The behavioural phase status of hatchling Schistocerca gregaria Forskål has been quantified using logistic regression, following treatments in which maternal and paternal phase, density during mating and oviposition, and nymphal rearing density were varied. All treatments (having a crowd-reared...

Bacterial isolates from commercial poultry feeds and from eggs, ovaries and oviducts of the broiler hens (Gallus domesticus L.) were used for characterization, bacterial load estimation, antibiogram profile analyses and identification. The presence of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative...

Using concentrations of 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8mg diatomaceous earth (DE) 100 mL-1 larval food medium, a mean LC50 value of 0.6636mg was determined for the 3rd-instar larvae of the housefly Musca domestica. Time-course mortalities of the larvae at the determined LC50 level were assessed at...

Carbofuran-fed changes in body, liver and kidney weights as well as alterations in the histopathology of hepatic and renal tissues in the Swiss albino mice Mus musculaus L. were assessed. Twenty 7-10 days old male mice were divided equally into five groups viz. T0 (control), T1, T2, T3 and T4,...

The study investigated the personal information and indigenous knowledge (IK) on feeding, breeding and health care; problems and opinions of the farmers (private enterprises) regarding beneficial dairy farming in Rajshahi District of Bangladesh. A total of 134 mini dairy farms belonging to 84...

Immature size and male mate choice in Culex quinquefasciatus were investigated using mosquito lines raised from homoeothermic and poikilothermic vertebrate host sources. Results revealed that the human-fed mothers, daughters and granddaughters had significantly larger larval size compared to the...

The present study assessed the management practices and feed supplements on growth performance of two common chicken breeds viz., Fayoumi (an exotic) and Sonali (a crossbred) in 10 Upozillas or Police Stations of Rajshahi District. For the collection of experimental data every week, a...

Using gamma radiation doses of 0-10 Gy to pupal stadium, reproduction and survival parameters in the parents and subsequent progenies up to F3 generations of the common houseflies Musca domestica L have been investigated. Compared to the untreated controls, irradiation significantly reduced egg...

Gamma radiation-induced changes in the reproductive parameters have been investigated using 0-10 Gy doses on adult houseflies Musca domestica L. Inheritance of the parameters was recorded in the parents and subsequent progenies up to F3 generations. Compared to the untreated controls,...

Seeds of black grams, lentils, Bengal grams and green peas were soaked separately in aqueous solutions of Triflumuron at doses of 0.0 (control), 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 ppm. Three day-old adults of Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) were allowed to oviposit on air-dried, treated...