Life Sciences

Background: The objective of the present study was directed to perform a comparative study for the protective efficacy of different vaccine formulation to evoke protection against caseous lymphadenitis in sheep. Materials and Methods: The protective efficacy of two formulated vaccines against Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis biotype 1 was tested on 9 male local sheep bread (Balady) from a herd free from caseous lymphadenitis Disease. Using a virulent strain of C.

Soil degradation is an important global issue because of its adverse impact on agronomic productivity, the environment, and its effect on food security and the quality of life. Productivity impacts of soil degradation are due to a decline in soil quality on site where degradation occurs (e.g. erosion) and off site where sediments are deposited. The present study aimed to identify possible signs of soil degradation in a rural property in a region of the State of São Paulo in Brazil.

Introduction: Neonates and children are often exposed to pain from invasive procedures during intensive care and postoperative period. Evidence suggests that the exposure to acute pain in early life leads to long-term consequences. Opioid analgesics are the most effective and frequently used substances for the relief of moderate to severe pain in adults and children.

Obesity has reached alarming proportions around the world, and it is responsible for an important burden for the health systems andincrease of deaths both in developed and developing countries.

A reactor horizontally oriented was developed for bio-char for preparation from agricultural crop residues. The study was conducted at three levels of predefined temperature of 450, 500 and 550°C and residual time duration of 60, 120 and 180 min for optimization of temperature for obtaining the better quality of bio-char. The average recovery of bio-char prepared from pigeon-pea stalk was found to be 40.30%.

The legal responsibility of the destination and treatment of waste and industrial effluents is due to the generator, the appropriate treatment and installation for disposal have become a problem, since industrial production is increasingly generating complex waste. Residues with concentrations of salt and organic matter from the chemical, agri-food, leather and oil industries negatively affect conventional treatments, inhibiting enzymatic activity of microorganisms.

Like water and air, soil is essential for growing vegetation and afforestation. Pollution of soil leads to contamination of vegetation and also of the nearby water reservoirs making it unhealthy for the human consumption. Heavy metal contamination of soil has been observed since years due to rapid industrialization, transportation and dumping of garbage at dumping sites. Pollution indices act as a powerful tool for assessing the extent of soil pollution. In this study, soil samples were collected from five different locations of Nashik district.

Haricot beans (Phaseolus vulgaris l.) is among the food crop grown in Cameroon for food security due to its high nutritional value and income earning abilities. Moreover, it is also a tradable as its value chain extend from Cameroon to neighboring countries thus an important foreign exchange earner. However, most rural farmers have not exploited its full potential due to some supply side constraints such as production and agronomic shortcomings as well as demand side constraints such as suboptimal markets and sales conditions.

Climate change stimulates food shortages, especially in developing countries and sub Saharan Africa in particular, where agriculture is largely subsistence. That gender affects access to resources is a truism. However, how gender influences food shortages in climate-dependent, rain-fed agricultural systems is still largely unknown. We explore gender-related vulnerability to food shortages amongst 320 subsistence agricultural households in Cameroon, using both quantitative and qualitative methods.

The present investigation was carried out to study the effect of different growth regulators on propagation of China rose (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) in subtropical zone of West Bengal under natural ventilated polyhouse at Jaguli farm of Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia, West Bengal, during 2014-15 and 2015-16. All parameters were significantly varied among the treatments during investigation (T1:IAA @1000ppm, T2:IAA@2000ppm, T3:IAA @3000ppm, T4:IBA @1000ppm, T5:IBA @2000ppm, T6:IBA @3000ppm, T7:NAA @1000ppm, T8:NAA @2000ppm, T9:NAA @3000ppm, T10:Rootex, T11:Control ).