10 articles in this issue
Mehrajuddin Naikoo,Arjun J Dhami,Bhupendra C Parmar
A study was conducted on 12 pluriparous parturient Kankrej cows of the University Farm, in Anand, randomly divided into two equal groups (n = 6 each). Group-I cows were administered on the day of calving with a sustained release 80 g mega mineral rumen bo... see more
Mukesh M Gohel,Fulabhai S Kavani,Arjun J Dhami,Kamlesh K Hadiya
Fifty Gir cows of different reproductive status (10 = normal cyclic, 20 = repeat breeders and 20=induced estrus) were selected to determine the association of electrolytes mainly the macro-minerals profile of their estrual cervico-vaginal mucus (CVM) to t... see more
Ram Kailash Mishra,Rajalekshmi C,Fulabhai P Savaliya,Atul B Patel,Pravin M Lunagariya,Nitesh J Bhagora
An experiment was conducted to assess the effects of thyme and peppermint essential oils (EO) as an alternative to antibiotic growth promoter (AGP) on the performance of broiler chicken. Total 256 day-old Vencobb broiler chicks were randomly distributed i... see more
Jitendra Kumar,Sushant Srivastava,Rajesh Kumar
The study was designed to assess the effect of herbal, homeopathic, and hormonal drugs namely Janova, Sepia and GnRH-PG-GnRH on hematological parameters, resumption of ovarian cyclicity and conception rate in 40 postpartum anooestrus and 8 normal cyclic c... see more
Bharat S Divekar,Manoj M Trivedi
This study was conducted to ascertain the extent of adoption of improved dairy husbandry practices and its relationship with the profile of the dairy farmers in the Kheda district of Gujarat. The study was undertaken in four randomly selected talukas of t... see more
Ritesh N. Patel,Ashish Roy,Bharat B Bhanderi,Dhaval H Vagheshwari
Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonotic disease that still constitutes a major public health problem in India. In the current study, Brucella were isolated from aborted samples and typed by both molecular and conventional techniques. A total 114 aborted sampl... see more
Dharmesh C Patel,Jayesh B Solanki,Niranjan Kumar
A total of 2617 bovines (1682 cattle and 935 buffaloes) of coastal districts (Bharuch, Surat, Navsari and Valsad) of South Gujarat were screened for tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, the most economically important ectoparasite of bovines worldwid... see more
Jigar V Patel,Haresh D Chauhan,Amit Kumar Srivastava,Mahesh M Pawar,Vikram K Patel
This study was done to evaluate the effect of different floor types on growth performance and feed conversion ratio of weaned Mehsana goat kids for a period of 84 days. Twenty-seven weaned (3 months old) Mehsana goat kids having nearly identical body weig... see more
Dhruv Desai,Irshadullahkhan Kalyani,Dharmesh Patel,Pushpa Makwana,Jayesh Solanki,Jignesh Vala
The study was done on detection and prevalence of canine coronavirus (CCoV) and canine parvovirus (CPV) from the diarrhoeic dogs. Dogs presented with the diarrhoea and symptomatic illness, were tested for the CCoV and CPV infection. Diarrhoeic samples wer... see more
John Cassius Moreki,Theresa Theresia Montsho,Christopher Mareledi Tsopito,Shalaulani James Nsoso
This study investigated the effect of weaning age on carcass characteristics of crossbred piglets reared up to 70 kg body weight (BW) under intensive system. A total of 24 piglets were used in a completely randomized design. The experiment comprised three... see more