| dc.description | Livestock reduces poverty and build up our national economy. Among Livestock plays
an important role as the backbone of agriculture. It provides milk, meat, egg, skin, fuel,
fertilizer and draft power. In Bangladesh cattle is the main source of draft power, urban
transport and harvesting crops. About 50 % of the people depend on their income source
from livestock.
According to our socio-economic situation, the knowledge of our farmer is very little
about livestock rearing, management, farming and infectious-noninfectious diseases like
hump sore, rabies, anthrax, black quarter, foot and mouth disease, PPR etc. As a result
they are suffering from various problems in daily life. So it is important to provide
knowledge about those diseases. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Stephanofilariasis one of the most harmful parasitic diseases caused by Stephanofilaria
assamensis is endemic to Bangladesh. The disease could neither be fully controlled nor
eradicated from these regions in spite of various attempts. The present study was
conducted to find out the prevalence of the disease in the endemic areas, its economic
impact and suitable measures for its eradication. The incidence rate was more in older
animals. The direct and indirect economic losses to farmers by way of loss of draught
days, delayed puberty, lower lactation yields and prolonged inter-calving period were
enormous. The control and eradication of Stephanofilariasis in bovines could be
successfully achieved especially by targeting the life cycle of the biological vector
(Musca conducens), the intermediate host. Improvement in general cleanliness and
hygiene to reduce the fly population. An experiment was carried out in nearby Villages
and also in the Laboratory in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Hajee
Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur during the period
from June-November/ 2013. The tobacco powder and the extract of neem leaves were
screened for assessment their comparative efficacy against humpsore in cattle. Among
these, neem leaves extract were used topically to cover the affected area and tobacco
powder was applied topically twice daily to the cattle. 15gm tobacco powder was mixed
with 85gm Vaseline for 28 days. Efficacy was recorded as compared to control. Extract
of neem leaves showed gradual increase of efficacy up to day 30" of treatment. Among
two drugs tobacco show better performance than neem leaves extract. | en_US |
