family of plants (Zingiberaceae) and grows in abundance in the forests of India and Asia and at roadsides and on fallow land. It is also cultivated in some areas as a root crop. Villagers collect the rhizomes, mince them and then soak them in water for several hours. The fibres and coarse particles are removed and the white residue is washed several times to remove the camphoraceous odour and the pungent bitter principles. During this washing process most of the protein is removed. The washed residue is dried and ground and used to prepare gruel for infants. It has been reported that the raw, unprocessed tubers of shoti plants are also eaten, after washing, by the poorer section of the rural community during times of acute scarcity of food, and that the tender buds are sometimes used in salads.Shoti starch prepared commercially by the conventional method has only approximately 10 g crude protein (nitrogen x 6.25) and 800 g starch/kg. The dried whole rhizome contains 100-130 g crude protein with approximately 500 g starch/kg. The enormous quantities of shoti that grow naturally represent an under-exploited and potentially valuable source of food for humans and domestic animals. The initial aim in the present investigation was to conserve the protein in the preparation of a shoti meal, and to determine its nutritional quality in growth tests with chicks and rats.Two experiments weredone. For the first, shoti rhizomes were processed in the laboratory in such a way that the protein was largely retained in the flour. This material, shoti flour, was tested in growth assays with rats. For the second experiment, a shoti meal was made

The Pabna is one of the potential local cattle breeds in Bangladesh regarding milk production and its nutritive quality. The aim of the study was to know the effect of lactation length, parity and management on production performance and nutritional/physiochemical composition of the milk of local Pabna cows. Besides the regular milking, 15 days’ interval test day milking was recorded from 12 local Pabna cows with different lactation period (up to fifth month of calving) from BLRI Regional Station, Baghabari during January-September, 2018. In addition, 12 and 16 milk samples (200 ml/sample) were collected from the cows raised at BLRI Regional Station and the community of Dairy Development Research Project at Bera, Pabna district during June, 2018, respectively. Data were analyzed in an ANOVA of Completely Randomized Design and independent sample t-test, respectively, using SAS version 9.1.3 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA) including Tukey’s HSD post hoc test to separate means. The average daily milk yield was significantly (p<0.05) higher during the first month (4.62 L) of lactation and the lowest value recorded at 5th month (3.50 L). Among the test days milking better yield observed at 15 days (4.79 L) of experimental lactation period (p<0.05). The effect of lactation stages and parity number had no significant variations (p>0.05) on nutrient compositions of local Pabna cows’ milk in both on-station and community. However, the overall characteristics of milk between on-station and community had significant differences on the composition of total solids (p<0.001), SNF (p<0.001), fat (p<0.01), and protein (p<0.05) where the highest values found as 14.81, 8.65, 6.17 and 3.53% at on-station, respectively. The first month of lactation observed as best milk producing period among the five months and the management system had positive association with milk composition of local Pabna cows. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. March 2019, 5(1): 48-51

Objective: This study was aimed at clinical evaluation of surgical wound healing in goats treated with ethanolic extract of turmeric (Curcuma longa) rhizomes through topical route. Materials and methods: Eighteen surgical wounds were made in nine goats. The goats were divided into three groups; Group 1 (test group) was treated with ethanolic extract of turmeric, Group 2 (standard group) was treated with Povidone iodine, and the Group 3 was kept as untreated control. Follow up information was recorded from day 0 to day 21 postoperatively. Some morphological characters such as swelling area of wound, elevation of suture line from the skin surface, width of the suture area and contraction length per week were considered to determine the healing process. Bacteriological evaluation was done by conventional bacteriological techniques, and the tissue biopsies were stained by hematoxylin and eosin stains for histopathological studies. Results: Swelling of suturing area (11.51±0.36 mm) and elevation of suture line (2.65±0.41 mm) were lowest in wounds treated with ethanolic extract of turmeric. In histopathological studies, it was seen that tissue debris and hemorrhages disappeared and a thin line of keratin layer reappeared on the epidermal surface of the wound treated with ethanolic extract of turmeric. Conclusion: Ethanol treated turmeric enhances wound healing process in goats. This result could help the veterinarian and the researchers to consider herbal product especially ethanolic extract of turmeric for the treatment and better healing of surgical wounds with minimal complications.

The objective of this study was to clarify the inside of socio-economic condition and cattle production scenario in few areas of Pabna district. Data of socio-economic condition of farmers, cattle population, genotype and overall management were collected from three villages at Bera upazila of Pabna district during August to September in 2017. The collected data were tabulated and analyzed following one-way ANOVA including descriptive statistics. It was observed that the age of farmers were average 42 years with 19 years of average farming experiences. Agriculture was found as primary occupation (47.37%) followed by house wife (15.79%) and animal husbandry (10.53%). Among the total livestock population, 52% (n=286) was cattle with different genotypes but the frequency of local Pabna cattle was highest (70%). About 79% cattle were reared intensively at home because the areas were surrounded by water. The average peak day milk yield (4.56 liters) of local Pabna cattle was significantly (p <0.001) lower than Holstein crossbred (7.43 liters). The cattle feeding system was mostly intensive (77%) followed by semi-extensive (23%) with 60%, 49% and 98% restricted feeding for straw, green grass and concentrate feeds in the studied households. The capacity building training of farmers including different farm oriented facilities would enhance a dairy development programme in those areas from local Pabna cattle which could contribute their socio-economic condition as well.

In 1984 capripox entered Bangladesh developing into a severe epidemic causing high mortality in the indigenous goat population. Although at present mainly confined to the western districts the disease has spread to some central and northern districts and unless controlled could spread further. Clinically and biochemically the strain is closely related to a strain previously isolated in central India. It has been shown that restriction endonuclease analysis of the genome of field isolates of capripoxvirus can provide a useful epidemiological technique in investigating outbreaks of capripox.

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Cattle are affected by different types of parasitic diseases that can lead to economic losses to the farmers in terms of reduced growth and production performance and increased mortality. As such, this study was conducted at Animal Health Laboratory of BLRI regional station, Baghabari, Sirajganj to determine the clinical prevalence of various types of parasitic diseases in cattle of different age groups, sexes and seasons of a year. The data were collected during the period of July 2016 to June 2017 from the record book of AHL. Diagnosis of each faeces sample was done by direct observation, indirect smear and sedimentation method for the diagnosis of whole parasites, ova, larvae and cyst of enteric parasites. The total number of faeces sample was 701. It was observed that parasitic infestation was not affected by various body weight (p >0.05) but the age variation had significant differences (p <0.05) in infestation level. According to various parasitic loads multiple infestation observed (p<0.05) in those cattle having higher body weight. However, single infestation (Ascaria) identified in lower body weight (calf). In the Summer, single infestation found higher (44%) followed by double (32%) and non-infestation (17%). Similar patterns observed in Rainy, Autumn and Winter seasons of the studied feces samples. These data indicated higher percentage of single infestation in the tested samples followed by double parasitic loads. In addition, single infestation was higher in Autumn (54%) and Winter (59%) season while double parasitic loads found frequently in Summer (32%) and Rainy (37%) seasons. The frequency of Fasciola (21%) was observed the most followed by Fasciola + Paramphiastomum (13%) and Balantidium coli (10%) in the Summer. The frequency of Fasciola and Balantidium coli identified in similar pattern during Rainy, Autumn and Winter seasons. These data suggested that proper measure should be taken for those specific parasitic infestations in those areas from where feces samples were tested. In the tested feces samples of male and female 15.2% and 17.5% were found for Fasciola in both followed by Balantidium coli, respectively, 15.2% and 14.9% (Table 5). In case of double infestation of Fasciola & Paramphiastomum and Fasciola & Balantidium coli were 12.3% & 12.7% and 7.4% and 7.0%, respectively. This study will be conducted every year from now on and these large set of data can act as a guideline for farther research activities with parasitic diseases eradication and control of the surrounding areas of Baghabari.

This study was aimed to identify the phenotypic features of local Pabna calves including their growth trait attributes at BLRI Regional Station, Baghabari. Data on different phenotypic measurements and growth traits were collected from 12 half sib Pabna baby calves. Each calf was allowed to drink 10% of milk for individual’s body weight from respective dam. Data analyses were conducted following independent sample t-test and one-way ANOVA using SAS 9.1.3 (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA). Although significant differences observed in body weight (p<0.001), body length (p<0.05), heart girth (p<0.05) and mouth circumference (p<0.05) based on two types of birth weight groups in calves (<20 kg and ≥20 kg) but there were limited effects observed in the baby calves at three months except head length (p<0.05) considering dam’s body weights. Observed growth rate has no variations (p>0.05) in baby calves. This study revealed that half sib calves originated from the same sire had similar morphological features and growth in the early stage while dams’ body weight had limited effects on those aspects. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. March 2019, 5(1): 52-55