Bombay duck Bombay duck The Bombay duck or bummalo ("Harpadon nehereus"), is a lizardfish. Adults may reach a maximum length of 40 cm, but the usual size is around 25 cm. The origin of the term "Bombay duck" is uncertain. One popular etymology relates to railways. When the rail links started on the Indian subcontinent, people from eastern Bengal were made aware of the great availability of the locally prized fish on India's western coasts and began importing them by the railways. Since the smell of the dried fish was overpowering, its transportation was later consigned to the mail train; the Bombay
Duck circovirus the American Pekin Duck are the ducks most affected by the DuCV virus. These ducks come from various regions of the world. A vaccination against "Duck circovirus" has not been found. Researchers are still actively trying to find a vaccine. Duck circovirus The Duck circovirus (DuCV) is a type of virus found in ducks. Strains of the virus have predominantly been found in China, though strains have also been isolated from ducks in Germany and the United States. "Duck circovirus" is a small nonenveloped virus with a monomeric single-stranded circular DNA genome. DuCV has been clustered in the "Circoviridae" family