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STUDY ON THE PREVALENCE OF IXODID TICK INFESTATION AND ITS ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS IN CATTLE IN AND AROUND LAY ARMACHIHO DISTRICTS OF AMHARA REGION, NORTHWEST ETHIOPIA

Desalegn Zemene

Gondar, Ethiopia

ABSTRACT: Ticks are harmful blood sucking external parasites and cause economic loss towards livestock production and have a negative impact on food security, animal product and by products. A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2023 to March 2024 to estimate the prevalence of Ixodid Tick and its Associated Risk Factors in cattle in Lay Armachiho District, Amhara region, Norhwest Ethiopia. Simple random sampling procedure was used for selecting study animals. Descriptive statics and mixed effect logistic regression was used to assess the associations between ticks and its potential risk factors. A total of 384 Ixodid tick samples were collected from selected study cattle to idenitfy ticks at genus and species level. The overall prevalence of tick-borne hemoparasite was 37.76% (95% CI: 0.33-0.43) in the study area. From identified ticks, the genus level prevalence was 14.32%, 11.98%, 7.55% and 3.91% for Amblyomma, Boophilus, Rhipicephalus and Hyalomma, respectively. Groin and scrotum/udder is the most favorable tick attachment sites followed by dewlap, belly, neck, under tail and legs/hoof. Based on mixed effect logistic regression analysis, communal grazing land, agroecology, study kebeles, body condition score, season and communal watering point were identified as potential risk factors. Tick infestation plays an important role for the reduction of production and productivity in livestock industries. Therefore, strategic tick control measures should be carried out in order to minimize losses attributed to ticks in Ethiopia.

[Desalegn Zemene.

STUDY ON THE PREVALENCE OF IXODID TICK INFESTATION AND ITS ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS IN CATTLE IN AND AROUND LAY ARMACHIHO DISTRICTS OF AMHARA REGION, NORTHWEST ETHIOPIA. Researcher 2024;16(10):1-22]. ISSN 1553-9865 (print); ISSN 2163-8950 (online). http://www.sciencepub.net/researcher. 01. doi:10.7537/marsrsj161024.01

Key words: Cattle, Lay Armachiho, Prevalence, Tick, Risk factors

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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE RELATED TO DOG BITE VICTIMS ATTENDING AT ANTI-RABIES POST EXPOSURE VACCINE TAKER IN POLY HEALTH CENTER IN GONDAR TOWN, AMHARA REGION,  NORTHWEST ETHIOPIA.

Desalegn Zemene

Livestock Resources and Development Office Lay Armachiho, Ethiopia. Corresponding Author: Desalegn Zemene, Livestock Resources and Development Office Lay Armachiho, Ethiopia

ABSTRACT: Rabies is a neglected worst infectious disease with high case fatality rate, human deaths and economic losses. The virus affects all warm blooded animals including humans and invariably dies from the disease once clinical signs are manifested. A cross-sectional study was conducted from January 2023 to March 2024 in Gondar town, Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia, with the objectives to investigate their knowledge,  attitudes, and practices (KAP) of dog bite victims using questionnaire survey. Simple random sampling procedure was used for recruiting study participants. A total of 384 study participants were selected through face to face interview using pretested structured questionnaires. The quantitative KAP score were dichotomized as adequate and inadequate knowledge, desirable and undesirable attitude, and good and poor practice. Descriptive statics and mixed effect logistic regression considering individual dog bite victims as a random effect was used to see the association of predictor variables towards adequate knowledge, desirable attitude and good practice. The Majority of respondents (64.3%) were males and 49.7% were aged greater than 45 years. About (80.02%) the respondents were married and 41% of respondents were illiterate. About 82.6% of the respondents have adequate knowledge. About 100% the respondent were heard about rabies.  From a source of information for rabies 53.65%, 26.56%, 11.72% and 8.02% of the dog bite victims were heard about rabies from health practioners, mass media, conference meeting and personal efforts respectively. All (100%) of the respondents knew that the main source of transmission for rabies in humans is dog bites. About 88.02% of dog bite victims believed that rabies cannot be treated after the onset of clinical signs. About 10.42% of the respondents do not practice immediate washing the wound with water at the site of infection. Majority of the study participant (44.3%) dog bite victims were used traditional treatment as the best option for dog bites. The study revealed that the dog bite victims have good knowledge and desired attitude and high-risk behavioral practices which call for awareness creation and education towards rabies transmission and control and prevention practices.

[Desalegn Zemene. KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE RELATED TO DOG BITE VICTIMS ATTENDING AT ANTI-RABIES POST EXPOSURE VACCINE TAKER IN POLY HEALTH CENTER IN GONDAR TOWN, AMHARA REGION,  NORTHWEST ETHIOPIA. Researcher 2024;16(10):23-34]. ISSN 1553-9865 (print); ISSN 2163-8950 (online). http://www.sciencepub.net/researcher. 02. doi:10.7537/marsrsj161024.02

Key words: Dog bite victims, Ethiopia,  Gondar town, KAP, Rabies,  Risk factors

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STUDY ON THE PREVALENCE OF IXODID TICK INFESTATION AND ITS ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS IN CATTLE IN AND AROUND LAY ARMACHIHO DISTRICTS OF AMHARA REGION, NORTHWEST ETHIOPIA.

Desalegn Zemene

Livestock Resources and Development Office Lay Armachiho, Ethiopia.

Corresponding Author: Desalegn Zemene, Livestock Resources and Development Office Lay Armachiho, Ethiopia

ABSTRACT： Background: Ticks are harmful blood sucking external parasites and cause economic loss towards livestock production and have a negative impact on food security, animal product and by products. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of Ixodid Tick and its Associated Risk Factors in cattle in Lay Armachiho District, Amhara region, Norhwest Ethiopia. Methods: Simple random sampling procedure was used for selecting study animals. Descriptive statics and mixed effect logistic regression was used to assess the associations between ticks and its potential risk factors. Results: The overall prevalence of tick-borne hemoparasite was 37.76% (95% CI: 0.33-0.43) in the study area. From identified ticks, the genus level prevalence was 14.32%, 11.98%, 7.55% and 3.91% for Amblyomma, Boophilus, Rhipicephalus and Hyalomma, respectively. Groin and scrotum/udder is the most favorable tick attachment sites followed by dewlap, belly, neck, under tail and legs/hoof. Based on mixed effect logistic regression analysis, communal grazing land, agroecology, study kebeles, body condition score, season and communal watering point were identified as potential risk factors. Conclusions: Tick infestation plays an important role for the reduction of production and productivity in livestock industries. Therefore, strategic tick control measures should be carried out in order to minimize losses attributed to ticks in Ethiopia.

[Desalegn Zemene.

STUDY ON THE PREVALENCE OF IXODID TICK INFESTATION AND ITS ASSOCIATED RISK FACTORS IN CATTLE IN AND AROUND LAY ARMACHIHO DISTRICTS OF AMHARA REGION, NORTHWEST ETHIOPIA. Researcher 2024;16(10):35-45]. ISSN 1553-9865 (print); ISSN 2163-8950 (online). http://www.sciencepub.net/researcher. 03. doi:10.7537/marsrsj161024.03

Key words: Cattle, Lay Armachiho, Prevalence, Tick, Risk factors

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Ecocritical Prospective in Poetry

Bhupinder  Kaur

W.no 10,H.no 327, Gurdiyal Singh colony, Indri Karnal-132041 (Haryana)

Email-jagnoor9253471593.JS@gmail.com

Abstract: Ecocriticism has been a significant field of study since the last decade of the twentieth century. The chief focus of ecocriticism is the relationship man shares with nature. With the increasing crisis in ecology, it becomes important to study human-nature relationships more closely. It is known to all that the nineteenth century English romantic poets gave utmost importance on nature and have explored various shades of nature in their poetry. Among the nineteenth century romantics, William Wordsworth has explored nature in a more interesting way and has considered it as a separate entity. This paper is an attempt to study a few selected poems of William Wordsworth from an ecocritical perspective. A green literary text or an eco-poem is the wisdom of understanding human through nature. Green discourse is the need of the hour. Environmental chaos has given birth to the reinvention of glorified nature. Its purpose is to bring human beings from their insensitiveness towards nature. As a critical stance, it has one foot in literature and the other on land; as a theoretical discourse it negotiates between human and non-human. It aims to explore the environmental dimensions of literature. Although literature has dealt with environmental concerns since antiquity, it has never been has explored with such urgency as it is done today. The paper seeks to explore select poems in Indian English literature from an eco-critical perspective. Although there has been many poems in Indian English literature which deals explicitly with the nature, the attitude towards nature in those poems were that of pastoral impulse, an aesthetic appreciation of nature or a philosophical and mystical attitude towards nature. This paper makes an eco-critical analysis of select Indian English poems to give vent to eco terrorism and the general deterioration of the earth’s environment.

[Bhupinder  Kaur. Ecocritical Prospective in Poetry. Researcher 2024;16(10):46-48]. ISSN 1553-9865 (print); ISSN 2163-8950 (online). http://www.sciencepub.net/researcher. 04. doi:10.7537/marsrsj161024.04

Keywords: ecocriticism; ecology; romantic poetry; nature; human

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Mahankali River and its future

Gangadhara Rao Irlapati

H.No.5-30-4/1, Saibabanagar, Jeedimetla, Hyderabad, India-500055

Email:  gangadhar19582058@gmail.com

Abstract: The Mahankali River, belongs to the country of India in the Asian continent.. Here is an important and significant thing that scientists should be grasped and noted by the researchers regarding the changes in climate conditions.. Recently, due to climate changes, water bodies like rivers, lakes, ponds, reservoirs, barrages, dams, and glaciers etc. are drying up or overflowing, causing many catastrophic situations. According to the Indian Monsoon Time Scales, it is come to known that there will be climate changes in the coming years “i.e”  heavy rains and and floods etc. will occur until about 2075, and there will be droughts and famines until about 2150. So, based on the studies of the Indian Monsoon Time Scale, basins and catchment areas of the Mahankali River  will be filled with waters in the coming years. This is just only a scientific observation with a scientific perspective and not that these consequences will occur and in some years it may be fulfilled and in others it may not be fulfilled. In this study, we can take anything that is useful in scientific research. So scientists, engineers, irrigators etc. can monitor the conditions of the Mahankali River through the establishment and study of the Indian Monsoon Time Scale. Through this research, we can know the future consequences of the above Mahankali River catchment areas and basins. Plans can be made accordingly. So, Indian scientists can establish the Indian Monsoon Time Scale and predict what is going to happen in the above Mahankali River basins and catchment areas in the coming 50 years roughly. Now let us know how to design and establish of Indian Monsoon Time Scale, how to study the climate changes and how to predict the future conditions of the above Mahankali River. To predict the future conditions of the Mahankali River,  Indian  Monsoon Time Scale is described below for the convenience of Indian scientists to study the precipitation includes drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, ice pellets, graupel, and hail etc. around the catchment areas of the Mahankali River. Indian scientists may select and develop a suitable Monsoon Time Scale which is used to estimate the climate conditions in the catchment areas of the Mahankali River as outlined below.  

[Gangadhara Rao Irlapati. Mahankali River and its future. Researcher 2024;16(10):49-118]. ISSN 1553-9865 (print); ISSN 2163-8950 (online). http://www.sciencepub.net/researcher. 05. doi:10.7537/marsrsj161024.05

Keywords: Bioforecast (1965-70), A New Hypothetical Model of Cosmology (1970-77), Inquisition (1977-79), Basics of Geoscope (1980-87), Basics of Monsoon Time Scales (1987-91), Indian Monsoon Time Scale (1991), Researches on Earth and space related issues(1991-2000), Numerical Weather Periodic Tables (2000-10), Designs of Geoscope projects (2010-20), Designs of Global Monsoon Time Scales (2020-)

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Ancient "remains" and "rebirth": A study of Aby Warburg's imagology thought

GAO Minghui

Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Abstract: In recent years, the "Warburg" craze has gradually become a cultural trend rising in the related research fields of international and domestic art history. Influenced by cultural thought disciplines such as historical anthropology and psychological research, the theoretical core of Aby Warburg's art history research method is to focus on the interaction between art history works and Western ancient thought and classical culture. That is to study the transmission mechanism of classical ideological and cultural spiritual information and the deformation of its images, and explore how the West can truly understand the recurrence, close-up and sublimation of ancient classical culture in the real cultural society through such open and cross-border works of Western art history. The theme of "rebirth" of ancient "remains" in various times runs through the development of Warburg's academic career, and the exploration and research on it has far-reaching significance for our domestic art theory research and art practice.

[GAO Minghui. Ancient "remains" and "rebirth": A study of Aby Warburg's imagology thought. Researcher 2024;16(10):119-123]. ISSN 1553-9865 (print); ISSN 2163-8950 (online). http://www.sciencepub.net/researcher. 06. doi:10.7537/marsrsj161024.06