Recent Trends of Animal Research in Northeast India
Hmar Lalthanzara · Journal of Environmental Biology · 2020
P D lagiarism etectorThe pandemic outbreak of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) shows the necessity of rapid and efficient scientific research; free of plagiarism and manipulation; reliable and cost-effective.The dependability of scientific research should be to the extent that the life of humans and environment can safely rest upon it.Thus, it must withstand repetitive tests through time and space.It would be erroneous to qualify one line of research as more important than other types because there is no certainty when it comes to catastrophic consequences.As a most evolved species, it is our struggle for survival is subjected on how we can handle the evolution of other species, like viruses and microbes that has killed millions of humans and other animals.Yet, our fight will persist as long as our species servive on this planet, and with the ever increase in human population, it is likely that another species annihilation threats will arise in impending time.In this advanced technological scientific era, need frequently arises for the amalgamation of sophisticated technologies and the understanding of basic research.The International Conference on Recent Advances in Animal Sciences 2019 (ICRAAS2019) held from November 6 -8, 2019 at Pachhunga University College, Aizawl, Mizoram, India, served as a platform where scientific researches were presented.ICRAAS2019 was an international event where scientists with different research backgrounds gathered to share their findings and ideas.The conference hosted 72 and 60 oral and poster presentations.Although it was tempting to publish all the papers received for the conference, however, space being a limiting factor only 19 research papers were selected for this Special issue entitled "Recent Trends of Animal Research in Northeast India" in the Journal of Environmental Biology.The findings and presentations are deemed important and interesting for the readers.Although their fields are diverse, this special issue aimed to address the current researches in Animal Sciences and its related fields including Biodiversity, Microbiology,