Pub Date : 2015-04-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92188
Rohan Shringarpure, Mandar D. Kulkarni, C. Sawant, A. Bhagwat, V. Prakash
Long-term captivity is known to alter the microflora of animals. This alteration in microflora could be because of diet or the environment, and might affect the normal physiological functions of the animal. This study was conducted to assess whether captivity had altered the microflora of the critically endangered G yps vultures of three species - Longbilled Vulture, White-rumped Vulture, and Slender-billed Vulture - at the BNHS-Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore, Haryana. Cloacal and choanal swabs from 17 captive vultures, hatched at the Centre, were collected and analyzed for aerobic culturable bacteria. The birds were hatched in captivity and were in captivity from hatching till the time of sampling. Results from these samples were compared with the patterns obtained from 32 wild hatched vultures held in captivity at the centre, with patterns from four free ranging Red-headed Vultures used as control. No significant differences were found between the microflora of the captive and wild hatched vultures held in captivity, thus indicating that captivity did not affect the microflora of the captive hatched vultures. This study is the first of a series of planned studies, to ensure that the captive hatched vultures remain healthy and fit to be released in the wild.
{"title":"Does captivity affect the aerobic culturable gastrointestinal and respiratory microflora of the Indian Gyps vultures","authors":"Rohan Shringarpure, Mandar D. Kulkarni, C. Sawant, A. Bhagwat, V. Prakash","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92188","url":null,"abstract":"Long-term captivity is known to alter the microflora of animals. This alteration in microflora could be because of diet or the environment, and might affect the normal physiological functions of the animal. This study was conducted to assess whether captivity had altered the microflora of the critically endangered G yps vultures of three species - Longbilled Vulture, White-rumped Vulture, and Slender-billed Vulture - at the BNHS-Vulture Conservation Breeding Centre, Pinjore, Haryana. Cloacal and choanal swabs from 17 captive vultures, hatched at the Centre, were collected and analyzed for aerobic culturable bacteria. The birds were hatched in captivity and were in captivity from hatching till the time of sampling. Results from these samples were compared with the patterns obtained from 32 wild hatched vultures held in captivity at the centre, with patterns from four free ranging Red-headed Vultures used as control. No significant differences were found between the microflora of the captive and wild hatched vultures held in captivity, thus indicating that captivity did not affect the microflora of the captive hatched vultures. This study is the first of a series of planned studies, to ensure that the captive hatched vultures remain healthy and fit to be released in the wild.","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"112 1","pages":"8-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68139889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92348
K. Gosavi, K. Koli
{"title":"Pycnocycla Lindl. (Apiaceae): a new generic record for Maharashtra State, India","authors":"K. Gosavi, K. Koli","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92348","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"1 1","pages":"45-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68142056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92329
Asif N. Khan
{"title":"Record of Common Tern Sterna hirundo from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India","authors":"Asif N. Khan","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92329","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92329","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"112 1","pages":"30-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68140906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92319
Amol R. Kulavmode, V. Hegde, Ashish A. Kambale
{"title":"A note on seed dispersal of Rock Banana Ensete superbum by Asian Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus at Sinhgad fort, Maharashtra, India","authors":"Amol R. Kulavmode, V. Hegde, Ashish A. Kambale","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92319","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"112 1","pages":"25-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68141066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92186
Mandar D. Kulkarni, Rohan Shringarpure, P. Bhatt, Nikita Prakash, V. Prakash
One of the many challenges encountered during species conservation programmes is genetic management of threatened populations. Declining populations face the threat of genetic drift and/or imbalance in sex ratios, adding to the risk of extinction. The primary step in genetic management of any population is the isolation of DNA from an available tissue sample. Good quality and quantity of DNA, whenever isolated, could be preserved and applied in a number of studies. Collection of blood, which is a very good source of DNA, from birds is possible in conservation programmes. A simple and inexpensive protocol for DNA isolation facilitates processing the blood samples in the field with ease. Commercial kits, though available, are expensive and have limited shelf life. Herein, we report a simple protocol of DNA isolation from avian blood. The protocol did not employ any proteases or organic solvent, making it comparatively inexpensive. This protocol, initially developed for vulture blood, was successfully applied later for other species. The protocol could isolate DNA sufficient for at least 50 amplification reactions. The isolated DNA was found suitable for spectrometry as well as downstream applications like PCR and cloning.
{"title":"A simple and inexpensive protocol for DNA isolation from avian blood","authors":"Mandar D. Kulkarni, Rohan Shringarpure, P. Bhatt, Nikita Prakash, V. Prakash","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92186","url":null,"abstract":"One of the many challenges encountered during species conservation programmes is genetic management of threatened populations. Declining populations face the threat of genetic drift and/or imbalance in sex ratios, adding to the risk of extinction. The primary step in genetic management of any population is the isolation of DNA from an available tissue sample. Good quality and quantity of DNA, whenever isolated, could be preserved and applied in a number of studies. Collection of blood, which is a very good source of DNA, from birds is possible in conservation programmes. A simple and inexpensive protocol for DNA isolation facilitates processing the blood samples in the field with ease. Commercial kits, though available, are expensive and have limited shelf life. Herein, we report a simple protocol of DNA isolation from avian blood. The protocol did not employ any proteases or organic solvent, making it comparatively inexpensive. This protocol, initially developed for vulture blood, was successfully applied later for other species. The protocol could isolate DNA sufficient for at least 50 amplification reactions. The isolated DNA was found suitable for spectrometry as well as downstream applications like PCR and cloning.","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"27 1","pages":"3-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68139826","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92327
C. Sivaperuman, G. Gokulakrishnan, J. Dinesh
{"title":"New record of Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca (Guldenstadt, 1770) from Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India","authors":"C. Sivaperuman, G. Gokulakrishnan, J. Dinesh","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92327","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92327","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"112 1","pages":"28-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68140801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92360
N. Malpure, A. Chandore, S. Yadav
{"title":"Additional plant records for Karnataka, India","authors":"N. Malpure, A. Chandore, S. Yadav","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92360","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"49 1","pages":"51-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68141610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92345
Mandar Sawant
{"title":"Range extension of Lesser Three-ring Ypthima inica Hewitson (1864) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) southwards to the Northern Western Ghats, India","authors":"Mandar Sawant","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92345","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"112 1","pages":"40-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68141987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92339
A. Bapat
{"title":"First record of the Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis in Central India","authors":"A. Bapat","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92339","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"112 1","pages":"34-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68141806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-04-01DOI: 10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92340
Sanjeev Kumar, Seema C Kumar
{"title":"Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus (Linnaeus, 1766) nesting on Bottlebrush trees Callistemon in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India","authors":"Sanjeev Kumar, Seema C Kumar","doi":"10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92340","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17087/JBNHS/2015/V112I1/92340","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38429,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society","volume":"112 1","pages":"35-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68141970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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