Nirajan Thapa

Muscone is a precious product of Musk deer. The identification of alleged muscone in illegal trade is a demanding job for expert. Muskdeer hair characteristics were observed and GC/MS based muscone identification effective protocol was established in this study. Keywords: Illegal trade; Muskpod; Musk deer hair; Muscone identification; GC/MS. DOI: 10.3126/sw.v7i7.3829 Scientific World Vol.7(7) 2009 pp.68-70

A hospital based study was carried out in the Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine with the aim to initiate the isolation and identification of Aeromonas spp. from the stool samples of gastroenteritic patients and to determine the prevalence of Aeromonas spp. in other clinical samples and water. Altogether 293 samples were investigated that include 172 stool samples, 60 pus/wound swabs, 20 body fluids and 41 water samples. The samples were collected and processed by standard microbiological techniques in order to isolate Aeromonas. Ampicillin blood agar (20 microg/ml) was used as selective medium for the isolation of Aeromonas. The specimen prevalence rate of Aeromonas spp. in stool was found to be 5.2% and the A. hydrophila (55.5%) was the predominant species followed by A. caviae (33.3%) and A. sobria (11.1%) in the stool samples. Likewise, 3.3% of pus sample showed positive growth of A. hydrophila. Aeromonas was not detected in...

Abstract: Despite very strict wildlife protection acts in several countries and trading laws such as CITES, illegal trading and poaching of wildlife is still active mostly because of the use of their parts in Chinese medicinal products and ornaments. For successfully identifying wildlife and their parts, mitochondrial DNA sequencing is being used now-a-days. DNA bar coding using fragments of cytochrome b and cytochrome oxidase I genes are frequently utilized for mammalian species identification. This mini review describes some of the mtDNA sequences and STR markers used for mammalian species identification in the field of forensic wildlife along with the problems associated and their possible solutions.

A hospital based study was carried out in the Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine with the aim to initiate the isolation and identification of Aeromonas spp. from the stool samples of gastroenteritic patients and to determine the prevalence of Aeromonas spp. in other clinical samples and water. Altogether 293 samples were investigated that include 172 stool samples, 60 pus/wound swabs, 20 body fluids and 41 water samples. The samples were collected and processed by standard microbiological techniques in order to isolate Aeromonas. Ampicillin blood agar (20 microg/ml) was used as selective medium for the isolation of Aeromonas. The specimen prevalence rate of Aeromonas spp. in stool was found to be 5.2% and the A. hydrophila (55.5%) was the predominant species followed by A. caviae (33.3%) and A. sobria (11.1%) in the stool samples. Likewise, 3.3% of pus sample showed positive growth of A. hydrophila. Aeromonas was not detected in...