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Salinity hinders the crop growth right from germination to maturity of crop plants by altering the water relations, nutrient balance, specific ion toxicity etc. Agronomic practices, though cannot reclaimed or remove the salts from the soil, but have potential role in managing...

Burgeoning demand for animal proteins for the growing human population has compelled the world to shift to the intensive farming system for animal rearing. The intensive farming system is highly conducive for the fast spread of animal diseases due to the high density of the&#x...

Dourine is often described as a slowly disappearing disease, but the persistence of dourine suspected cases in some Asian, European and African countries are still a major challenge. The diagnosis of disease is a matter of concern and need to be addressed by the researchers&#x...

Equine trypanosomiosis caused by Trypanosoma evansi is an important disease owing to high susceptibility and mortality throughout the world including India. In the present study a total of seventeen (n=17) horses tested positive for presence of T. evansi were evaluated for diagno...

During the last few decades cell culture techniques have developed rapidly and become a major tool in modern biotechnological research. The protozoan parasites have complex life cycles and therefore, there are a number of issues involved in successful culture of protozoan parasites due&...

The present study was undertaken to establish an optimal medium for primary culture initiation and maintenance of T. evansi isolated from different mammalian hosts of diverse geographical regions of India viz. donkey/1 (Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh), donkey/2 (Junagarh, Gujarat), pony/1 (Hisar...

To unravel equid trypanosomosis caused by Trypanosoma evansi in Punjab state of India, a cross sectional study was designed by utilizing parasitological and sero-molecular tools with objective to assess the prevalence of T. evansi in association with various risk factors in all agroclim...

A representative number of 217 camels (Camelus dromedarius) from different areas of western Rajasthan State, India, were examined from July 2002 to May 2003 for Trypanosoma evansi infection. The tests used were parasitological (wet blood film, WBF; stained thin blood smear, TBS),...

As parasitaemia is low and fluctuating during the chronic stage of infection, accurate detection of Trypanosoma evansi in blood is difficult. The primary aims of this investigation were to assess for the first time the seroprevalence of T. evansi in all agro-climatic zones of ...

Trypanosoma evansi infection typically produces wasting disease, but it can also develop into a neurological or meningoencephalitis form in equids. Trypanosomiasis in horses was treated with quinapyramine sulfate, and all the 14 infected animals were recovered clinically. After clinical recovery, ...

The present investigation aimed to study the parasitological, biochemical and clinical alterations in ponies during the course of Trypanosoma evansi experimental infection. Six female ponies were experimentally infected sub-cutaneously with mice adapted 2x106 T. evansi parasites, isolated from naturally&#x...

Trypanosoma evansi causes an economically important disease called surra, which is responsible for significant losses to livestock productivity in Asia, Africa, Central and South America. In the present study, a SYBR Green based quantitative PCR (qPCR) assay was optimized using primer...

Trypanosoma evansi, an extracellular haemoprotozoan parasite, causes surra in a wide range of domestic and wild animals. In the present study, a diagnostic PCR assay was developed using primers targeting invariable surface glycoprotein (ISG) gene of T. evansi, which amplified a 196 bp&#...

Trypanosomosis (surra) caused by Trypanosoma evansi is one of the important diseases of livestock including equines. The disease has the widest geographical range of all the pathogenic trypanosome species and is a major constraint to livestock productivity on the three con...

Trypanosoma evansi (T. evansi) is a causative agent of disease called surra, affecting wide range of domestic and wild animals. In this study, a PCR assay was developed using primers targeting ITS-1 region flaking between 5.8 S and 18 S subunits of rRNA. The test was ...

The present study deals with genetic diversity analysis by microsatellite genotyping of Trypanosoma evansi isolates collected from different livestock hosts (horse, donkey, camel and cattle) inhabiting different geographical location in North and North-western parts of India. Out of 12 mic...

Surra is an economically important disease of livestock caused by an extracellular haemoprotozoan parasite, Trypanosoma evansi. In this study, genomic DNA was extracted from six Trypanosoma isolates collected from different geographical areas, and twelve microsatellite loci were successfully amplified ...

Trypanosoma evansi is an extracellular flagellate blood protozoan parasite and an etiological agent of animal trypanosomosis. Presently, only a few drugs are registered and have been used for the treatment of animal trypanosomosis, but they show severe toxic effects and also face the&#x...

Nanoencapsulation is the promising approach to enhance the therapeutic potential of a drug. In the present investigation, piperine-loaded nanocapsules (NCs) was prepared and evaluated for antitrypanosomal activity against the parasite Trypanosoma evansi, a causative agent of trypanosomiasis. Piperine, a&#x...

Trypanosoma evansi, an extracellular haemoflagellate, has a wide range of hosts receptive and susceptible to infection, in which it revealed highly inconsistent clinical effects. Drugs used for the treatment of trypanosomosis have been utilized for more than five decades and have several...

Six Trypanosoma evansi isolates collected from ponies (PH1 and PK6), camel (CB2), donkeys (DJ3 and DH4) and cattle (CK5) from Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat states of India were used for molecular characterization of internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS 1). The DNA was...

Trypanosoma evansi is a haemo-protozoan parasite responsible for the disease surra, an economically important disease of wide range of domestic and wild animals. The present diagnostic methods using soluble antigens have inherent problems like lack of standardized and reproducible antigens, as&#x...

Background Trypanosoma evansi infections, commonly called ‘surra’, cause significant economic losses to livestock industry. While this infection is mainly restricted to large animals such as camels, donkeys and equines, recent reports indicate their ability to infect humans. There are no Wo...

Trypanosomatids continue to cause suffering among human and wide range of animal population and have enormous health, social and economic impact. The present constraints in control of trypanosomosis are availability of limited number of effective drugs with narrow safety index, nonavailability&#x...