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Rabbit as a Source of Meat

The rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) was domesticated rather recently as compared to other farm animals. They were kept in captivity in Western Europe for meat and fur production since Roman times but were not actually domesticated until the middle age (Zeuner, 1963). The animal might have its original home either in

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Pharmacomicrobiomics – what’s that again?

Dr. Chandana Choudhury Baruah Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology College of Veterinary Science, AAU, Khanapara, Guwahati-781 022   If you are in the teaching line, you should always be in touch with the current topics or treatments if you are a physician. Hence, a new term recently I have come across in Readers’

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Enteral nutrition in non-invasive ventilation (NIV) patients in intensive care unit (ICU)

Syeda Tamanna Yasmin1* and Surovee Das 1 *1 Research Scholar, Dept. of Microbiology, Assam Don Bosco University, Guwahati, Assam 1Dept. of Nutrition and Dietetics, Martin Luther Christian University, Shillong, Meghalaya *Corresponding author, Email: syedatamanna60@gmail.com   Abstract: Enteral nutrition (EN) is provided to those patients who are unable to maintain adequate nutritional intake by their mouth.

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A behavioural note on the Velvet-fronted Nuthatch from Nameri National Park, Sonitpur, Assam

Dr. Leons Mathew Abraham Captive Breeding Manager, Pygmy Hog Conservation Programme, Basistha, Guwahati-781029 Email: leonsreptar@gmail.com In the late afternoon of March 23, 2022, I observed a pair of Velvet-fronted Nuthatches near the Pygmy Hog Conservation Centre, situated within the forest range office campus in Potasali, Sonitpur, Assam. Initially, the two birds were observed

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Ghee ahoy

While my children were in nursery classes, their staple food (breakfast) was ghee with jaha rice and boiled egg. The aroma and the taste lingered to them so much that even now they will happily gulp down on it before going to office. No doubt it is an excellent menu,

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The wonder ‘cross-eyed’ flatworm and its amazing ability to regenerate

Dr. Probodh Borah Professor & Head, Department of Animal Biotechnology College of Veterinary Science, AAU, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smed.jpg Can we dream of such a miracle in medicine one day when an accidentally lost, cut or amputated hand or leg can completely regenerate like before? Although the currently available knowledge and technologies are not

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গাইগৰুৰ অঋতু সমস্যাঃ এক আলোকপাত

নেকিবউদ্দিন আহমেদ*, কুতুবুদ্দিন আহমেদ,  দীপক কুমাৰ শৰ্মা, লক্ষ্যজ্যোতি দত্ত আৰু সম্পূৰ্ণ নন্দ যাদৱ পশু চিকিৎসা বিজ্ঞান মহাবিদ্যালয়, অসম কৃষি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, খানাপাৰা - ৭৮১০২২, গুৱাহাটী, অসম *ই-মেইল: nekibuddin.ahmed@aau.ac.in চেউৰী গৰু এবাৰ প্ৰাপ্তবয়স্ক হোৱাৰ পাছত প্ৰতি ২১ দিনৰ মূৰে-মূৰে ঋতু-প্ৰৱেশ কৰে অথবা গৰম হয়। এই গৰম হোৱা কালচোৱাৰ ভিতৰত উপযুক্ত সময়ত পাল খুৱালে বা কৃত্ৰিম

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