{"title":"Studies of some aspects of rodent ecology in the four districts of the gangetic plain of West Bengal, India","authors":"Lalyan Brata Santra, C. K. Manna","doi":"10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1961","url":null,"abstract":"This study has been conducted in four Districts (i.e., Nadia, North 24-Parganas, Hooghly and Burdwan) of the Gangetic plain of West Bengal, India. The results of the present study indicate that these Districts are badly infested by various types of rodents. Among them wild Indian house rat ( Rattus rattus ) is quite preponderant followed by field mice ( Mus musculus ), Norway rat ( Rattus norvegicus ) and Indian mole rat ( Bandicota sp ). Percentage of the female individual of these species is higher than the male individual. They cause severe types of damages in the fields and houses. In the District Nadia, Hooghly, North 24-Parganas and Burdwan, paddy and potato were damaged and estimated during the study period. Other crops and vegetables such as wheat, gourd, cauliflower, cabbage and jute were also damaged by the rodents. Household properties e.g., books, clothes, utensils and electronic goods were also destroyed by the rats. Damages were maximum in the mud built houses. They build their nest and burrows in the upland, trees and periphery of the field but extensive damages were noticed in the centre of the field. Rodents breed throughout the year but peak breeding seasons are August to October and late winter season and average litter size is about 6 to 8. The present study also points out the migratory behavior, hoarding materials in the burrows, nature of damages in relation to field conditions. For the control operation of the rodents and especially the rats, it is essential to have a clear-cut idea about the species present in the area, their habit and habitat, mode of burrowing, their movements, preference of food and a detailed life history of predominant rodent species. These aspects have been thoroughly studied in the present investigation. Key words: Gangetic plain, West Bengal, rodents, Rattus rattus, paddy, burrow. Â Â doi:10.3329/ujzru.v27i0.1961 Univ. j. zool. Rajshahi Univ. Vol. 27, 2008 pp. 85-90","PeriodicalId":23467,"journal":{"name":"University Journal of Zoology, Rajshahi University","volume":"12 1","pages":"85-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86725056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of age, body weight, body condition and scrotal circumference on sperm abnormalities of bulls used for artificial insemination (AI) programme in Bangladesh","authors":"Jalal Uddin Sarder","doi":"10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1959","url":null,"abstract":"Impacts of age, body weight, body conditions, and scrotal circumference on sperm abnormalities of bulls used for artificial insemination (AI) in Bangladesh have been studied. During 1997-2002, 1390 ejaculates of semen from 71 bulls from Central Cattle Breeding Station and Dairy Farm, Savar, Dhaka, Rajshahi Dairy and Cattle Improvement Farm, Rajabarihat, and District Artificial Insemination Centre, Rajshahi, were collected and examined. Total head abnormalities, free loose head, mid-piece, tail abnormalities, proximal and distal cytoplamic droplets, total tail abnormalities and total sperm abnormalities were recorded. Age of the bulls had significant effect on sperm abnormalities (P 10 yrs) bulls having body weight of Key words : Bull sperm abnormalities, age, body weight, body conditions, scrotal circumference, artificial insemination (AI) doi:10.3329/ujzru.v27i0.1959 Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ \u0000 table.MsoNormalTable \u0000 {mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\"; \u0000 mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \u0000 mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \u0000 mso-style-noshow:yes; \u0000 mso-style-parent:\"\"; \u0000 mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; \u0000 mso-para-margin:0cm; \u0000 mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \u0000 mso-pagination:widow-orphan; \u0000 font-size:10.0pt; \u0000 font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \u0000 mso-ansi-language:#0400; \u0000 mso-fareast-language:#0400; \u0000 mso-bidi-language:#0400;} \u0000 Univ. j. zool. Rajshahi Univ. Vol. 27, 2008 pp. 73-78 Â Â","PeriodicalId":23467,"journal":{"name":"University Journal of Zoology, Rajshahi University","volume":"26 1","pages":"73-78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88259929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hossain, M. Hossain, M. Rahman, A. Akter, Da Khanom
{"title":"Prevalence of ectoparasites of carp fingerlings at Santaher, Bogra","authors":"Hossain, M. Hossain, M. Rahman, A. Akter, Da Khanom","doi":"10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1947","url":null,"abstract":"The research work was conducted to find out the seasonal prevalence of ectoparasites of carp fingerlings. Seven species of parasites viz. Trichodina domerguei , Trichodina reticulata , Chilodonella cyprini , Myxobolus koi , Dactylogyroides tripathi , Dactylogyrus extensus and Dactylogyrus catlarius were recovered from 640 fingerlings of Silver carp ( Hypophthalmicthys molitrix ), Bighead carp ( Ctenopharyngodon idella ), Common carp ( Cyprinus carpio ), Thai punti ( Puntius gonionotus ), Catla ( Catla catla ), Rui ( Labeo rohita ) and Mrigal ( Cirrhina mrigala ) from different nursery ponds of Bogra district during June 2005 to May 2006. The highest prevalence (95%) was in Trichodina domerguei and lowest (10%) in Dactylogyrus catlarius during winter season. Average prevalence of protozoan and monogenean parasite was 37.16 in rainy season, 40.08 in winter season and 30.25 in summer season. Winter is the most disease occurring season of the year. Key words: Ectoparasite, infestation, prevalence, fingerling, nursery pond  doi:10.3329/ujzru.v27i0.1947 Univ. j. zool. Rajshahi Univ. Vol. 27, 2008 pp. 17-19","PeriodicalId":23467,"journal":{"name":"University Journal of Zoology, Rajshahi University","volume":"8 1","pages":"17-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85087280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the food and feeding habit of an estuarine catfish ( Mystus gulio Hamilton) in the south-west coast of Bangladesh","authors":"M. Begum, M. Alam, M. Islam, HK Pal","doi":"10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1962","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract doi:10.3329/ujzru.v27i0.1962 Univ. j. zool. Rajshahi Univ. Vol. 27, 2008 pp. 91-94","PeriodicalId":23467,"journal":{"name":"University Journal of Zoology, Rajshahi University","volume":"C-34 1","pages":"91-94"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84449416","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Notes on Length-Weight Relationship and Condition Factor of Fresh Water Fish, Labeo boga (Hamilton) (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)","authors":"M. Pervin, M. Mortuza","doi":"10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1964","url":null,"abstract":"The length-weight relationship is very important for proper exploitation and management of the population of fish species. To obtain the relationship between total length and other body weight are also very much essential for stabilizing the taxonomic characters of the species. Among the freshwater fishes, length-weight relationship of different fishes has been done by many researchers, viz., Tilapia mosambica (Dhoa & Dewan, 1967), Puntius stigma (Islam & Hossain, 1991-92), Alia coila (Alam et al., 1994), Chanda nama and Chanda ranga (Iqbal et al., 199596), Botia lohachata (Mortuza & Mokarrama 2000), Rhinomugil corsula (Mortuza & Tawfeequa, 2006).","PeriodicalId":23467,"journal":{"name":"University Journal of Zoology, Rajshahi University","volume":"1 1","pages":"97-98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76817894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A study on the abundance of zooplankton of a culture and a non-culture pond of the Rajshahi University campus","authors":"S. Rahman, M. A. Hussain","doi":"10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1951","url":null,"abstract":"Zooplankton constitute important food item of many omnivorous and carnivorous fishes. The study was conducted with an aim to study the zooplankton production including physico-chemical parameters with an emphasis to the existing management practices taken by the operators. The study was carried out in a culture and a non-culture pond of Rajshahi University campus was carried out from September, 2004 to February, 2005. Monthly fluctuations of some physico-chemical parameters were noted. The ponds showed alkaline in nature with moderate bicarbonate alkalinity. Diurnal change of water temperature, free CO 2 and dissolved Oxygen were also studied. Four groups of zooplankton were identified, of which copepods (1260 units/l and 973.33 units/l in pond-1 and pond-2 respectively) were most dominant. A total of 9 genera of zooplankton were identified of which Cyclops (68.25% and 60.28% of total copepods) was most abundant in both ponds. Total zooplankton showed positive correlation with pH, carbonate alkalinity (CO 3 ) and bicarbonate alkalinity (HCO 3 ) in both ponds and DO, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) in pond-1. Present findings indicated that the culture pond showed better result than that of the non-culture pond regarding zooplankton production. Key words : Zooplankton, culture pond, non-culture pond, physico-chemical parameters. Â doi:10.3329/ujzru.v27i0.1951 Univ. j. zool. Rajshahi Univ. Vol. 27, 2008 pp. 35-41","PeriodicalId":23467,"journal":{"name":"University Journal of Zoology, Rajshahi University","volume":"131 1","pages":"35-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75978300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Shahjahan, M. Razzak, A. Islam, A. Saifullah, A. Yamanaka, Moeko Inoue, K. Endo
{"title":"Field Studies of Butterflies: A Trial for the Establishment of Indices to Evaluate the Seasonal Fluctuations and the Ecological States of Forests in Bangladesh","authors":"R. Shahjahan, M. Razzak, A. Islam, A. Saifullah, A. Yamanaka, Moeko Inoue, K. Endo","doi":"10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1958","url":null,"abstract":"To establish the indices evaluating the ecological conditions of forests in Bangladesh, total number of butterflies counted in 5 observation sites reached 27,805 (76 species, 10 families). Number of butterflies (IND) and species showed bimodal pattern of seasonal fluctuations peaked in April and November-to- December. The values of I(R5) also showed bimodal seasonal fluctuations peaked in January-to-February and July-to-September. The ratios of IND/I(R5) formed a large peak in November. Results indicate that species diversities of butterflies high in March-to-July decreased thereafter, the numbers of butterflies increased toward November in the study area. Key words : Butterfly, seasonal fluctuation, population indices, ecological states  doi:10.3329/ujzru.v27i0.1958 Univ. j. zool. Rajshahi Univ. Vol. 27, 2008 pp. 67-71","PeriodicalId":23467,"journal":{"name":"University Journal of Zoology, Rajshahi University","volume":"14 1","pages":"67-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88357764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Seasonal dynamics of plankton in relation to some environmental factors in a Beel ecosystem","authors":"Mmr Chowdhury, M. Mondol, S. Dewan","doi":"10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1955","url":null,"abstract":"Seasonal dynamics of plankton, water temperature, conductivity, pH, total alkalinity, phosphatephosphorus and nitrate-nitrogen of Burulia beel were measured. These values were within the acceptable ranges. In the present study, water temperature, pH, Nitrate-nitrogen, Phosphate-phosphorus were found to range from 13.50 to 30.50°C, 6.21 to 7.33, 1.36 to 2.85 mg/l and 0.07 to 0.71 mg/l, respectively. The range of total plankton was from 12.67A—10 5 to 80.83A—10 5 cells/l with mean value 29.71±19.98A—10 5 cells/l. A total of 47 genera of plankton was recorded belonging to Chlorophyceae, Bacillariophyceae, Cyanophyceae, Euglenophyceae, Dinophyceae, Crustacea and Rotifera. Among phytoplanktonic Chlorophyceae was the most dominant group contributing 46% of the total. Cyanophyceae was the least dominant group. From zooplankton, Crustacea was the most dominant group contributing 71% of the total zooplankton. The greatest abundance of phytoplankton was recorded in September to November with an average number 70.67A—10 5 cells/l and the minimum in April with an average number 38.33A—10 5 cells/l. The abundance of zooplankton showed two peaks, one in the months of August-October and another in the months of April-June. Phytoplankton and zooplankton have a direct relationship with each other. Key words : Burulia beel, phytoplankton, zooplankton    doi:10.3329/ujzru.v27i0.1955 Univ. j. zool. Rajshahi Univ. Vol. 27, 2008 pp. 55-58","PeriodicalId":23467,"journal":{"name":"University Journal of Zoology, Rajshahi University","volume":"72 1","pages":"55-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90484318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Toxicity of chloroform extracts of Derris indica Bennet. against Callosobruchus maculatus (F.) adults","authors":"Omar Ali Mondal, N. Islam","doi":"10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1963","url":null,"abstract":"Derris indica is belonging to family Fabaceae, inhabitants of India, Srilanka, Malaysia, North Australia and Polynesia, occurs in the tidal forests, river and canal banks, along the water edge in all districts in Bangladesh. It is a medicinal plant. The dried flowers are used in decoction to quench thirst in diabetes. Extracts of the leaves were active against Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus (Anon, 1969). The juice of the leaves is prescribed in flatulence dyspepsia, diarrhoea and cough. Preparation of plant materials for extraction: The fresh leaves, fruit shell, root bark, root wood, seeds, stem bark, and stem wood of D. indica were collected from Rajshahi University Campus.","PeriodicalId":23467,"journal":{"name":"University Journal of Zoology, Rajshahi University","volume":"54 1","pages":"95-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83962054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study on the zooplankton of Sona Dighi in Rajshahi, Bangladesh","authors":"Sabrina Naz, Sirajun Najia","doi":"10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1945","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3329/UJZRU.V27I0.1945","url":null,"abstract":"Zooplankton populations of Sona Dighi were remarkable. In all 31 genera and 45 species represented by five major groups have been reported from Sona Dighi, Rajshahi based on a year investigation. The recorded groups were as follows as Protozoa (5 genera, 4 species), Rotifera (7 genera, 11 species), Cladocera (6 genera, 8 species), Ostracoda (4 genera, 6 species) and Copepoda (9 genera, 15 species).Physical chemical characteristics and zooplankton diversity of the reservoir indicates its eutrophic nature. Key words: Zooplankton, Sona Dighi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Â doi:10.3329/ujzru.v27i0.1945 Univ. j. zool. Rajshahi Univ. Vol. 27, 2008 pp. 07-11","PeriodicalId":23467,"journal":{"name":"University Journal of Zoology, Rajshahi University","volume":"1 1","pages":"7-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83098963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}