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Brucellosis is endemic in Bangladesh both in humans and in animals. A number of reasons complicate the diagnosis, as bovine brucellosis can be diagnosed by various serological tests. But the tests have a limitation; when the organism remains intracellular, the disease goes into chronic stage and the antibody titres may decline. The present study was conducted for isolation and detection of Brucella spp. by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from seronegative cows. A total of 360 dairy cows from three geographical regions were screened serologically by Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT) where 24 samples were serologically positive and the rest of the samples were serologically negative. Among the 24 seropositive individuals, 11 were culture positive and 6 were culture positive from serologically negative dairy cows. The overall seroprevalence of brucellosis in cattle was 6.6% and in disease condition a higher prevalence was recorded in abortion (28.07%) followed by infertility (13.33%). To confirm the Brucella spp. in seronegative dairy cattle, the isolates were extracted and PCR was conducted, which produced 905 bp amplicon size of 6 Brucella spp. from milk sample. So, for the detection or eradication of brucellosis, a bacteriological test and a PCR technique should be performed with the serological test of milk.

Aim:This study was conducted for determination of the prevalence of colibacillosis in chicken in poultry farms in Mymensingh and Tangail districts. Isolation, identification, and antibiogram profile of Escherichia coli were also performed.Materials and Methods:A total of 25 chickens manifested clinical signs of colibacillosis were collected from five different poultry farms during natural outbreaks.Results:In broiler, the prevalence of colibacillosis was 0.84%, and in layer, prevalence was 0.80%. The prevalence of colibacillosis was 1.0% and 0.5% in 25-30 days old and 31-35 days old broiler, respectively. In case of layer birds, the prevalence was 0.6% in 40-45 days old bird and 1% in 46-50 days old bird. Identity of the E. coli isolate of chicken was confirmed by sugar fermentation, biochemical tests, and polymerase chain reaction assay. Antibiogram profile of E. coli isolate of chicken revealed that it was multidrug resistant (resistant against two antibiotics, such as ampicillin and cefalexin).Conclusion:Data of this study suggest that colibacillosis is prevalent in the study areas which underscore the need of implementation of prevention and control measure against this disease.

The genotype and genotype by environment biplot model is an excellent tool for visual multienvironment trials data analysis. In this study we investigated grain yield of six rice genotypes (three tested, one released hybrids and two inbred check varieties) in five environments. The combined analysis of variance for grain yield data indicated that the differences among all sources of variation were highly significant (P<0.001). Environment (E), Genotype (G) and G × E interaction effects accounted for 12.49, 76.51 and 10.21% of the total sum of squares respectively. The first two principal components (PC1 and PC2) were used to display a two-dimensional GGE biplot. Thus, genotypic PC1 scores>0 classified the high yielding genotypes while PC1 scores<0 identified low yielding genotypes. Unlike genotypic PC1, genotypic PC2 scores discriminated the unstable ones. The GGE biplot analysis was useful in identifying stable genotypes with high yield performance. In this study, the polygon view of GGE biplot showed that the vertex genotypes were BRRI1A/BR168R (G1), BRRI10A/BRRI10R (G2) and BRRI dhan28 (G5) having the largest distance from the origin, which was most discriminated genotypes with the unstable ones. These vertex genotypes BRRI1A/BR168R (G1) and BRRI10A/BRRI10R (G2) gave higher yield (PC1 scores>0) while another vertex genotype BRRI dhan28 (G5) produced low yield (PC1 score<0). Hence, the vertex genotype BRRI10A/BRRI10R (G2) was high yielding for all environments and it fell into section 1 following IR58025A/BRRI10R (G3) and BRRI hybrid dhan1 (G4). Mean yield and stability performance over environments of each genotype is explored by using the average environment (tester) coordinate (AEC) methods. These methods show that the genotypes BRRI10A/BRRI10R (G2), IR58025A/BRRI10R (G3) and BRRI hybrid dhan1 (G4) had higher stability as well as higher mean yield while the genotype IR58025A/BRRI10R (G3) had the highest stability out of these three genotypes. The ideal genotype biplot suggests that the closer to 'ideal' genotype was IR58025A/BRRI10R (G3) followed by G2 and G4 being more desirable than the other genotypes. Similarly, the environment Barisal (E3) was 'ideal' environment followed by E1 (Gazipur), E2 (Comilla) and E5 (Satkhira). Hence, the environment Barisal (E3) is more stable and suitable for all genotypes following Satkhira (E5) because it has large PC1 and small PC2 score but Rangpur (E4) is a discriminating environment because it has large PC2 score. The interrelationship among the environments according to the small angles of test environments was highly positively correlated. Gazipur (E1), Comilla (E2), Barisal (E3) and Satkhira (E5) were closely correlated with small angles but Rangpur (E4) had medium long angles. Comparison between two genotypes showed that BRRI10A/BRRI10R (G2) and IR58025A/BRRI10R (G3) were high yielder in test environments. Thus, the difference between G2 and G3 was relatively small in test environments.

ABSTRACT. A total of 328 cloacal swabs and 163 footpads of wild birds were investigated for the presence of salmonellae. All 19 isolates from cloacal swabs were serotyped as Salmonella Typhimurium susceptible to all five conventional antimicrobial agents (ampicillin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, oxytetracycline and nalidixic acid) tested. In contrast, 15 salmonellae isolated from footpads included S. Muenhen, S. Virchow, S. Bareily and S. Bovismorbificans, including S. Typhimurium; these non-Salmonella Typhimurium isolates showed multiple drug resistance. KEY WORDS: Salmonella, wild bird.

Built on deep-rooted political and cultural heritage, ‘rice security’ is the foundation of ‘food security’ in Bangladesh. The country has been in production-surplus of rice in the current decade feeding over 165 million people. This on-going ‘selfsufficiency momentum’ would require to maintain to meet increased demand from growing future population. On developmental side, Bangladesh is placed among the three of the world’s fastest growing economies in the years through to 2050. Rice sector would need to match with the pace of this growth. In addition, agriculture sector, that includes rice, is to double the productivity as the government commits to meet the SDG goal 2.3.1. This study addresses those issues through scoping increased rice production and productivity in Bangladesh, developing a plan of work (POW) on translating the scope and designing implementation plans and actions, incorporating efficiency, resilience, stability and sustainability issues, to achieve the POW. The study has used brainstorming, and rigorous analysis to achieve the objectives. The productivity has been explained in terms of yield- and labour-productivity. The developed three-winged ‘doubling rice productivity (DRP)’ framework directs yield enhancement and production accumulation in unexplored spaces (Wing-1); increased adoption of mechanization to impact on labour productivity (Wing-2), and improvements in nutritional quality and rice-based product diversity, and stabilizing the farmgate price (Wing-3). Analyses show, from the baseline figure of 35.29 MT in 2015, rice production in the country can be raised to 46.90 MT in 2030, 54.09 MT in 2040 and 60.85 MT in 2050 with combined contributions of three pillars – yield improvements by enhanced varietal potential (Pillar 1), reduction in existing yield gap (Pillar 2) and production increase by exploring unexplored spaces for rice (Pillar 3) of Wing-1 of the DRP. This production will produce a surplus of 6.50, 10.29 and 13.65 MT in 2030, 2040 and 2050, respectively, over the production target (40.40, 43.80 and 47.20 MT in 2030 and 2050, respectively). Results further reveal that through scale-appropriate mechanization backed up by estimated fair price, labour productivity in rice will be doubled by 2029, meeting the SDG 2.3.1. Good number of released varieties have been identified to have specific nutritional trait, and value adding quality. We have emphasized on much needed actions on demand-driven research for varietal development and field-adoptable management, mechanization for transplanting and harvesting operations, accommodation of rice in unexplored spaces, farmer-based speedy seed multiplication and dissemination system, establishment of commission for agricultural costs and prices, input buffer stock terminals for managing production risk, long-term storage and export of surplus production, and research-publicity-market development for rice-based products through public-private partnership. It is concluded that efficiency, resilience and sustainability around the three wings of DRP in the rice production systems to be ensured to achieve the rice production, productivity and labour use estimates. Bangladesh Rice J. 24 (2): 1-47, 2021

A B S T R A C TThis study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of Salmonella spp. in apparently healthy pigeons at the live bird markets, farms and villages in the Mymensingh district of Bangladesh. Cloacal swabs (n = 36), foot pads (n = 36) and feces (n = 40) of pigeons were collected aseptically and inoculated onto various culture media for isolation of Salmonella. Identification of Salmonella from culture positive samples was performed by cultural characteristics, Gram's staining and biochemical tests. The prevalence of Salmonella in cloacal swabs, foot pads and feces was 22.22%, 58.33% and 27.50%, respectively. The overall prevalence of Salmonella in pigeons was 35.71%. Pigeons at live bird markets, farms and villages showed a 40.48%, 20% and 30% prevalence of Salmonella, respectively. Antibiotic sensitivity tests of the Salmonella was performed by the disc diffusion method against 10 randomly used antibiotics. The highest rate of resistance was found with amoxicillin (90%) followed by ampicillin (80%), erythromycin (80%) and tetracycline (60%). The highest rate of sensitivity was recorded to ciprofloxacin (80%) followed by sulphamethoxazole (70%), chloramphenicol (60%), kanamycin (60%), gentamicin (60%) and nalidixic acid (60%). Data from this study suggest that pigeons carry multi-drug resistant Salmonella which can be transferred to humans through direct contact or the food chain and could cause a potential public health hazard.