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TheIndianAnimalSciencesAbstracts

Jul Dec2008 Volume7;No.2

L01 AnimalHusbandry

139.Bhosale,S.D.;Narayanakhedkar,S.G.;Sherikar,A.T.;Patil,M.B.;Rande,A.S.;Ahmad,M.

(CentralPoultryDevelopmentOrganizationFarm,Mumbai(India))..Carcassevaluationstudies

of Kadaknath Rhode Island Red and their crosses.. Indian Veterinary Journal (India).. (May

2006)v.83(5)p.570571KEYWORDS:CARCASS;POULTRYFARMING.

140.Goyal,D.;Singh,A.;Sood,N.;Gupta,K.;Sood,N.K.(CollegeofVeterinaryScience,Punjab

AgriculturalUniversity,Ludhiana(India).VeterinaryPathologyDept.).Adenocarcinomaofliver

withMarek'sdiseaseinpoultry..IndianVeterinaryJournal(India).(May2006)v.83(5)p.562

563KEYWORDS:ADENOMA;LIVER;MAREK'SDISEASE;POULTRY

141. Kataktalware, M.A; Pourouchottamane, R; Rajkhowa, J.; Borah, B.K.D.; Borah, S.;

Saravanan, B.C.; Sarkar, M. (National Research Centre on Yak (ICAR), Dirang (India)).

Physiological performace of yak under varying load carrying conditions. Indian Journal of

AnimalSciences(India).(Feb2008)v.78(2)p.231233KEYWORDS:YAK;DRAUGHTCAPACITY;

PHYSIOLOGY.

Effectofvaryingloadonpackperformanceofyakwasstudied.Immediatelyafterexercise,the

valuesforallclinicalparametersofanimalscarrying30percentloadweresignificantlyhigher

than10and20percent loadgroupsandrecoverytimewasmaximum inanimalscarrying30

percentload.However,ingeneral,nosignoffatiguewasobserved inanyofthegroups.Thehaematological parameters varied nonsignificantly and 35min postexercise the values of

thesehaematologicalparametersreachedtoalmostpreexercisevaluesinallthegroups.On

thebasisofpresentstudy,itcouldbeconcludedthattherewasnoadverseeffectofload(up

to30percent)onphysiologicalperformanceofyak.

142.Dhaliwal,A.P.S.; Nagra,S.S.; Brah,G.S. (GuruAngadDevVeterinaryandAnimalSciencesUniversity,Ludhiana (India)DepartmentofLivestockProductionandManagement)Effectof

cagestockingdensityandseasonon layingperformanceofJapanesequail(Coturnixcoturnixjaponica)IndianJournalofPoultryScience, 2007,v.42,(3)

Twoexperiments,oneeachduringsummerandwinterseason,wereconductedonJapanesequail to study theeffectof varying stockingdensitieson their layingperformance andegg

quality. The birdswere kept in cages and provided floor areas of 120, 130, 140 and 150

cm2/bird thusproviding stockingdensitiesof 83.33, 76.92, 71.42 and 66.66birds/m

2. Each

stocking density was tested on two replicates. The same stocking density schedule was

followed inboththeseasons.Otherfeedingandmanagementconditionsweresimilarforall

the birds. Both stocking density aswell as season had significant (p


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significantlyloweredeggproductionandwidenedFCRandmortalityinbirds.Higherstocking

density adversely affected egg quality. The season x stocking density interaction was

significantforhendayeggproductionanddailyfeed intake.Thebirdsproducedthehighest

numberofeggsandconsumed lowestamountoffeedwhenhousedatastockingdensityof

66.66birds/m2 inboth seasons. The interaction foreggweight, shell thickness and fertility

ratewasnotsignificant.Itwasconcludedthat,consideringalltheeconomicparameters,quaillayersshouldnotbehousedatastockingdensityover67birds/m

2insummerand71birds/m

2

inwinterwhenkeptincages.

143.Moorthy,M.;Viswanathan, K.; Edwin, S.C. (VeterinaryCollege andResearch Institute,

Namakkal (India). Poultry Science Dept.). Ileal digestibility and metabolizable energy of

extracted coconutmeal in poultry.. Indian Veterinary Journal (India).. (May 2006) v. 83(5)

p.575576 KEYWORDS: DIGESTIBILITY; INTESTINES; METABOLISM; ENERGY; COCONUTS;

POULTRY

144.Mallick,P.K.;Ghosh,A.K.(G.B.PantUniversityofAgricultureandTechnology,Pantnagar

(India).DepartmentofGeneticsandAnimalBreeding).Livestockstatusandopportunities in

westernOrissaAcasestudy.PantnagarJournalofResearch(India).(JanJun2007)5(1)p.119

121 KEYWORDS: LIVESTOCK; CASE STUDIES; STALL; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; INCOME;

ORISSAAGROCLIMATICZONES.

Fimbristylis miliacea was most dominant weed in zero tilled condition with average

contribution 55.3 per cent at 60 days stage. Higher dry weight was observed during the

secondyearofexperiment.Anilofos0.4kgha1asearlypostemergenceapplicationfollowed

by 2, 4D at 0.5 kg ha1 reduced density and total dryweight ofweeds at 60 days stage

resulting inhighestweedcontrolefficiency(91.5and55.1percentrespectivelyduring2001

and2002)amongherbicidal treatments.Weedscausedcompletedestructionofricecrop in

weedycheckplots.Owingtobettercontrolofweedspendimethalinat1.0kgha1followedby2,4Dat0.5kgha1andanilofos0.4kgha1asearlypostemergenceapplicationfollowedby

2,4Dat0.5kgha1recordedsignificantlyhighernumberofpaniclesm2andthusgrainyield.

145.Narayanan,K.;Rajendiran,A.S. (SouthernRegionalResearchCentre,CentralSheepand

WoolRessearch Institute,Kodaikanal (India));Selvaraju,M. (VetrinaryCollegeandResearch

Institute, Namakkal (India)). Ram effect in pubertal Bharat Merino ewe lambs. Indian

VeterinaryJournal(India).(May2006)v.83(5)p.552553KEYWORDS:PARTURITION;LAMBS;

EWES;SEXUALMATURITY

146. Pathania,M.S.; Sharma, S.K.; Sharma,K.D.;Vashist,G.D.V.;Katoch,A. (C SKHimachalPradesh Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Palampur (India)). Traditional buffalo rears: A study of

migratoryGujjarinHimachalPradesh.IndianJournalofAnimalSciences(India).(Feb2008)v.

78(2)p.207210KEYWORDS:WATERBUFFALOES;ANIMALHUSBANDRY.

Withregardtoyieldoftotalandtransferableembryos. Average livestockholdingwas13.76

animals.Buffalodominated livestockpopulation.Averageproportionofbothstallfedaswell

asgrazinganimalswas95.70 percent.Bygrazing,42to90 percentoffodderwassavedfor

different categories of animals. Cost of rearing a buffalo was estimated to be Rs 45639.


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Average income per annum per householdwas Rs 101133 out ofwhich livestock rearing

accountedformaximum(98percent)share.Therewasdecreaseindiseases,improvementin

healthandincreaseinmilkproductionofbuffaloesonthehigherhills.Themaximumbuffaloes

and young stock were affected with footandmouth disease followed by diarrhoea. The

maximummortalityoccurreddue todiarrhoea inbuffaloes.Mortalityandmorbidityduring

migrationwerehigherinplainsfollowedbyhighhills.Infact,migrationwasacompulsionforGujjarsduetopaucityoffodder,adverseclimateconditionsandfamilytraditions .

147. Singh, S. (Veterinary Asst. srugeon, Standardisation Division of Biological Product

(V.B.R.I.), Hyderabad (India)); Rao, A.S.; Danalakhmi, K. (Colege of Veterinary Sciences,

AcharyaN.G.RangaAgriculturalUniversity,Hyderabad(India)).Immunopotentiatingactionof

Tuftsinonhealthy layerchicks.. IndianVeterinaryJournal(India).(May2006)v.83(5)p.554

556KEYWORDS:IMMUNOSTIMULATION;LAYERCHICKENS;CHICKS

148.Singh,M.K.;Rai,B.;Sharma,N. (Central Institute forResearchonGoats,Farah (India)).

Factorsaffectingsurvivabilityof Jamunaparikidsundersemiintensivemanagementsystem.

IndianJournalofAnimalSciences(India).(Feb2008)v.78(2)p.178181KEYWORDS:GOATS;

SURVIVABILITY;ANIMALHUSBANDRYMETHODS.

Factorsaffectingsurvivabilityfrombirthtoweaningwereexamined in3099Jamunaparikids

born during 1985 to 2003 at CIRG, Makhdoom, Uttar Pradesh, India. Results revealed

significanteffectofage,birthweight,seasonandyearofbirth,sexofkids, typeofkidding,

typeofdisease,age xdisease interaction,parityanddam'smilkyield in first90days.First

fortnightofbirthwascriticalforsurvivabilityandaccountedfor69.03percentofthetotalpre

weaning mortality and after that, there was substantial decline in mortality with the

advancementinageofkids.Lowerbirthweightofkidsupto2.5kgaccountedfor51percent

loss of their totalbirth,whichdecreased almost linearlywith the increase inbirthweight.

Significantlylowersurvivabilityrecordedamongmultiplebirths,damswithhighbodyweight(55kg)atkiddingand low"40kg)andhigh(150kg)milkyieldofdams infirst90days.Kids

borninfirstparityandkiddingsthoseoccurredduringspringseasonwerealsoassociatedwith

highermortality.Major causes ofmortality in preweaned kidswere pneumonia, pneumo

enteritis,colibacillosis,acidosis,enteritis/gastroenteritisanddiarrhoea.Thesurvivabilitywas

89.29, 96.95 and 97.36 percent of kids' strength in 0 to 30, 31 to 60 and 61 to 90 days,

respectively.

149. Sharma,M.C.; Opathodiya, O.P.;Mishra, S.; Gurjar,M.L. (Livestock Research Station,

Udaipur(India)).VariationinabsolutegrowthratesinSirohigoatsunderfieldcondition.Indian

Journal of Animal Sciences (India). (Feb 2008) v. 78(2) p. 222224 KEYWORDS: GOATS;GROWTHRATE;FIELDCONDITIONS.

VariationsinabsolutegrowthratesinSirohigoatsunderfieldconditionwerestudied.Results

revealedthatinkidsof03monthsofage,maximumgrowthoccurred,hencetheyshouldbe

given fullcareduring thisperiod.Managementconditionshouldbe improved togainprofit

fromgoatrearing

3465. Singh, R.C.; Singh, C.D. (Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal (India)).

Loaddistributionon theneckofMalvibreedofbullocks atdifferentdraught loads. Indian


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JournalofAnimal Sciences (India). (Feb 2008) v. 78(2)p. 228230 KEYWORDS: BULLOCKS;

DRAUGHTCAPACITY;ANIMALBREEDS.

ThemeanverticalloadontheneckofMalvibreedbullockswerehigheratthemiddleplanes

ofNagpuriandlocalyokeanddecreasedtowardstheleftandrightsideoftheneck.Themean

loadson theneckofbullockson contact surfaceofNagpuri yokewere significantly less in

comparisontolocalyoke.Thus,theNagpuriyokeismoreefficientandcomfortable.Themeanverticalloadsontheneckofbullocksatdifferentcontactpointsonthesurfaceoftop,leftand

rightsidepadsofAllahabad3paddedcollardoubleanimalharnessincreasedasthedraught

loadincreasedanditwashigheronthecontactsurfaceoftoppad.Ontheleftandrightside

padsthemean loadsweresignificantlyhigheratonepointthantheotherpoints.Therefore,

boththesidepadsrequiredesignimprovementforevenlydistributionofload.

150.SubbaReddy,C.;Hafeez,Md. (SriVenkateswaraVeterinaryUniversity,Tirupati (India)).

Studies on certain aspects of prevalence of Culicoides species. Indian Journal of Animal

Sciences(India).(Feb2008)v.78(2)p.138142KEYWORDS: CULICOIDES;EPIDEMICS

This present experimentwas condeucted to study the prevalence of Culicoides species in

ChittoorandPrakasamdistrictsofAndhraPradesh, recording theanimalwise,sexwiseand

agewise occurrence of Culicoides species besides the role of Culicoides species in the

transmission of the diseases if any. Out of 100 light trap attempts only in 52 light traps

culicoidessppcouldbecaptured in theareaswherebluetonguediseasewasendemic from

2001 to 2003, and 1297 Culicoidesmidgeswere collected.Out of these 982(75.7 percent)

wereidentifiedasfemaleCulicoidesand315(24.3percent)asmalespecies.Flies(1359)were

collectedduring theperiodbyboth light trapsandaspirators.Outof these1297 flieswere

collected by using light traps and 62 by aspirators. C.actoni, C.anophelis, C.inoxius,

C.majorinus,C.oxystomaandC.perigrinuswerepresentincatchesfromApriltoAugust2004.

Among the 6 spp. identified, C.oxystomawas the predominant species innumber and the

leastwasC.perigrinus.

151. Yasar, A. (Selucuk University, Konya (Turkey). Veterianry Faculty, Veterinary History,

DeontologyandEthicsDept.);Pzturl.R. (ErciyesUniversity,Kayseri (Turkey));Ozen,A. (Firat

University,Kelazig(Turkey)).AinimalethicscommitteesofveterinaryschoolsinTurkey.Indian

Veterinary Journal (India). (May 2006) v. 83(5) p.504506 KEYWORDS: ANIMALS; ETHICS;

VETERINARYSERVICES;EDUCATIONALINSTITUTIONS;TURKEY.

Analysisofdata in thisstudy from the Veterinaryschools inTurkeybysendinga standard

information form including 20 questions revealed that the animal ethics committees in

Turkeyarenotatasufficient levelcomparedtothenormsintheworldand availableethics

committeesshouldbemademoreactive

152. Yilmaz, B.; Ipek, A.; Sahan,U. (UludagUniversity, Bursa (Turkey). Agriculture Faculty,

AnimalScienceDept.).PerformanceofbroilersraisedatdifferentaltitudesinSouthMarmara

region of Turkey.. Indian Veterinary Journal (India).. (May 2006) v. 83(5) p.525527

KEYWORDS: BROILER CHIKENS; ALTITUDE; TURKEY; MORTALITY; BODY WEIGHT; FEED

CONVERSIONEFFICIENCY.


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Inthisstudy,theperformanceofbroilersinfarms,locatedatdifferentaltitudes intheSouth

MarmararegionofTurkey,wereinvestigated.Inthisstudyitwasdeterminedthatthealtitude

abovesealevelbetween0300maslowaltitude,300600masmedium,altitudeand600900

mashighaltitudeand5 farms fromeachaltitudewereused.At theendof theproduction

period the highest live weight was found among the broilers raised at a low altitude

(230237.6 g), lowest liveweightwas found among the broifers, raised at a high altitude(210741.7 g). Different altitudes had no significant effect on feed conversion ration and

mortalityrate.Itisconcludedthattherearingofbroilersatmediumaltitudesismoresuitable.

153.Das,S.K.;Das,A.;Bujarbaruah,K.M.(ICARResearchComplexforNEHRegion,Barapani,

(India)) Productive performance, reproductive performance and carcass traits of broiler

rabbitsindifferentgenerationsunderagroclimaticconditionofMeghalaya.IndianJournalof

AnimalResearch2006,v.40(1)

197rabbitsconsistingof100SovietChinchilla(SC)and97NewZealandWhite(NZW)belong

tothirdandfourthgenerationwerestudiedinlowcosthousingsystemwith50%Congosignal

and50%pelletfeeding.AnalysisofdatarevealedthatinNZWliveweightat1m,2m,and3m

was significantly (P


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155.Chauhan,D.S.; Kamble,V.J.;Padghan,P.V.;Khandare,N.O.;Kamble,R.R.(Marathwada

AgriculturalUniversity,Parbhani(India)DepartmentofAnimalHusbandryandDairying)Dairy

farmingpracticesadopted intribalareaofkinwattehsil(district Nanded). IndianJournalof


The villages and farmers were selected by stratified random sampling technique andcategorizedaccordingtosizeof landholding.Thedatarevealedthatthesizeof landholding

hadpositiveandhighlysignificantrelationshipwithadoptionofdairyfarmingpractices,which

included improvedfeedingpractices,adoptionof improvedbreeds, improvedmanagements,

improvedhousing andveterinaryaids. It showed thatas the sizeof landholding increased

farmersinclinationtowardsadoptionofimproveddairyfarmingpracticeswasalsoincreased.

156.Prasad,T.;Singh,D.V.;Sharma,R.J.(G.B.PantUniversityofAgricultureandTechnology,

Pantnagar (India) College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences) Association between

morphometricandproductiontraitsinruralH.F.crossbredcowsoftarairegion.IndianJournal

ofAnimalResearch2006,v.40(1)

A totalof75HFcrossbredsbelonging to firstand secondparitywith rural farmersofTarai

regionofIndiawerestudiedfortheassociationbetweenmorphometrictraitsandproduction

traits (estimated lactationmilkyieldandaverage lactation fatpercent).Themorphometric

traitsincluded11biometricand7derivedtraits,measuredat15daysapartforthreemonths

pre and postpartum period. For the first lactation, significant association was observed

betweenBL,EBW,HWBL,BS,TFTwithmilkyieldandwithBSforfatpercent.ThetraitslikeBL,

GIR,EBW,HWBL,HWGRandHWPGandPGIRhadtheirsignificantassociationwithmilkyield

and likeBLandHWBLwith fatpercent insecond lactation inruralH.F.crossbredcows.All

thesecorrelationcoefficientsweresuggestiveoftheirusefulness inselectingtheanimalsfor

milkandfat.

157.Vijayakumar,P.;XavierFrancis;Anil Leena (CollegeofVeterinaryandAnimalSciences,

Mannuthy (India) Department of Livestock ProductionManagement)Housingmanagement

practicesofpetdogsincentralKerala.IndianJournalofAnimalResearch2006,v.40(1)

Astudywasconductedtoevaluatethehousingmanagementpracticesforpetdogsfollowed

bythedogowners inCentralKerala.Ahighproportion(79.3%)ofthedogownerskepttheir

dogs inakennelmadeupofcementconcrete floor,wallandroofandhad raisedplatform.

Daily cleaning of the kennelwas also practiced bymost of the dog owners. Respondents

havingsmallbreedsprovidedadequatekennellength,widthandheightfortheirdogs.

158.Khan,H.M. ;Bhat,A.S.;Singh,P.K.; Islam,R.;Sarkar,T.K. (ShereKashmirUniversityofAgricultural Sciences and Technology ,Srinagar (India) SheepBreeding Farm)Effectofdam

lambrelationshiponbodyweightgainofcorriedalelambsduringpreweaningperiod.Indian

JournalofAnimalResearch2006,v.40(1)

Twentyeight(28)healthypurebredCorriedalelambsof15daysagewererandomlyselected

anddivided into twoequalgroupsof14 lambseach (AandB)withaveragebodyweightof

4.130.25and4.130.14kg,respectively.GroupAlambswereallowedtograzeonsubalpine

pastureofthefarmlandseparatelywithouttheirdamwhereasgroupBlambswereallowedto


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grazealongwiththeirdamsinsamearea.ThegroupAwereallowedtosuckletheirdamsonly

on their return from grazing area for threemonthsperiod. The lambs in each groupwere

providedwithconcentratemixtureasper theirrequirement.Thebodyweightofunder trial

lambswasrecordedatweeklyinterval.Theresultsindicatedsignificantly(P


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161. Chaturvedi,V.B.;Singh,K.S.(G.B.PantUniversityofAgriculture&Technology,Pantnagar

(India)DepartmentofAnimal Science).Effectof aflatoxin adsorbent incorporation in chicken

diets containing aflatoxin Indian Journal of Poultry Science

2007,v.42(2)A biological trial was conducted for testing the effect of indigenously prepared aflatoxin

adsorbents (Hydrated sodium bentonite, hydrated sodium multani M and a commercial

product) in feed (premix) included@ 0.5 Kg/100 Kg feed, on the performance of broiler

chicken. Eight dietswere prepared for the trial using a basal diet containing 22.75 percent

crudeprotein,1.5percentcalciumand0.82percentphosphorus.3.0ppmaflatoxinwasadded

to thedietcontainingwithoutandwith0.5percentadsorbents (hydratedsodiumbentonite,

hydrated sodiummultaniM and commercial product). Performance of broiler chickenwas

observed in termsofweight gain, feed intake and feed conversion ratio (feed/gain) for07

days,014daysand021days.Maximumweightgain(440.0g)wasrecordedinbroilerchicken

fedonthedietD1during021days.Weightgainofbroilerchickenswasminimumonthediet

D5during021days(325.7g).WeightgainsonthedietD6,D7andD8for021Dayswas420.8,

371.7and358.3g,respectively.Protectionwasoccurredfromtheaflatoxinbytheadditiono

alltheadsorbentsinbroilerchickendietcontaining3.0ppmaflatoxinhowevertheprotection

was better in case of commercial product than hydrated sodium bentonite and hydrated

sodiummultaniM.

162.Kalita,D.J.;Sarmah,B.C.;Goswami,S.C(AssamAgriculturalUniversity,Khanapara(India)

CollegeofVeterinaryScience)EffectofmineralsupplimentationonseminalplasmaofAssam

localgoat.IndianJournalofAnimalResearch2006,v.40(1)

Eighttotenmonthsold,10healthymaleAssamlocalgoathavebeenselected.Twogroups(Gr

1andGrII)weremade,fiveineachkeepingapproximatelyequalaveragebodyweightineachgroup. The animalswere let loose in themorning for grazing and in the evening restricted

amountof twodifferenttypesofconcentratewereoffered toeachgroup, individuallyasper

thebodyweight.TherationfortheGr1wasincorporatedwithmineralmixtureat2%leveland

nomineralmixturewasaddedintherationofGrII.Thisfeedingpracticewascontinuedtillthe

endoftheexperiment.Whentheanimalsattainedtheageof12monthsandabove,semenwas

collectedfromeachbuck,twiceweekly,foraperiodof4weeksforanalysisofdifferentmacro

andmicrominerals. The apparently higher concentration of Ca, P andMg and significantly

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respectiveIHcrossesconsistentlyacrossthegenerationssuggestedtheuseofIWHassireand

IWIasdamlinefortheproductionofacommerciallayerstrain.

166. Kumar,R.A.; Lyue,M. (SheepBreedingResearch Station,Nilgris (India));Murugan,M.

(MadrasVeterinaryCollege,Chennai (India). Livestock Production andManagementDept.);

Thiruvenkadan,A.K.(VetrinaryUniversityTrainingandResearchCentre,Coimbatore (India)).Reproductiveandproductivetraitsofbroilerrabbitsasinfluencedbybreedandseason.Indian

Veterinary Journal (India). (May 2006) v. 83(5) p.577579 KEYWORDS: REPRODUCTIVE

PERFORMANCE;RABBITS;SEASONS;BREEDS(ANIMALS).

167.Kumar,A.;Singh,J.;Dhaliwal,G.S.;Singh,Pawan(GuruAngadDevVeterinaryandAnimal

ScienceUniversity, Ludhiana (India)) . Incidence and factors associatedwith poor libido in

breedingbuffalobulls. Indian JournalofAnimalSciences(India).(Feb2008) v.78(2)p.143

145KEYWORDS: BULLS;ANIMALBREEDING

Studieswereconducted to findout the incidenceandassociated factorswithpoor libido in

breedingbuffalobulls.Associationof testosterone leveland semenqualitywithpoor libido

wasalso investigated.Theresultsof incidenceandassociatedfactorswith libido inbreeding

bullswereanalyzed as verypoor,poorandgood. Scrotal circumference, testicularvolume,

semenvolumeand spermconcentrationdifferednon significantlybetweenverypoor,poor

and good libido bulls. Individual spermmotility and livabilitywere significantly lower and

abnormalspermweresignificantlyhigherinverypoorandpoorlibidobulls.Widevariationin

testosterone level (0.02 to27ng/ml)with respect to libidowasobserved. Itwas concluded

thatalmostonefourth (23.7percent)of thebreedingbuffalobullpopulationwereaffected

with poor libido primarily associatedwith lameness, scrotaldermatitis andorwide scrotal

neck. Semen quality and freezability were also poor in very poor and poor libido bulls.

Testosteronelevelwasnotassociatedwithpoorlibido.

168.Mallik, B.K.;Ahmad, M.; Bangar, N.P.;Bhosle, S.D. (CentralPoultryDevelopment

Organization ,Mumbai(India).Expectedresponseandrateof inbreeding inaflockofWhite

Leghorn under long term selection Indian Journal of Poultry Science

2007,v.42(2)Abstract

ApopulationofWhiteLeghornselectedforaperiodof15consecutivegenerationstoimprove

part period (141280 days) egg production was evaluated for response to selection.

Regression analysis showed that therewas an increase in the trait though not significant

(1.4320.527). Themagnitude of selection differential (SD), phenotypic standard deviation

(P)andintensityofselection(i)variedfrom10.9to17.00eggs,10.95to24.52eggsand0.469

to1.097, respectivelyovergenerations.Theaverageeffectivenumberofparents (Ne)overgenerationwere 243.837 and increase in the rate of inbreeding (F) per generation was

0.21%.Thecumulativeinbreedingover15generationsofselectionwas3.22%.Theinbreeding

coefficientwouldnotprobablyhaveanyeffectonresponsetoselection.However,thedown

wardtrendofheritabilityestimateofthetrait(EP140)hasshownthatexpectedresponsewas

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169.Nagawade,P.P; Jagta,D.Z.;Kamble,S.SCollegeofAgriculture,Puene (India).Effectof

nongenetic factors on colostrum and production trairts of Phule Triveni (triple crossbred)

cattle. Indian JournalofAnimalSciences (India). (Feb2008)v.78(2)p.215217KEYWORDS:

CATTLE;COLOSTRUMPRODUCTION.

170.Narayanan,K.;Rajendiran,A.S.(SouthernRegionalResearchCentre,CentralSheep andWoolResearch Institute, Kodaikanal (India); Selvaraju,M. (VeterinaryCollegeandResearch

Institute,Namakkal(India))..EffectofnorgestometeCGtreatmentinducedmultiplebirthson

productiviy inBharatMerino sheep.. IndianVeterinary Journal (India). (May 2006) v. 83(5)

p.516519KEYWORDS: MULTIPLEBIRTH;PRODUCTIVITY;SHEEP;EWES;SYNCHRONIZATION;

BODYWEIGHT.

FifteenBharatMerinoewesweretreatedwith6mgnorgestometearimplantsfor10daysat

55 to63dayspostpartum.periodand500 IUeCGwasadministeredat the timeof implant

withdrawal. Six ewes served as untreated control. In treated ewes, estrus synchronization

responsewas86.7percent.Lambingpercentofestrussynchronizedeweswas lower(53.3)

thanthatofewesbredduringbreedingseason.Incidenceoftwins,tripletsandmultiplebirth

ratesintreatedgroupwas7,20and36.4percent,respectively.Weightatbirth,3monthand

averagedaily gainof lambswas lower in treated ewes than thatof control.However, live

weight produced per ewe (kg) at 90 days based on ewes available basiswith numerically

higherintreatedewes(16.59kg)thanthatofcontrol(11.12kg)

171.Saini,S.; Brah,G.S.; Chaudhary,M.L.(GuruAngadDevVeterinaryandAnimalSciencesUniversity,Ludhiana (India).CollegeofVeterinarySciencesDepartmentofAnimalBreeding

and Genetics) Effect of selection for 4week body weight on growth, haematocrit and

thermoregulationinJapanesequailsIndianJournalofPoultryScience,2007,v.42(2)

Effect of selection for 4week body weight on juvenile growth, packed cell volume

(haematocrit)and thermoregulatoryabilityofbirdswas studied ina selectedanda control

lineof Japanesequails. Juvenilebodyweightsatdayold,1,2,4 and6weeksofagewere

higheringrowthselectedlinecomparedtocontrollineandfemaleshavehigherbodyweights

thanmalesat all stagesexcept at1weekof age.Relative growth rate (%)washighest for

period01week.Therewerelittledifferencesbetweenmalesandfemalesforrelativegrowth

rate(%).Packedcellvolume(PCV)wasstudiedatfourstagesviz;1,3,5and9weeksofage.

AveragePCVat1,3,5and9weeksofagewas42.5,42.6,42.6and44.7percent,respectively.

Thedifferencesbetweengrowthselectedandcontrol linewerenonsignificantat1,3and5

weeksofagewhiletheyweresignificantat9weeksofage.Maleswerehavinghigherpacked

cellvolumeascompared to females.Growthselectedandcontrol linequailswereused for

recordingofcloacalandsurfacetemperatures(footpad).Thecoreandsurfacetemperaturesweresignificantlyhigher in theafternoon than themorningbyabout1.2 to2.6%while the

increaseintheenvironmentaltemperaturefrommorning(31C)toafternoon(33C)was2C

(6.5% increase). However, the surface to core temperature ratio, which is indicative of

maintenance of warmth in extremities in relation to body temperature, declined from

morningtoeveningby2.4%.Thegeneticallyimprovedlinequailshadsignificantlylowercore

aswellassurfacetemperaturesthanthecontrolline.


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172. Singh, P.K; Pundir, R.K National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal (India);

Ahlawat, S P S IVRI, Izatnagar (India); Kumar, S.Naveen Livestock Research& Information

Centre (Sheep), Nagmangala (India); Govindaiah,M.G Veterinary College, Shimoga (India);

Asija, Karuna National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources, Karnal (India). Phenotypecharachterization and performance evaluation of Hallikar cattle in its native tract. Indian

Journal of Animal Sciences (India). (Feb 2008) v. 78(2) p. 211214 KEYWORDS: CATTLE;

PHENOTYPES.

Thestudyrevealedthateffortsshouldbeundertakenforimprovingthemilkproductionofthe

breedwithout affecting itsdraughtefficiency through awellplannedbreedingprogramme

and theartificial inseminationcoverageofHallikarbreedneeds tobe increasedsoascover

morenumberoffemales.

173.Vedapathak,C.P.;Deshpande,A.D.;Madke,P.K.;Dhole,P.T.(CollegeofVeterinaryand

AnimalSciences,MarathwadaAgriculltureUniversity,Parbhani (India).AnimalGeneticsand

BreedingDept.). Potassium types ad its correlationwith economic traits in Red Kandhari

cattle.. Indian Veterinary Journal (India). (May 2006) v. 83(5) p.509511 KEYWORDS:

POTASSIUM; CATTLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; GENE EXPRESSION; AGE; LACTATION DURATION.

Bloodsampleswereanalysed forhighand lowpotassium type inRedKandharicattle.Gene

frequencyforhighpotassiumandlowpotassiumwere0.87and0.13respectively.Analysisof

variouseconomictraitsunderpotassiumtyperevealedthatpotassiumtypeshowedsignificant

effectonageatmaturityandlactationlength.

174. Ekambaram, B.; Rao, V. P.;Murthy,A. S.; Satyanarayana, A.; Gupta, B. R. (College of

VeterinaryScience,DepartmentofAnimalGeneticsandBreeding,Hyderabad(India)Geneticandnongenetic factorsaffecting the litter traitsofbroiler rabbits. Indian JournalofAnimal

Research2006,v.40(1)

Thedataonpreweaningandpostweaninglitterweightsandlittersizeatbirthandweaning

age of 4weeks of 512 bunnies born in 109 kindlings ofNew ZealandWhite (NN), Soviet

Chinchilla (SS), Grey Giant (GG) and Flemish Giant (FF)were analyzed. Genetic group had

significanteffectonlitterweightsat1,2,3,8,10and12weeksofage.Littersizeinfluenced

the preweaning and post weaning litter weights significantly, while the month of birth

affectedthe litterweightsofbunniesfrom3to12weeksofage.Theeffectofsexofbunny

was not significant. The milk yield up to 18 days in NN, SS, GG and FF does averaged

1267.3423.78, 1043.6723.95, 1534.3456.34 and 1423.67118.44 g, respectively. Thephenotypiccorrelationsamongthepreweaningandpostweaninglitterweightswerepositive

and ranged frommoderate to high inmagnitude. TheR2valuesof themultiple regression

equationsdevelopedtopredicttheweaningweightofbunniesbasedonthelittersizeatbirth,

milkyieldduringfirstweekoflactationanddamweightofkindlingrangedfrom58to72per

cent.


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175. Balaji, R.; Gupta, B. R.; Rao,G. Narasimha; Reddy,G.V.Narasa (College of Veterinary

Science, Hyderabad (India.) Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding) Cytogenetic

characterizationofdeonicattle.IndianJournalofAnimalResearch2006,v.40(1)

The cytogenetic characterization using 10 purebred Deoni cattle (5males and 5 females)

revealed the diploid chromosome number to be 60. All the 29 pairs of autosomes and Y

chromosomewere acrocentric,while theXchromosomewas submetacentric. The relativelengthof the autosomes varied from1.792 to 5.354per cent. TheXchromosomewas the

longestandcontributed5.592percenttothetotalgenome.TheYchromosomehadarelative

length of 1.903 per cent and was similar to that of the 28th autosome. The arm ratio,

centromeric indexandmorphological indexof theXchromosomewere2.03,0.33and3.80

percent,respectively.ThepresentstudyrevealedthatthechromosomearchitectureofDeoni

cattlewassimilartothatoftheotherbreedsofZebucattle.

176. Ghosh, N. (Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur (India) Department of

AnimalScience);Sil,B.K. (IndiraGandhiAgriculturalUniversity,Raipur (India)Departmentof

Animal Science); Mandal, L. (Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur (India)

DepartmentofAnimalScience)ReproductiveperformanceofSovietchinchillaandgreygiantrabbitsrearedunderhothumidconditionsofWestBengal.IndianJournalofAnimalResearch

2006,v.40(1)

ReproductiveperformanceofSovietChinchillaandGreyGiantrabbitswasstudiedunderhothumid conditionsofWestBengal.Pubertyandageat1

stmatingwereapparentlyearlier in

SovietChinchilla (169.39 and215.30days, respectively)as compared toGreyGiant (185.60and 228.94 days, respectively) but the differences were statistically nonsignificant. The

femalerabbitsofboththebreedsweresignificantly(P


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Averageliveweightofhalfbredsat42daysagewasfoundtobe621grangingfrom655.95in

SNto581.49ginSL.60daysliveweightvariedfrom1.048kgto0.930kgwithanaverageof

0.974 kg. 90 days liveweight varied from 1.669 to 1.526 kgwith an average of 1.581 kg.

Averagedailygainrangedfrom21.10ginSNto19.15ginNLwithanaveragefigureof19.99g.

178.Das,A ;Das, S.K.; Naskar,S. (ICARResearchComplex forNEHRegion,Umium (India)Division of Animal Production) Reproductive performance of halfbred rabbits under

agroclimaticconditionofMeghalaya.IndianJournalofAnimalResearch2006,v.40(1)

Highlysignificant(P


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coveredwith a thinepitheliumwhich contained squamus,mucous and chloride cells.Pillar

cells,squamousandmucouscellswerefoundon lamellae.The thicknessof lamellaewas10

m,thedistancebetweenlamellaewas30mandthenumberoflamellaewas24/mm.

182.Mandage,S.T.;Kapadnis,P.J.;Bhosle,N.S.;Mamde,C.S.(MAFSU,Parbhani(India)College

ofVeterinaryandAnimalSciences)Agerelatedchanges inconnectivetissuefibres inskinofdeccanisheep.IndianJournalofAnimalResearch2006,v.40(1)

Studywas conducted on twenty four Deccani sheep of different age groups to know the

connective tissue fibres in the skinofDeccanisheep.Dermispresentedupperpapillaryand

deeperreticularlayer,however,therewasnoclearcutdemarcationbetweentheselayers.The

collagen fibreswere thin running parallel to the epidermis in papillary layer, but running

horizontal to oblique direction to epidermis in reticular layer. Elastic fibers were found

horizontal,verticalandobliquedirectionstoepidermisinreticularlayer.Thereticularfibersin

papillary layer were found in horizontal directions where as reticular layer, they were

arrangedinvertical.

183. Baruah, C.K.; Biswas, R.K.; Deka, B.C.; Borgohain, B.N.; Bhattacharya, M. (Assam

Agricultural University, Khanapara (India) College of Veterinary Science) Histoenzymic

reactivityof lacticdehydrogenase inspermatozoaduringcryopreservationofcrossbredgoat

(BeetalxAssamlocal)semen.IndianJournalofAnimalResearch2006,v.40(1)

Atotalof36ejaculatescollectedfromfouradultcrossbred(BeetalxAssamLocal)goatswere

usedtorecordtheLacticDehydrogenase(LDH)reactivity inmidpieceofspermatozoaduring

differentstagesofcryopreservation.Seminalejaculatesweredividedequallyandextendedin

Trisegg yolkcitric acidglycerol extender containing either fructose, sucroseor lactose and

frozen in liquid nitrogen using Frenchmedium straw after allowing glycerol equilibration

periodofeither11/2,1or1/2hourbeforefreezing.ThestudyrevealedthattheLDHreactivity

of spermatozoawas comparablewhen frozen after different glycerol equilibration periodssuggesting that out of the three, any convenient glycerol equilibration period could be

adoptedwithoutaffecting thequalityof frozensemen.ThereactivityofLDH inspematozoa

was higherwhen frozen using Tris containing fructosewhichmight be indicative of better

cryopreservationprovidedbytheextender.

L50 AnimalPhysiologyandBiochemistry

184. Patra, B; Das, S.K.; Mishra, P.K.; Panda, N. (Orissa University of Agriculture and

Technology,Bhubaneshwar(India)).Evaluationofphysiobiochemicaltraitsofgrowingturkeys

inhotandhumid climateofOrissa. Indian JournalofAnimalSciences (India). (Feb2008)v.78(2)p.203206KEYWORDS:TURKEYS;CLIMATE;PHYSIOLOGY.

Studiesonevaluationofphysiobiochemicaltraitsofgrowingturkeysinhotandhumidclimate

ofOrissa revealed that therewasprogressive increase inhaemoglobin concentration along

with increase in age. Similar observationswere also recorded for PCV, ESR, TEC and TLC

values.TheMCVvaluesduring theentireperioddidnotshowsignificantchanges.TheMCH

valueswere inthedecreasingorderalongwith increase inageofturkeys.TheMCHCvalues

differed significantlyagewise.Thevalues for total serumprotein, serumcholesterol,blood


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glucose, blood urea, blood urea nitrogen, serum calcium and serum phosphorus showed

progressive increase alongwith increase in age and changes l'were significantly different

betweendifferentperiodsandbetweenmaleandfemaleturkeys.Bloodenzymeestimations

duringdifferentperiodsofgrowthshowedsignificantchangesbetweendifferentperiodsand

alsobetweenmaleandfemaleturkeys,ThevaluesofALAT,ASATandACPshowedincreasing

trendalongwith increase inageof thebirdswhereasthevaluesforALPshoweddecreasingtrend.

185. Uppal, V.; Bansal, N. (Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University,

Ludhiana (India)).Histoenzymic studies on thyroid gland of neonatal buffalo calves. Indian

Journal of Animal Sciences (India). (Feb 2008) v. 78(2) p. 154155 KEYWORDS: CALVES;

THYROIDGLANDS.

Thepresentstudywasconductedonthyroidglandsof4buffalocalvesbelowImonthofageto

study the histoenzymic localization in thyroid glands. The cryostat sections of 1020 fll1l

thickness from freshunfixed thyroid tissueswerecutat 20Cand incubatedwithdifferent

substrates to demonstrate the histochemical localization of various phosphatases,

oxidoreductasesandesterase.The study revealedamoderate to strong localizationofacid

phosphatase in the follicular cells whereas alkaline phosphatase and adenosine

triphosphatasewerelocalizedinthebloodvessels.Theactivityofdehydrogenases(succinate

dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase and glucose6phosphate dehydrogenase) was

moderate to strong and of diaphoreses (NADH and NADPH)was strong to intense in the

follicularandparafollicularcells.The17Bhydroxysteroiddehydrogenase,monoamineoxidase

and cytochrome oxidase were weakly localized whereas acetyl cholinesterase was only

localizedinthenerveendings.Themoderatetostrongactivityoftheseenzymesreflectsthe

physiological activity of the follicular and parafollicular cells of the thyroid gland during

neonatalperiod.

186. Singh, R.; Bansal, B.K.; Randhawa, S.S.; Sudhan, N.A. (Punjab Agricultural University,

Ludhiana (India). College ofVeterinary Science) Biochemical profile ofmilk: A comparative

studyofhealthandmastiticbuffaloes.IndianJournalofAnimalResearch2006,v.40(1)

Astudycarriedout tocompare thecompositionalqualityofmilk fromhealthyandmastitic

buffaloes revealedmeanS.E.contentofsodium,potassium,chloride,protein, lactoseand

SNF inmilk of healthy quarters as 40.001.19mg/dl, 102.000.06mg/dl, 0.1260.006 per

cent, 3.330.03 gm/dl, 5.920.01 gm/dl and 8.770.05 gm/dl, respectively. Themilk from

clinically infectedquartersshowed85.00,36.50and10.51percenthigher (P


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Blood samples were collected from twenty five normal cycling and twenty five repeat

breedingcowsofRangiasubdivision,underKamrupdistrictofLowerBrahmaputraValley to

study themineralprofileandenzymeactivities.Theanimalsweremaintainedunder similar

nutritionalstatusandmanagement.Differentelementsviz.,Ca,P,Mg,Fe,Cu,ZnandMnand

certainenzymeslikeALP,ASATandALATwerestudied.AmongmineralsP,Cu,ZnandMnwas

observedsignificantly(P


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pods.Treatmentwas ineffective in increasing the invitronutrientdigestibility.However, in

vitroDM,OM and gas productionwere improved at 30 percentmoisture level for 3 days

reactionperiod.Reactionperiod can be reduced to 1dayby increasing themoisture level

from30to40percentwithasimilareffect.Itisinferredthatferroussulphateisineffectivefro

inactivationofbabulpodstannins.

191. Barman, K; Rai, S.N. (National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (India)). Utilization to

tanniniferousfeeds.4effectofsupplementationofAcacianiloticapodsonnutrientutilization

and extent of tannin degradation in cattle. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences (India). (Feb

2008)v.78(2)p.191196KEYWORDS:CROSSBREDCOWS;FEEDS;SUPPLEMENTATION;ACACIA

NILOTICA;NUTRIENTUTILIZATION.

Crossbred(KaranFriesandKaranSwiss,205to223kgbodyweight)malecattle(12)havebeen

grouped into4of3animalseach ina randomizedblockdesign.Four concentratemixtures

containing0,31,62and93percentAcaciapods (w/w),equivalent to0,4,8and12percent

tannins intotaldietswereusedtoevaluatethesupplementationofAcaciapodsonnutrient

utilizationandextendof tannindegradation.Animalswere supplementedwithconcentrate

and oat hay at the ratio of 70: 30. The dry matter (DM) intake was not affected by

supplementationofAcaciapodsupto62percentintheconcentratemixture.Thedigestibility

ofDMwasnot affectedby supplementationofAcaciapodsup to 31percentbut reduced

there. Similarly, organicmatter (OM), crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE), nitrogen free

extract(NFE)andhemicellulosedigestibilitywasnotaffectedbyinclusionofAcaciapodsupto

31percentintheconcentratemixturebutreducedthereafter.Crudefiber(CF),aciddetergent

fiber(ADF)andcellulosedigestibilityremainedsimilarforalllevelsofsupplementationofpods

intheconcentratemixture.Digestiblecrudeprotein(DCP)andtotaldigestiblenutrient(TDN)

intake (kg/d; g/kgwn,75) remained unaffected by Acacia pods supplementation up to 31

percent level in the concentratemixturebut reduced thereafter.The absorbednitrogenas

percent intakeandbiologicalvalueofdietaryprotein remained similarat0and31percentlevelofAcaciapodssupplementationbut reduced thereafter.Thenitrogenbalanceshowed

declinedintrendwithincreasedlevelofAcaciapodsinthediet.However,Nbalanceremained

similarat0and31percentsupplementationofpods.Theextentof tannindegradationwas

rangingfrom89.75to96.37percentindifferentdiets.ItisconcludedthatAcaciapodscanbe

incorporatedsafelyintheconcentratemixtureofcattleupto31percentwithoutaffectingthe

nutrientintakeandtheirutilization.

192. Singh, G.; Kulkarni, S.; Singh, R. (Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences

University, Ludhiana (India)). Effect of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Yea Sacc 1026)supplemenataiononrumenprofileinbuffaloes.IndianJournalofAnimalSciences(India).(Feb

2008) v. 78(2) p. 172174 KEYWORDS: WATER BUFFALOES; RUMEN; SACCHAROMYCES

CEREVISIAE.

Effect of supplementation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae onmicrobial population of buffalo

calves,wasstudied.The treatedanimalsweregivenYeaSacc1026onebolus (consisting25

billion live yeast cells)/animal/day for 21 days. The oral supplementation improved the

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L52Animalphysiology Growthanddevelopment

193. Pawar, R.S.; Tajane, K.R.; Joshi, C.G.; Rank, D.N.; Brahmkshtri, B.P. Indian Journal of

Animal Sciences, (India) v.77 (9). p.884888.Growth hormone gene polymorphism and itsassociation with lactation yield in dairy cattle. KEYWORDS: DAIRY CATTLE; GENE

POLYMERIZATION

Kankrej,GirandHolsteinweretypedfor3growthhormonelocitoidentifytheexpectedRFLP

(restriction fragment lengthpolymorphisms)markers in exon fifth (GH1 locus), intron third

(GH2 locus) and 3' region (GH3 locus) of the gene with AluIMspI and HaeIII restriction

enzymes,respectively.TheKankrejbreedwasmonomorphicatGH1locus.TheallelesA,Dand

F at3GH lociweremore frequent inKankrej andGir cows,while the frequenciesof their

alternativealleleswerecomparativelymoreinHolsteincows.BandCallelesofGHIandGH2

loci,respectively,appearedtobesignificantlyassociatedwithhigherlactationmilkyield.The

cowswithABandBBgenotypesatGHIandCDandDDgenotypesatGH2locusyieldedmore

orlesssamefirstlactationmilkindicatingcompletedominanceofBandDallelesoverAandC

alleles, respectively.Thegenotypes atGH3 locuswere independentof lactationyields.The

phylogenietreebasedongeneticdistances indicatedthatKankrejandGirbelongedtoclose

clusterwhileHolsteinbelongedtodifferentcluster.

L53 AnimalphysiologyReproduction

194.Das,D.(ColllegeofVeterinaryScience,AssamAgriculturalUniversity,Guwahati(India))..

Studieson age at first calving and first lactation traits of swampbuffaloofAssam.. Indian

Veterinary Journal (India).. (May 2006) v. 83(5) p.566567 KEYWORDS:AGE; PARTURITION;LACTATION;WATERBUFFALOES;ASSAM.

195. Gunasekaran,M.;Singh,C.;Gupta,A.K.(NationaDairyResearchInstitute,Karnal(India).

DairyCattleBreedingDiv.).Effectofspecies,partyanddiurnalpatternofoestrusonoestrus

behaviour in cattle and buffaloes.. Indian Veterinary Journal (India).. (May 2006) v. 83(5)

p.528532 KEYWORDS: SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR; OESTURS DETECTION; CATTLE; WATER

BUFFALOES.

Scoringofoestrussymptomhelped inknowing the typeofoestrusexhibited.Forcrossbred

cattle,49.26percentoestruseswereweak,44.85percentweremoderateand5.88percent

were intense,whereas inMurrah buffaloes the samewere 73.24, 25.35 and 1.41 percentrespectively.Thecrossbredcattlehadanaveragescoreof12.260.43whichwassignificantly

higher than inMurrah buffaloes (10.140.60). Therewas no significant effect of parity on

oestrussymptomscore inbothcrossbredcattleandMurrahbuffaloes.Theeffectofdiurnal

patternofoestrusonoestrussymptomscorewasnonsignificantincrossbredcattlewhereas

itwas found significant inMurrahbuffaloes.Thebuffaloeswhoseoestrusonsetwasduring

0006h,hadthelowestoestrussymptomscoreof8.290.89,andthosewhoseonsetwasfrom

1218hhadascoreof11.271.37,thehighest.


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196.Gupta,S.K;Prakash,A.;Ram,R. (CollegeofVeterinaryScienceandAnimalHusbandry,

U.P.Pt.DeenDayalUpadhayayaPashuChikitsVigyanVishwavidyalayaEvamGoAnusandhan

Sansthan,Mathura(India).AnatomyDept.).Histochemistryoftertiaryfollicleofovaryingoat.

IndianVeterinaryJournal(India).(May2006)v.83(5)p.536538KEYWORDS:OVARIANCYSTS;

OVARY;GOATS;OVA.Histochemical observations in the tertiary follicles of ovary in goat revealedmoderate to

intensePASpositivesubstancesingranulosacellsandzonapellucida.Theminimumreaction

forthesesubstanceswasobservedwithintheoocyte.Theglycogenwasabsentinthetertiary

follicleexceptinthecellsofmembranagranulosaandoocyte,whichrevealedamildreaction.

The AMPS were moderate to intensely positive in the liquor folliculi. The cells of the

membranagranulosaexhibitedmaximumreactionforalkalinephosphataseandbound lipids

wherethereactionsforthesesubstancesweremoderatetointenseandintense,respectively.

Thefeulgenreactionwasmaximallyobservedinthenucleiofthegranulosacells.

197. Kharache,S.D.;Majumdar,A.C;Tyagi,S.;Sharma,D;Taru (ndianVeterinaryResearch

Institute, Izatnagar (India)). Superovalatory response and embryo production efficiency in

goats followingpretreatmentwithhCGandestradiol17B. Indian JournalofAnimalSciences

(India). (Feb 2008) v. 78(2) p. 150153 KEYWORDS: GOATS; SUPEROVULATION; EMBRO

PRODUCTION.

Theyieldoftransferableembryosfollowingsuperovulationwereinvestigatedinadult(age24

years;bodyweight2535kg)cyclinggoats (48)undersemiaridenvironmentalconditionsof

the India, by administering different superovulatory regimens. Goats were reared under

intensive system of management in established farm conditions. Cyclic goats received

decreasing doses of total 20IU FSH over 3 days (4+4, 3+3, 3+3 IU). The prostaglandin F2X

(1.25ml) was administered i/m at 60h after the first FSH injection. Four different

pretreatmentswerecarriedout (groups25).Pretreatment(groups)consistedof (2)5OO IUhCGi/mand1mgestradiol17Bs/cforthenext2days,(3)5OOIUhCGi/mand6hlater2mg

estradiol17Bs/c,(4)as(3)butwith1mgestradiol17Bs/c,and(5)as(4)butwith250IUhCG

i/m.Goatswereobservedfortheonsetofoestruswithanapronedbucktwiceadayat12h

interval.TheanimalsofgroupIand2wereadministered5OOIUhCGi/matthesynchronized

estrus,numbersofvisiblecorporalutea(CL)andlargeunovulatedfollicleswerecountedand

theirgenitaliawereflushedusingastandardcollectionprocedure.Themeannumberoftotal

and transferable embryo recovery in groups I5were statistically significant indicating that

pretreatmentwithlowdosesofhCGandestradiol17Bmayenhancesuperovulatoryresponse

ingoatswithregardtoyieldoftotalandtransferableembryos.

198.Markandeya,N.M;Patil,A.D.(MaharashtraAnimalandFisheryScienceUniversity,Udgir

(India)).Corpus luteumdevelopmentandefficacyofGnRHtreatment innoninfectiouscyclic

nonbreederanimals.IndianJournalofAnimalSciences(India).(Feb2008)v.78(2)p.170171

KEYWORDS:LIVESTOCK;CORPUSLUTEUM;GNRH.

ThepresentstudyrevealedthatGnRH treatment innon. infectiouscyclicnonbreedercases

105mg intramuscularlyduring firstphaseofoesturs iseffective in83.33percent cowswith

1.44 services/conceptions and in 81.81 percent buffaloes with 1.33 services/conceptions.


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GnRHtreatment,onlyifsucceedsinbetterdevelopmentofcorporaluteaofgradeillorNsize,

in:conceptionsinnon infectiousrepeatbreeder

199.Saini,S.;Chaudhary,M.L.;Brah,G.S. (GuruAngadDevVeterinaryandAnimalSciences

University, Ludhiana , (India) Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, College of

Veterinary Sciences) Inheritance of immune response to sheep red blood cells and itsrelationshipwithotherproductiontraits.IndianJournalofPoultryScience, 2007,v.42,(3)

Inheritanceof immuneresponsetosheepredbloodcellsand itsrelationshipwithotheregg

production traitswas studied in a selected strain ofWhite Leghorn. Immune response to

sheepredbloodcellsintermsoftotal,MERandMEStitresat5dayspostprimaryinoculation

(PPI)ofsheepredbloodcellshad lowheritability(0.04to0.18).Totaltitreat5daysPPIhad

negativephenotypicandpositivegeneticcorrelationswithbodyweightsat12,24,28and40

weeksofagewhile ithadpositivegeneticcorrelationswithalleggproduction traitsexcept

withageatsexualmaturity.Thephenotypiccorrelationoftotaltitreat5daysPPIwithallthe

eggproduction traitswerenegativeexceptvery low correlationswith specificgravityat28

weeksandageatsexualmaturity.ThegeneticcorrelationsofMERtitreat5dayPPIwerelow

withothertraitsbutwerepositiveonlywithspecificgravityat28weeks,eggnumberupto40

weeksandeggweightat28and32weeksofage.The total,MERandMESantibody titres

werepositivelyassociatedwithageatsexualmaturity,bodyweightsandeggproductiontraits

exceptforMEStitreat5daysPPI.Thelowh2ofimmuneresponsivenesscomparedwithlow

butdesirablegeneticcorrelationsdoesnot justifythe inclusionofimmuneresponsiveness in

selectionforgeneticimprovementoflayerchickens.

200. Shridhar,N.B.;Narayana, K. (VeterinaryCollege, BAngalore (India). Pharmacology and

ToxicologyDept.).Pharmacologicalinductionoflactationininfertileheifers..IndianVeterinary

Journal (India).. (May 2006) v. 83(5)p.582583 KEYWORDS: PHARMACOLOGY; LACTATION;

HEIFERS;INFERTILITY

201.Yadav,E.N.;Kharche,S.D.;Goel,A.K.;Jindal,S.K.;Sinha,N.K.;Johri,D.K.(CentralInstitute

forResearchonGoats,Makhdoom(India)).Effectofserumsourceoninvitromaturationand

fertilizationofprepubertalgoatoocytes.IndianJournalofAnimalSciences(India).(Feb2008)

v.78(2)p.146149KEYWORDS:GOATS;OOCYTES;FERTILIZATION;MATURATION.

Oocyteswere recovered from prepubertal goat ovaries of abattoir origin using puncture

technique;washed inTCM199containing gentamicin(50g/ml)anddivided into4groups.

Group1oocytes (160)werematured inamediumTCM199supplementedwith20percent

estrous goat serum (EGS); group 2 oocytes (194) were matured in a medium TCM199supplemented with 20 percent estrous sheep serum (ESS); group 3 oocytes (154) were

maturedinamediumTCM199supplementedwith20percentfetalbovineserum(FBS);and

group4oocytes(123)werematured inamediumTCM199withoutserumsupplementation

asacontrol.After27hculture,80.70and83.12percentmaturationrateswereobtainedbased

oncumuluscellexpansioninEGS,ESSandFBS,respectively.Anonsignificantdifferencewas

observedbetweenEGSandFBSbutbothdifferedsignificantlywithESS.Converselyaverylow

maturationrate(*.94percent)wasobservedinthemediumlackingserum(control).Oocytes


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were separated from cumulus cells by treating with 0.1 percent hyaluronidase, passed

throughafinepipetteandcoculturedwithcapacitated spermatozoawithfinalconcentration

1x106sperm/mlinFertTALPmedium.After18hofcoculture,oocytgeswereseparatedfrom

adhered sperm cells and transferred in embryo developmentmedium (EDM).At 48h post

inseminationcleavagerateswasobservedas70.89,38.69,72.66and36.36percentinoocytes

maturedindifferentmaturationmediasupplementedwithEGS,ESS,andcontrol,respectively.AsignificantdifferencewasobservedbetweenEGSandESS,FBSandESSsupplementation.In

conclusiontheEGSandFBSseracanbesubstitutedfromoneandotherforinvitromaturation

of prepubertal goatoocytes.HoweverEGSinsuperiortoFBSwithrespecttocosteconomy,

therefore,EGScanbeusedroutinelyfortheIVMandIVFofprepubertalgoatoocytes.

202. Uysal, O.; Korkmaz, T.; Bucak, M.N.; Yavas, I. (Ankara University, Ankara (Turkey).

VeterinaryMedicine Faculty,Reproduction andArtificial InseminationDept.). Evaluationby

hypoosmotic swellingeosine testof cryopreservedbovine spermatozoa. . IndianVeterinary

Journal (India).. (May 2006) v. 83(5) p.557559 KEYWORDS: OSMOTIC STRESS; SWELLING;

BIOLOGICALPRESERVATION;BOVINAE;SPERMATOZOA.

203.Yilmaz,Z.;Senturk,S.;IIcol,Y.;Golcu,E.(UniversityofUludag,Bursa(Turkey).Veterinary

Medicine Faculty, Internal Medicine Dept.). Periparturient recumbency in cows.. Indian

Veterinary Journal (India). (May 2006) v. 83(5) p.550551 KEYWORDS: DAIRY COWS;

HYPOCALCAEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATAEMIA; MALNUTRITION; BLOOD; FEEDING.

Periparturientrecumbencyincowsfoundtobeduetophosphorousdeficiencybybiochemical

testsweresuccessfullymanagedbychangeoffeedandcalciumphosphoroussupplements.

204.Virmani,M.;Gupta,A.K.;Garg,S.K.(NationalResearchCentreonEquines,Hisar(India).

Determination of gestation period ofmarewithmaximum eCG concentration by bioassay

IndianJournalofAnimalResearch2006,v.40(1)The concentrationof eCG inpregnantmare serum atdifferentdaysof gestationhasbeen

determinedbybioassay(AZtest).Thestudiesrevealedthat0.2mlvolumeofpregnantmare

serum(PMS)isgoodenoughforinoculationinimmaturemicetoproducesexualmaturity.It

has alsobeendepicted that the concentrationof equine chorionic gonadotrophin (eCG) in

serumofpregnantmares isniltill30thdayofgestation.TheeCG levelrises inserumby45

th

dayofgestation,reachesapeakof62.5IU/mlserumby90thdayanddeclinesthereaftertoa

concentrationof15.0IU/mlby135thdayofgestation.TheeCGactivityismaximumduring60

90daysofgestationinPMS.

205.Arora,R.(NBAGR,Karnal(India));Lakhchaura,B.D(GBPUA&T,Pantnagar(India)CollegeofVeterinary Sciences, Animal Biotechnology Centre)Microsatellites Molecularmarkers of

choice Areview.IndianJournalofAnimalResearch2006,v.40(1)

TheadventofDNAtechnologyovertherecentyearshasledtothedevelopmentofmolecular

markersthatarehighlyprecise,convenientandcosteffectivefordetectionofpolymorphism

among individualsandalso for individual identification.Thesemolecularmarker techniques

viz., Restriction fragment length polymorphism, Random amplified polymorphic DNA,

Amplified fragment length polymorphism,DNA fingerprinting,microsatellites and themost


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recent, microarrays are advantageous over other conventional techniques like protein

polymorphismandimmunogenetictechniques.Asthesetechniquesdirectlyassessthesample

at the DNA level the probability of their accuracy ismuch greater. Among thesemarker

systems the ideal marker should have many scorable and highly polymorphic loci with

codominantallelesandshouldbedenselydistributedthroughoutthegenome.Microsatellite

markersmeet these requirements andhave thereforebecome themarkersof choice foravarietyofanalyses related to linkagemapping, forensic investigations,paternityandkinship

determinationandpopulationgeneticstudies.

206.Bahga,C.S.;Kathpalia,K.;Parmar,O.S. (PunjabAgriculturalUniversity,Ludhiana (India)

Department of Animal Breeding andGenetics) Serum enzyme levels in fertile and infertile

buffaloandcattlebulls.IndianJournalofAnimalResearch2006,v.40(1)

Serumtransminasesandphosphataseswereassayedinfertileandinfertilecattleandbuffalo

bulls.Serumglutamatepyruvatetransaminase(SGPT)didnotdiffersignificantlyinrelationto

fertility and species. Serum glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (SGOT) was higher in

infertile than fertilebulls inboth the species.Thevalueswerehigher in cattle thanbuffalo

bulls. The differenceswere nonsignificant. Acid phosphatase did not differ significantly in

relationtofertilitythoughthevaluewas20.28percenthigherininfertilebuffalobulls.Higher

valueswereobtainedinbuffalo(3.850.68KAunits)comparedtocattle1.910.51KAunits).

Alkalinephosphatasewashigherby 90.99per cent in cattle and 44.67per cent inbuffalo

infertile bulls. The valueswere significantly (P


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208. Harikrishnan, V.S.; Shenoy, S.J.; Umashankar, P.R. (Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for

Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram (India)). Biomedical Technology

Wing).Anaestheticregimenforcoronarystentinginporcinemodel..IndianVeterinaryJournal

(India)..(May2006)v.83(5)p.486489KEYWORDS: ANAESTHETICS;HERTDISEASES;SWINE;

MODELS;ATROPINE;KETAMINE;XYLAZINE;ANIMALS.

An anaesthetic protocol comprising of premedicationwith atropine sulphate xylazine andketamineandmaintenancewiththiopentoneandpancuroniumbromide inporcinecoronary

arterystentinghasbeenfoundquiteeffective.Theproposedprocedurecouldbeundertaken

promptly without any complication. Recovery was quick and smooth. All the animals

recoveredcompletelyin9012minutesafterextubation.

209.Karabulut,E.;Durgun,T.;Kom,M. (FiratUniversity,Elazig (Turkey).VeterinaryFaculty,

Surgery Dept.). Generalized subcutaneous emphysema in Kangal dog.. Indian Veterinary

Journal(India)..(May2006)v.83(5)p.548549KEYWORDS:DOGS;BITES;INJURIOUSFACTORS;

SURGICALOPERATIONS;LESIONS;TRACHEA.

GeneralizedsubcutaneousemphysemainaKangaldogcausedbyalesioninthetracheawas

successfullycorrectedsurgically.

210. Konwar, B.; Saikia, B. (College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central

Agricultural University, Aizawl (India). Surgery and Radiology Dept.). Ketamine and its

combination with diazepam for baanced anaesthesia in swine. Indian Veterinary Journal

(India). (May 2006) v. 83(5) p.507508 KEYWORDS: KETAMINE; ANAESTHESIA; SWINE;

MEDICINALPROPERTIES.

Ketaminealoneand itscombinationwithdiazepamwere injected intramuscularly0mg/kg

and 15mg/kg + 2mg/kg intravenously respectively into 12 piglets of 2 different groups.

Anaesthesiawasproducedfor20.120.32and25.270.49minutesandtheanimalrecoveredafter90.472.52and63.532.91minutes respectively.Significant (P


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212. Narang, G.; Jindal, N. (College of Veterinary Sciences, CCS Haryana Agricultural

University,Hisar (India).VeterinaryEpidemiologyandPreventiaveMedicineDept.).Effectof

levamisolealongwithHVTvaccineagainstMarek'sdisease..IndianVeterinaryJournal(India)..

(May 2006) v. 83(5) p.483485 KEYWORDS:MAREK'SDISEASE; VACCINES; ANTHELMINTICS;

CELLMEDIATEDIMMUNITY;CHICKS.Effect of levamisole (15 mg/kg body weight) on HVT vaccinal immunity against Marek's

disease (MD)was studied.Cellmediated immune (CMI) responsewasobservedbydelayed

typehypersensitivity (DTH) reactiondinitrochlorobenzene.Onehundred and twenty.White

Leghornchickweredividedintoeightgroupsandthreebirdsweretestedfromeachgroupat

31,45,59,73and87daysofage. Itwasobserved that levamisolealonecouldnothelp in

reducing the immunosuppressiveeffectofMarek'sdisease.However, levamisolealongwith

HVTvaccineimprovedCMIresponseduringearlystagesofMDinfectionasevidencedbyDTH

wassignificantlybetter28dayspostinfection.

213.Pawaiya,R.V.S.;KumarRam(IndianVeterinaryResearchInstitute,DivisionofPathology,

Izatnagar, (India) Indian Journal of Veterinary Pathology (India) v.31( 2)Ovine pulmonary

adenocarcinoma:Evaluationofmoleculartumourmarkers

Ovine pulmonary carcinoma (previously pulmonary adenomatosis) is characterized by

Jaagsiektesheepretrovirusinducedprogressivealveolarepithelialproliferation,resultinginto

papillary ingrowths and associated fibroplasia of alveolar septa. The diagnostic efficacy of

certainmoleculartumourmarkerswasevaluatedbyimmunohistochemistryonformalinfixed

paraffinembeddedsectionsusingspecificmonoclonalantibodies.Outoftotalninecases,one

was found tobemetastasized in themediastinal lymphnodeand liver.Histopathologically,

papilliform alveolar epithelial cells assuming large cuboidal to columnar appearance,

obliteratingpartiallyorcompletely thealveolar spaces,associated fibrosisofalveolar septaandinfiltrationofinflammatorycellswereseen.AgNORstainingrevealedmanysmallAgNOR

dots (mean value 11.640.94 per nucleus) and mean PCNA index was 73.9029.39,

suggestingproliferativeactivityofthealveolarepithelialcells.Thecellswerepositiveforp53,

cMyc, PCNA and hTERT, showing specific nuclear staining. The proliferating cells showed

reduced expression of cadherin. Strong fibronectin presencewas seen in the stroma and

connective tissue while proliferating alveolar epithelial cells revealed relatively weak

pericellular fibronectin expression. The results showed the successful use of the tumour

markersincharacterizingtheneoplasticpropertiesofthealveolarepithelialcellsintheovine

pulmonaryadenocarcinoma.

214. Sharma, A. (Veterinary Polyclinic, Kangra (India). Animal Husbandry Dept.). Caesarian

sectioninanimalsunderfieldconditions:aretrospectivestudyof50cases..IndianVeterinary

Journal (India).. (May2006)v.83(5)p.544545KEYWORDS:CEASARIANSECTION;ANIMALS;

COWS;WATERBUFFALOES;GOATS;SHEEP;DOGS;FEMALES;FIELDEXPERIMANTATION.

A retrospectivestudyofcaesariansectionsperformedunder fieldconditions in30cows,10

buffaloes,5goats,3sheepand2bitcheswaspresentedanddiscussed.


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215. Tamuly, S.; Saxsena,M.K.; Sonal;Ambwani, T.; Lakhchaura,B.D. (GovindBallabh Pant

UniversityofAgriculturalandTechnology,Panthnagar (India)).Multipledrug resistanceand

plasmidprofiling in SalmonellaGaliema, Salmonella, Typhimurium, SalmonellaVirchow and

SalmonellaHeidelberg. Indian JournalofAnimalSciences (India). (Feb2008)v.78(2)p.156

158KEYWORDS:SALMONELLA;DRUGRESISTANCEIn the study reported here, 30 isolates of Salmonella enterica (6 Galiema, 9 Virchow, 6

Typhimuriumand9,Heidelberg)obtainedfrompoultryfecalandeggsamples wereanalyzed

forplasmidpatternandsusceptibilitytoapanelofantimicrobialagentsnamelycarbenicillin,

aztreonam,ampicillin,fosfomycin,cefprozic,piperacillin,meropenem,ticarcillin,levofloxacin,

cefepime, cefpodoxime, cefdinir, cefixime, chloremphanicol and gentamicin. Intermediated

sensitivitywasfoundinIisolateofSalmonellaGaliemaagainstlevofloxacinandin2isolatesof

Salmonella'JYphimuriumagainstfosfomycin.Whiletherest28isolateswereresistantagainst

all the 15 antibiotics.On plasmid profiling, 85 kb plasmidwas common in all the isolates.

While thisplasmidwasabsent in the4controlSalmonella isolatesofSalmonellaGallinarum

withknownsensitivityagainstallthetestedantibiotics.Fromourpreliminarystudywehave

concludedthatthisplasmidintheSalmonellacarriesthegenesthatresultedinmultipledrug

resistance.

216.Sharma,A.K.;Shahi,Apra;Kumar,Naveen;Maiti,S.K.IndinaVeterinaryReseachInstitute,

UttarPradesh(India). [Romifidinealoneand incombinationwithketamine insheep]. Indian

JournalofAnimalSciences(India).(Feb2008)v.78(2)p.163167KEYWORDS: DRUGS;SHEEP.

Healthy sheep (10) were divided into equal groups 1and 2. The onset of action of after

administrationofromifidine(10gkgI)occurredwithin1.5min.Itinducedsedation(mildto

moderate), analgesia (mild) andmotor incordination,whichwas sufficient toperformnon

invasive procedures in sheep. In group 2, romifidineketamine combination produced

anaesthesia of l7.254.60min.Muscle relaxation and analgesiawas excellent during peakeffect.Bradycardiawasrecordedinbothgroupswhichwassignificantupto20miningroup1.

Rapid, shallow and apneustic breathing pattern was observed duringmaximum effect of

drugs.Changes inhematobiochemicalparameterswere transient. Initialsignificant increase

in mean arterial pressure and central venous pressure was seen in both groups.

Electrocardiogramsrevealedsinoatrialblockin3sheep(3060min),IIdegreeAVblock,sinus

arrhythmia(90120min),increasePRintervalandincreaseQTinterval.Recoverywassmooth

anduncomplicatedinbothgroups

L72PestsofAnimals217. Saravanan, B.C.; Bandyopadhyay, S.; Pourouchottamane, R.; Kataktalware, M.A.;

Ramesha,K.P.;Sarkar,M.NationalResearchCentreonYark(ICAR),Dirand(India).Incidenceof

ixodidticksinfestingonyak(PoephagusgrunniensL.)anditshybridsinArunchalPradeshand

Sikkim. IndianJournalofAnimalSciences(India).(Feb2008)v.78(2)p.158160KEYWORDS:

YAK;TICKS;EPIDEMICS.

Theoverall incidenceof ticks inorganized farm, in fieldconditionofArunachalPradeshand

Sikkimwas7.31,28.93and18.26percentrespectively.The incidenceof tick infestationwas


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moreinyakhybridsthanthatinyaks.Theticksinfestingyaksanditshybridswereidentifiedas

Boophilus, Ixodes, Haemaphysalris, Rhipicephalus, Amblyomma and Dermacentor. The

incidenceof tick infestationwas less in organized farmwhich couldbe attribute tobetter

managemenlpractices

218.Yadav,N.K.;Mandal,A.;Sharma,D.K.;Rout,P.K.;Roy,R.CentralInstituteforResearchonGoats,Makhdoom (India). Influenceof reproductive stageongastrointestinalnematodesof

sheep. Indian JournalofAnimalSciences (India). (Feb2008)v.78(2)p.161162KEYWORDS:

SHEEP;NEMATODES

The study revealed thatMuzaffarnagari ewes in lactating stages aremore susceptible to

parasitic infectionascomparedtodryandpregnantewes.Thesignificantvariation infaecal

eggcountalsoexistsbetweendryandpregnantanimals.Thelactatingeweshadlowerpacked

cellvolumethandryandpregnantewesduringtheinfectionstage.

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219.Bhupal,Gramsci(Masters thesis)(CollegeofVeterinaryScienceandAnimalHusbandry,

AnandAgriculturalUniversity,Anand(India)).Cytokinesexpressioninmilksomaticcellsduring

mastitisincattleandbuffaloes.2007KEYWORDS:CATTLE;WATERBUFFALOES;MASTITIS

The present study was carried out to investigate the role of inflammatory cytokines viz.

interleukins (IL)6, IL8, IL12, granulocyte macrophagecolony stimulating factor GMCSF,

interferon IFN and tumournecrosis factorTNF in immune responseof clinical casesof

mastitis in HF crossbred cattle (n=4) and indian buffaloes (n=6) and subclinical cases of

mastitis inHF crossbred cattle (n=14), Indianbuffaloes (n=6)andKankrej cattle (n=6)using

quantitativereal timePCR.ThemRNAabundanceof these targetgeneswascalibratedwith

thatofareferencegene (GAPDH)andexpressedas foldof inductionover theunstimulated

bovineWBCs.OnlyIL8,IL12andIFN genesweretranscribedinunstimulatedWBCsinlow

amounts. All cytokines were up regulated in concavalin A stimulated, cultured bovine

polymorphnuclear cellswhich servedaspositive control. In clinicalmastitis all geneswere

moretranscribedthansubclinicalmastitisexceptTNF,whichwasseenmore insubclinical

mastitis inHFcrossbreds. Inbuffaloestheoverallexpressionofcytokineswas lowerthanHF

crossbreds. IL8genewasdownregulated insubclinicalmastitis inbuffaloesand IFN gene

wasobserved tobedown regulated inboth clinicaland subclinicalmastitis inbuffaloes. In

Kankrej, the expression of cytokineswas significantly higher in subclinical stages than the

expression of cytokines in other breeds. When Pearson`s correlation coefficient wasdeterminedbetweencytokine transcriptsandSCC, it revealedcorrelationbetweenSCCand

transcriptionalactivityofIL6,IL8andTNF inHFcrossbredsduringsubclinicalmastitis.The

transcriptional activity of IL8 was found to be correlated with GMCSF and IFN in HF

crossbreds.TranscriptionalactivitiesofIFN wereobservedtobecorrelatedwiththatofGM

CSF in buffaloes during clinicalmastitis and in Kankrej cattle during subclinicalmastitis. In

Kankrej cattle, IL6 and TNF activitywere found tobe correlatedwitheachotherduring


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subclinicalmastitis.Thefindingsofthisstudyindicatedthedistinguishablepatternofcytokine

transcription during clinical and subclinical stages ofmastitis aswell as breed and species

variationincattleandbuffalo.Specificpreventiveandtherapeuticstrategiesarerequiredfor

eachtypeofmastitis.Understandingtheinflammatoryresponseselicitedbythesecytokinesis

fundamental to developing such strategies. This study may form the basis for the

developmentofinterventionsthatcanmimicthecytokineresponsethatleadstoeradication

ofintramammarypathogens.

220.Chatterjee,S.;Kashyap,S.K. (ColegeofVeterinaryandAnimalScience,Bikaner (India).

VeterinaryMicrobiology Dept.). Serogroups of Escherichia coli isolated from camel, cattle,

sheep and poultry.. Indian Veterinary Journal (India). (May 2006) v. 83(5) p.479482

KEYWORDS: ESCHERICHIA COLI; CAMELS; CATTLE; SHEEP; POULTRY; FAECES; SAMPLING;

DIARRHOEA;PATHOGENES.

221. Dhar, P; Rai, A.; Verma, R. (Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar (India)).

Adaptationofclassicalswine fevervirus(lapinizedstrain) inPK15cellsandconfirmationbyreversetranscriptionpolymerasechainreaction(RTPCR)andfluorescentantibodytechnique

(FAT). Indian JournalofAnimalSciences (India). (Feb2008)v.78(2)p.135137KEYWORDS:

Thelapinizedswinefevervacinewasadaptedtogrowinaporcinekidneycellline(PK15).An

RTPCRwasdevelopedfordetectionofviralRNA ininfectedcells.FATwasalsostandardized

fordetectionofinfectedfociinthe infectedcellscultured invitro.Adaptationofthevirusin

thePK15cellswasconfirmedbydetectionofviraloinfectionininfectedcellsbyRTPCRand

FAT.TitreofthevirusinPK15cellswasfoundtobe105.5TCID50/mlasdeterminedbyFAT.

Thecellsadaptedclassicalswinefevervirusdevelopedinthepresentstudyprovidesascope

to undertake further research on swine fever virus in India towards development of cell

culturevacineforuseinthecountry.

222. Nair,M.G.;Kumar,R.;Lakkawar,A.W.;Varshney,K.C.(RajivGandhiCollegeofVeterinary

and Animal Sciences, Kurumbapet (India). PathologyDept.). Slaughter house and necropsy

based study of lesions in bovines.. Indian Veterinary Journal (India).. (May 2006) v. 83(5)

p.490493 KEYWORDS: ABATTOIRS; POSTMORTEM EXAMINATION; LESIONS; BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; LIVERDISEASES; KIDNEYDISEASES; HAEMORRHAGE; HEPATITIS; ECHINOCOCCUS.

AslaughterhouseandnecropsybasedstudywasconductedbetweenMay2001toJune2002

toassessthediseasesIpathologicalconditionsprevalentinanimalsatPondicherry.Hepatosis

(49.6 percent), nephrosis (71.5 percent) andmyocardial degeneration (49.6 percent) along

withagonalhaemorrhagesinvariousorganswereobserved.Microgranulomasaccountedfor

mostofthecasesofhepatitis(19.6percent).Hydatidcystsintheliver,lungandspleenwere

observedin14.5percent5percentand4.3percentofthecasesrespectively.

223. Yildiz, H.; Kaygusuzoglu, E. (University of Firat, Elazig (Turkey). Veterinary Faculty,

ObstetricsandGynaecologyDept.);Simsek,H. (UniversityofFirat,Elazig (Turkey).Veterinary

Faculty, Physiology Dept.). Somatic cell count, electrical condctivity and biochemical

parameters inmastitismilk in cows.. IndianVeterinary Journal (India). (May2006) v. 83(5)


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p.498500 KEYWORDS: SOMATIC CELL COUNT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; BIOCHEMISTRY;

MASTITIS;MILK;COWS;BLOOD;SODIUM;POTSSSIUM.

NaandKvaluesofbloodandmilkserumofthehealthyandsubclinicalmastitiscowsandEC

andSCCvaluesofsubclinicalmastitismilkwerecomparatively investigated.EC,SCCandNa

levels inthemastitismilkwereestablishedtobehigherbutK levelwas lowerthanthoseof

healthymilk.EC,SCCandNaof theCMT+1milkweredetermined lower thanCMT+2milkwhileK levelwas similar.Additionally, therewasnodifferencebetween subclinicalmastitis

andhealthycowswithregardtobloodserumNaandKlevels.

224.Mode, S.G.; Bijwal,D.L.; Raut,N.S. (PostGraduate Institute ofVeterinary andAnimal

Science,Akola(India).VeterinaryMedicineDept.).Chronicalkalineindigestioninacrossbred

cow.. IndianVeterinary Journal (India).. (May2006)v.83(5)p.542543KEYWORDS: COWS;

CROSSBREDS;DIGESTIVEDISORDERS;PARTURITION;EATINGDISORDERS;ALKALINITY;FAECES.

Asevenyearoldcrossbredcowwaspresentedwithhistoryofrecentparturition,anorexia,

passage of semisolid faeces. The case was diagnosed as chronic alkaline indigestion and

successfullytreatedwithparenteralandoralmedications.

225. Pal, M. (College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anand Agricultural

University,Anand (India).VeterinaryPublicHealthDept.);Patil,D.B.;Kelawala,N.H.;Parikh,

P.V. (College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anand Agricultural University,

Anand (India). Veterinary Surgery Dept.); Barvalia, D.R. (College of Veterinary Science and

Animal Husbandry , Anand Agricultural University, Anand (India). Clinics Dept.). Chronic

generalizedtrichophytosisinanadultcattle..IndianVeterinaryJournal(India)..(May2006)v.

83(5) p.546547 KEYWORDS: TRYCHOPHYTON; CATTLE; POTASSIUM; TECHNOLOGY.

Chronic generalized trichophytosis in an adult cattle confirmed by potassium hydroxide

techniqueandNarayanstainisdescribedanddiscussed.

226.Rao,T.B.(VeterinaryBiologicalResearchInstitute,Samalkot(India));Patro,R.D.(Animal

HeathCentre,Kakinada (India));Srilatha,C. (CollegeofVeterinaryScience,Tirupathi (India).

PathologyDept.).Lymphoidleucosisinaturkey..IndianVeterinaryJournal(India).(May2006)

v.83(5)p.560561KEYWORDS:NEOPLASM;AVIANLEUKOSISVIRUS;RETROVIRIDAE;TURKEY;

LYMPH.

227.Goz,Y. (UniversityofYuzuncuYil,Van (Turkey).VeterinaryFaculty,ParasitologyDept.);

Ceylan, E. (University of Yuzuncu Yil, Van (Turkey). Veterinary Faculty, Internal Medicine

Dept.); Aydin, A. (HakkariMeslek Yusekokulu, University of Yuzuncu Yil, Van (Turkey)). .

Prevalenceof cryptosporidiosis ingoatsofVanprovinceTurkey.. IndianVeterinary Journal(India).(May2006)v.83(5)p.564565KEYWORDS:CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;GOATS;TURKEY.

228.Kumar,R.R.;Vatsya,Stuti;Yadav,C.L.;Garg,R.(G.B.PantUniversityofAgricultureand

Technology, Pantnagar (India). Department of Parasitology). A note on the efficacy of

combined anthelmintics against natural Ancylostoma caninum infection in dogs. Pantnagar

Journal of Research (India). (JanJun 2007) 5(1) p. 122124 KEYWORDS: ANTHELMINTICS;

DOGS;CANINE;ANCYLOSTOMACANINUM;ZOONOSES.


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A trialwasconducted toevaluate theefficacyof three combinedanthelmintics ineighteen

dogsnaturallyinfectedwithAncylostomacaninum.Theyweredividedintothreegroups(GI,

GII and GIII) of 6 animals each and were administered with Cestal Plus (containing

Praziquantel 50mg, Pyrantel pamoate 144mg and Fenbendazole 200mg) inGI, Prazivet

(consistingofPraziquantel50mg,Pyrantelembonate144mgandFenbendazole200mg)inG

II and Praziplus (containing Praziquantel 50mg and Albendazole 300mg) in GIII dogs onetablet/10 kg bodyweight. Eggs per gram (EPG) of faeces values and larval cultureswere

performedon0,3,5,7and10daysposttreatment(DPT).BasedonEPGvalues,anefficacyof

hundredpercentwasrecordedon3DPTfollowingtreatmentwithPrazivet,7DPTwithCestal

Plusand10DPTwithPraziplus.

229. Sood, S.;Verma, P.C. (CCSHaryanaAgriculturalUniversity,Hisar ( India) Pathologyof

Pasteurellamultocidainfectioninchickens.IndianJournalofAnimalResearch2006,v.40(1)

The present study was conducted on 42, 1215 weeks old birds to study the gross and

histopathologicalchangesinducedbyPasteurellamultocidainfection.Thebirdsweredividedinto twogroupsviz., controland infected consistingof21birdseach.Thebirds in infected

groupwereadministeredwithLD50of local isolateofPasteurellamultocidaA:1.Threebirdsfrom each group were randomly sacrificed and subjected to thorough post mortem

examination. Tissueswere collected in 10%buffered formalin forhistopathological studies.

Initiallypathological lesionswereofacute septicaemicnature, congestion,hemorrhageand

presenceofbacterialcolonies.Lateronfibrinouspericarditis,necrosisofliverandkidneyand

lymphoiddepletionandREcellhyperplasiainthespleenwereobserved.

230.Ghosh,A.K.;Pani,P.K.(IndianVeterinaryResearchInstitute,Izatnagar(India)).Thetarget

organ for virus induced cellular transformation in subgroup A and C rous sarcoma virus

infectioninlayers.IndianJournalofAnimalResearch2006,v.40(1)

White leghorn (IWJ, IWG and IWC) embryos of 11dayold were inoculated via thechorioallantoicmembrane(CAM)routewith0.2mlofsubgroupAandCRoussarcomaviruses

(RSVs), separately containing 103 pfu/ml. Eggs were further incubated for hatching. The

distributionoftumourlesionsindifferentorganswascategorizedinaccordancewiththepock

countranges(PCRs)anddaysofsurvival.Theliverwasthetargetorganforthevirusinduced

cellular transformation for the avian species because of the higher frequency and first

appearance.Thestudyconductedtoinvestigatethedistributionpatternofvisceralmetastasis

in subgroupAandCviral infection revealed that liverwas themostaffectedvisceralorgan

followedbyheart,lungs,spleen,kidneyandgonads.ThebursaofFabriciusandthymuswere

foundtobetumournegative.

231. Wani, S.A.; Samanta, I.; Bandey, M.T.; Bhat, M.A. (ShereKashmir University of

Agricultural Sciences and Technology ,Srinagar (India) Division of Microbiology and

Immunology,FacultyofVeterinarySciencesandA.H.) Isolationofacinetobacter Iwoffii from

broilerchickenwithsepticaemiainKashmirvalley.IndianJournalofAnimalResearch2006,v.

40(1)

Present communication describes the isolation ofAcinetobacter iwoffii from two cases ofbroilerchickens,whichdiedofrespiratorydistress,diarrhoeaandlegweakness.Theorganism


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wasfoundresistanttoampicillin,cloxacillin,amoxicillin,doxycyclineandcotrimoxazolewhile

as, it was sensitive to gentamicin, ciprofloxacin and pefloxacin. The consumption of

undercookedmeatfromsuchinfectedchickenmayleadtohumaninfection.

232.Sridhar,M.;Kumar,D.;S,Anandan;Prasad,CS;Sampath,KT(CurrentScience(India)v.

92(10).p.13561358.OccurrenceandprevalenceofCyllamycesgenus:aputativeanaerobicgutfungusinIndiancattleandbuffaloes.KEYWORDS:CATTLE;WATERBUFFALOES;Cyllamyces

TheDNA sequence of the Internal transcribed spacer region of one of the Cyllamyces sp.

isolateCB3B1isdepositedinGenbank(AccessionNo:EU043229)

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233.Mekala,P.;Punniamurthy,N.;Hariharan,P. (VeterinaryCollegeandResearch Institute,

Nammakal (India). Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology Dept.). Protective effect of

curcumin and silymarin against aflatoxicosis in broiler chicken.. Indian Veterinary Journal

(India)..(May2006)v.83(5)p.501503KEYWORDS:DYES;FLAVONOIDS;AFLATOXIN;BROILERCHICKENS;DRUGS;PRODUCTIONDATA.

Aflatoxicosiswas induced incommercialmalebroilerchickenandtheameliorativeeffectsof

curcumin and silymarin alone and in combination was studied by assessing production

parameters. Curcumin and silymarin produced dose dependent improvement in the

productionparametersstudiedandtheyweremoreor lesssimilar intheirhepatoprotective

effect.Thedrugs incombinationproducedbetter resultscomparable to thatof thecontrol

birdsindicatingsynergisticeffectofthetwoflavonoids.

234. Mishra,N.; Dubey,R.; Galav, V.,Tosh, C.; Katherukamem,R.; Pitale,S.S.:Pradhan,

H.K. (IndianVeterinaryResearch Institute,High SecurityAnimalDisease Laboratory,Bhopal(India)),CURRENT SCIENCE,v.93(1),p.97100 Identificationofbovine viraldiarrhoea virus

type1 in Indianbuffaloesand theirgeneticrelationshipwithcattlestrains in5UTR. Bovine

viraldiarrhoea(BVD)causedbyeitherbovineviraldiarrhoeavirustype1(BVDV1)orBVDV2

isresponsibleforsignificanteconomiclossesincattleandbuffaloes.Werecentlyestablished

prevalence of BVDV 1b viruses in Indian cattle. Detection and typing of BVDV in Indian

buffaloes is yet tobe reported, thoughbuffaloes and cattle contribute equally to livestock

production systems in India. In this study, we report identification of BVDV 1 in Indian

buffaloesandtheirgeneticrelationshipwithcattlestrains.The5untranslatedregion(UTR)of

15BVDVsamplifieddirectly from clinical samplesofbuffaloesand cattlebyRTPCRduring

200105wassequenced.Phylogeneticanalysisrevealedthat11samplesfromcattleandthree

frombuffaloesclusteredwithBVDV1b,whereasonebuffalosampleclusteredwithBVDV1c,

whichmaybe its true representative.The studyestablishedprevalenceofBVDV1band1c

subtypes in Indian buffaloes and close relationship among cattle and buffalo 1b viruses.

DetectionofBVDV1b incattle serumusedasnutrientcomponent recognized theneed for

mandatorytestingofbovineserabeforeusingforcellcultureandmanufacturingofveterinary

vaccines.


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235. Pawde, A.M.; Gupta, O.P.; Singh, G.R; Kinjavdekar, P.; Aithal, H.P.; Amarpal Indian

VeterinaryResearch Institute,UttarPradesh (India). [Haematological and serum electrolyte

changesinarthriticbuffalocalvestreatedwithelectroacupuncture].IndianJournalofAnimal

Sciences(India).(Feb2008)v.78(2)p.168169KEYWORDS: WATERBUFFALOES;ARTHERTIS.

Thestudywasconductedtoevaluatetheefficacyofacupunctureinthetreatmentofaseptic

arthritisinbuffalocalves.Malebuffalocalves(24)weredividedin4groupsof6animalseach.Animals of group Awere kept as control. Electrostimulation of acupointswas done using

electroacupuncturoscope.Thedifferentgroupswerecomparedonthebasisofhaematological

andserumelectrolytechange. Intreatedgroupsearly improvement inelectrolyte levelswas

observed.

236. Sato,T.(JapanInternationalCooperationAgency,NepalOffice,Lalitpur(Nepal));Mandal,

S.L.(MinistryofAgricultureandCooperatives,Kathmandu(Nepal).LivestockServicesDept.);

Kaneko,K.(AzabuUniversity,Kanagawa(Japan).VetrinaryObstetricsandGynecologyDept.).

EffectofHCGA1 combination therapyon cysticovaries in cows.. IndianVeterinary Journal

(India).(May2006)v.83(5)p.520521KEYWORDS:THERAPY;COWS;OVARIES;PREGNANCY.

HCGAIcombinationtherapywastriedtotreatcysticovariesincows.Accordingtotheresults.

the combined hCGAI therapy applied to cows with cystic ovaries on the earliest day of

diagnosismayproduceabouta50percentpregnancyratewithinthreeweeks.

237.Vathsala,M. (LivestockResearch Station, Kancheepuram (India))..Urethral calculi in a

stall fed goat.. Indian Veterinary Journal (India).. (May 2006) v. 83(5) p.572 KEYWORDS:

URINARYTRACTDISEASES;GOATS.

238.Sarkar,T.K.; Bhat,A.S.; Islam,R.; Singh,P.K;Khan,H.M.(ShereKashmirUniversityof

AgriculturalSciencesandTechnology ,Srinagar (India)SheepBreedingFarm) Anoteon theincidenceofentropion innewbornlambsinanorganizedfarmofKashmir. IndianJournalof


AstudywasconductedtofindouttheincidenceofentropionindifferentbreedsofSheepand

tocorrecttheentropionbyasimpletechnique.Theincidenceofentropionwasfoundhighest

in Corriedale (7.28%), followed by Polled dorset x Corriedale (1.08%) and Polled dorset

(0.63%).Noentropic lambswere found inSouthdownbreed.The lowereyelid involvement

wasmore common than upper eyelid involvement. A fold of skin on the affected lidwas

removedusingacrushandcutapproach.Noanaesthesiaandsuturewasappliedduringthe

operation.Thebloodless surgery corrected thedefectwithout anopenwound andhealing

occurredwithin56daysandtheaffectedeyelidwasfunctioningnormally.

M11 FisheriesProduction

239.Duman,E.;Pala,M.;Yuksel,F.(FiratUniversity,Elazig(Turkey).FisheriesFaculty,Fishing

andFishProcessingTechnologyDept.).Studyontheeffectofhangingratioingillnets..Indian

VeterinaryJournal(India)..(May2006)v.83(5)p.573574KEYWORDS: GILLNETS;FISHING.


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M12 AquacultureProductionandManagement

240. Sharma, R. (College of Fisheries, Central Agricultral University, Tripura (India)).

Chromosomal studieson twoendangeredcatfishesOmpokbimaculatus (Bolch)andOmpok

pabda(Hamilton_Buchanan).IndianJournalofAnimalSciences(India).(Feb2008)v.78(2)p.234236KEYWORDS:CATFISHES;CHROMOSOPMES;ENDANGEREDSPECIES.

Chromosomal studies are the basic requisite for genetic improvement program and for

conservationofwildgenepool.ThecatfishesOmpokbimaculatusandOmpokpabdaarebeing

endangeredduetothehabitatdestructionand lackofpropermanagementofthestock.For

thepresentkaryotypicstudyonthese2freshwaterendangeredcatfishes,25samplesofeach

specieswere examined and 307 and 330 chromosome spreads of O. bimaculatus and O.

pabda,respectively,werescreened.Thestudyrevealedthepresenceofdiploidchromosome

numberas42with the chromosome formulaof12metacentric,14 submetacentricand16

subtelocentric and telocentric in both the species. The karyotype is characterized by the

fundamentalarmnumber(NF)of68.

Q01FoodScienceandTechnology

241. Jain, S.; Brahmbhatt,M.N.; Rank, D.N.; Joshi, C.G. and Solanki, J.V. Indian Journal of

AnimalSciences,(India)v.77(9).p.880881. Useofcytochromebgenevariabilityindetecting

meatspeciesbymultiplexPCRassay.

Adulterationofcostlymeatwithacheaperonehasbecomeamatterofconcernforresearch

workersandhaspromptedtheresearcherstofindasuitablemethodforthedetectionofthe

speciesoriginofmeat in foodproducts (Raoetal.1995).Meatadulteration ingroundand

comminutedproductshasbeenawidespreadprobleminretailmarkets.Identificationofthe

species origin inmeat samples is relevant to consumers for several reasons: (a) possibleeconomic loss from fraudulent substitutions or adulterations, (b)medical requirements of

individualswhomighthavespecificallergies,and(c)religiousreasons(Migueletal.2004).The

conventionalmethodologyusedforthedeterminationofspeciesorigininmeatproductshad

been predominantly based on immunochemical and electrophorectic analysis of protein.

Additionally, through the acquisition of sequence data, DNA can potentially providemore

information than protein, due to the degeneracy of the genetic code and the presence of

manynoncodingregions.DNAhybridization(Winteroetal.1990)andPCRmethods(Chikuni

et al. 1994) have been used for the identification of meats and meat products. DNA

hybridizationmethods are complicated and generally inadequate, but PCR easily amplifies

target regionsof templateDNA inmuch shorter time (Saiki et al. 1988).Multiplex PCR, inwhichmany primerswere used together for amplification ofmultiple target regions, is a

hopefultechniqueformeatspeciesidentification.Thepresentstudyisfocusedontheuseof

multiplex PCR and the reliability of cytochrome b gene variability in rapid detection and

identificationofmeatspecies.


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242. Kumari, Rajni. (Masters thesis, (2007) College of Veterinary Science and Animal

Husbandry,AnandAgriculturalUniversity,Anand (India)Meat species identificationby real

timePCR

A reliable and sensitivemethod for identification anddifferentiation ofbuffalomeat from

mixed meats, particularly containing cattle meat is not currently available and is highlywarranted. Present study was carried out to develop a Real Time PCR based test for

identificationanddifferentiationparticularlyofcattleandbuffalomeat.DNAextractionfrom

meat samples (ten each ) from cattle , buffalo, sheep, goat and chicken procured from

slaughter ho

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