Isolation and molecular characterization of a virulent Marek's Disease virus serotype-1from Andhra Pradesh, India.

Marek's disease (MD) is one of the most significant neoplastic diseases of poultry caused by Marek's disease virus (MDV), an oncogenic avian herpesvirus which is responsible for great economic losses to the poultry industry worldwide. MD is being manifested as an acute disease with lymphomas in multiple visceral organs. In the present study, an outbreak of MD was investigated in one of the poultry farms from Andhra Pradesh, India.

Assessment of acaricidal activity of nanoscale ZnO encapsulated piperine formulation against .

This study aims to synthesise and evaluate the acaricidal activity of nanoscale zinc oxide piperine formulation (NZPF) against ticks. NZPF was prepared by using zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs) and piperine by employing encapsulation technique; characterised by UV spectroscopy, Fourier transformed infrared analysis, X-ray diffraction, dynamic light scattering, zetapotential and scanning electron microscopy. Acaricidal activity of the NZPF on was evaluated using larval packet test (LPT) and adult immersion test (AIT).