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Directorate General of Health Services
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (GOI)
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ANNUAL REPORT 1997
 
CONTENTS
1.   Introduction
          Organisation Chart
          NICD Faculty/Administration/Staff
          Budget at a Glance (1997)
2.   Objectives and Functions of the Institute
3.   National Health Programmes
          National Surveillance Programme for Communicable Diseases (NSPCD)
          Guinea Worm Eradication Programme (GWEP)
          Yaws Eradication Programme (YEP)
4.   Scientific and Research Activities
       Headquarters
          Division of AIDS & HIV
          Division fo Biochemistry/Biotechnology
          Division of Epidemiology
          Division of Helminthology
          Division of Microbiology
          Division of Medical Entomology/Vector Control
          Division of Training & Malariology
          Division of Zoonosis
       Branches
          Alwar
          Bangalore
          Calicut
          Coonoor
          Jagdalpur
          Patna
          Rajamundry
          Varanasi
5.   Manpower Development/Training Courses, Workshops, Seminars
6.   Outbreak Investigations
7.   Participation in Conferences, Workshops, Seminars and Symposia
8.   WHO/Other International Fellowships
9.   Membership of Expert Committes/Advisory Panel/Honours
10. Important Visitors during the Year
11. Publications/Presentations
Annexures
          Central Library
          Central Animal Facility

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Annexure II

Central Animal Facility

The Central Animal House provides laboratory to various divisions of NICD and also to other Govt. Semi Govt. and Private Institutions. These animals are mainly used for diagnostic purpose for identification of the aetiology of outbreaks and for breeding colonies of various species of mosquitoes.

Animal species used at NICD

The following animals were supplied by the Central Animal House to various Divisions of NICD for different experimental purposes:

Animal species used at NICD

The following animals were supplied by the Central Animal House to various Divisions of NICD for different experimental purposes:

 

S. No.

Animal sp.

Division

Project in which used

 

 

 

 

1.

White Mice

Zoonosis

Rabies

a.      Mouse inoculation test

b.      Preparation of antigen used for rabies diagnosis

Toxoplasmosis

Maintenance of Toxoplasma gondii strain for antigen preparation (used in serodiagnosis of Texoplasmosis).

Plague

Isolation & purification of plague bacilli from field specimens.

 

 

Entomology

Maintenance of rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) to study the residual effect of insecticides.

2.

White rat

(Albino rat)

Biochemistry

Toxicology

a.      Pesticide feeding experiments

b.      Immunological studies related to pesticides effects

 

 

Helminthology

Filaria

Maintenance of Litomosoides carinii Ornithomyssus bacoti mites

3.

Rabbits

Zoonosis

Leishmania

a.      Blood is used for preparation of media used for maintaining the Leishmania strains

b.      Production of antisera used in sero-diagnosis of Leishmaniasis

 

 

 

Texoplasma

Production of antisera used in serodiagnosis of toxoplasmosis

For detecting circulating antigen by gel diffusion test.

 

 

Helminthology

Feeding of mosquitoes maintaining Filaria strains (Dirofilaria reopens and D.immitis

 

 

Entomology

Feeding of mosquitoes (Anopheles stephensi and Aedes aegypti)

 

 

Biochemistry

a.   Study on pesticides

b.   Raising antisera for serodiagnosis

4.

Guniea Pigs

Zoonosis

Serum for complement fixation test

5.

Hemsters

Zoonosis

Maintenance of strain of Leishmania donovani

6.

Sheep

Microbiology

Media preparation

7.

Geese

Zoonosis

Virological studies

8.

Fowls

Trg. & Malariology

Development of anti human and anti bovine sera for testing of blood meals of mosquitoes

9.

Monkeys

Microbiology

Measles

Blood is used to test measles antibodies

10.

Pigeno

Entomology

Feeding of mosquitoes (Culex quinquefasiatus)

 

 

Helminthology

Filaria

Feeding of mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti)

11.

Fish

(Larvivorus)

Entomology

Gambusia affinis (Clean water) Poecilliaresticulatus (Dirty water) for Vector Control Studies.

Animal Species supplied to other institutions

The following animals were supplied to other institutions

S. No.

Species Supplied

Name of the Institutions

1.

Albino Rats

AIIMS

2.

Albino Mice

Gujarat Agricultural University

3.

Albino Mice

UCMS & GTB Hospital

4.

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Patel Chest Institution

5.

-do-

Malaria Research Institution

 

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