Contents Study on.mortality of Mecheri sheep under dry land farming conditions

A. K. Thiruvenkadan, Murugan, K. Karunanithi, K. Ganesh Kumar, M. R. Purushothaman and C. Pandiyan

1-5

Biometrics and breed characteristics of Madras Red sheep

K S. Raman, M.N. Sundararaman, S. Haribhaskar and D. Ganesakale

6-9

Wool production and quality of Magra sheep under hot arid zone of Rajasthan

Gopal Dass, V.K. Singh, S.K. Chopra and Ayub, M

10-12

Production performance of Mutton Synthetic sheep on buffelgrass (Cenchrus ciliaris) pasture in semi-arid region of India

N.P. Singh, S.K. Sankhyan and V.S.S. Prasad

13-15

Serological cross reactivity among ixodid ticks of small ruminants

Bhaskaran Ravi latha, G.Pattabiraman, S.S.Aiyasami, D. Rajeswari, and G.Rajavelu

16-18

Goat production system and livelihood security of Rural landless households

Shalander Kumar and P.R. Deoghare

19-24

Weight gain and growth efficiency in Marwari sheep under arid condition of Ra.jasthan

R. K. Joshi, S.B.S. Yadav, C.K. Murdia, G. N Purohit and V.K. Singh

25-28

Voluntary intake, nutrient digestibility and nutritive value of ingadulcis (Pithecellobium dulce) leaves in sheep

R.S. Harish. N.K. Ra.jora and C.M. Yadav

29-31

Economics of goat rearing in an organized farm

A. K. Shinde, Raghavendra Bhatta, S K. Sankhyan, N. P. Singh and D.L. Verma

32-34

Genetic improvement in greasy fleece yield of Magra sheep under field conditions

C.K. Murdia, R. Saharan, R. K. Joshi, K. Ramnani and S.B.S. Yadav

35-38

Survey of gastroinstestinal nematodes in sheep of Kashmir valley

B. A. Pandit, R.A. Shahardar, M.M. Darzi M.A.A Banday and A.S.Bhat

39-42

A study on problems encountered in sheep rearing in Rajasthan

Dinesh Kumar

43-46

survey and performance evaluation of Ganjam sheep

G.R.Pattanayak, B.N.Patro, S.K. Das and S. Nayak

47-49

Quality assessment of oocytes recorded from ovaries of local goats of Assam

R.K. Biswas, B.C. Deka, D.J. Dutta, N. Baishya, B.C. Sarmah and B.N. Borgohain

50-52

Factors affecting body weights at different ages in flock of Kutchi goats

J. S. Yadav, B. Rai , M. K. Singh, M. C. Yadav and B. U. Khan

53-55

Incidence of Mycobacterium avium sub sp. paratuberculosis in clinically suspected small ruminants

S. V. Singh and V. S.Vihan

56-59

Effect of probiotic supplementation on the performance of Corriedale lambs

H.M, Khan, A.S. Bhat and M.S. Mir

60-61

Pathological study on the outbreak of Septicemic and pneumonic pasteurellosis in goats

S. Sivaseelan

62-63

Role of women in goat production in Thar desert of India

Sheela Chowdhary and N. K. Barhat

64

Genetic evaluation of Nali and Marwari sheep in arid zone of Rajasthan: body weights

M.K. Sharma, N.K. Shanlla, V.K. Singh and B.K. Beniwal

65-68

Nutritive value of apta (Bauhinia racemosa) leaves for goats

R.N. Dhore, S.D. Bhinge, S.A. Udar and Shital Chopde

69-60

Effect of concentrate supplementation on the body weight gain of range managed kids

M.Chellapandian and S. Balachandran

71- 72

Report on mange in rabbits

S. Sivaseelan and T. Anna

73

Blood biochemical profile of Mecheri sheep of Tamil Nadu

M. Rameshkumar, A.K. Thiruvenkadan, K.Ganeshkun1ar, K.Karunanithi and N.  Bhuvaneswari

74-76

Study on blood biochemical profile of Tellicherry goats

M. Mohanasundari, A.K. Thiruvenkadan, K. Ganeshkumar, K. Karunanithi and P.S. Sekar

77- 79

Growth performance, feed conversion efficiency and carcass traits of lambs fed varying proportions of Sesbania aculeata with  concentrate

S.A. Dhage, A.P. Fernandes and D.P. Kaledhonkar

80-81

Replacement effect of groundnut cake with taramira (Eruca sativa) cake on nutrient intake be and utilization in Marwari kids

Brajmohan Goyal, Vishnu Sharma and Sanjita Sharma

84-86

Biometrics of the Berari bucks of Nagpur region

G. S. Ambhore, A. R. Sirothia, S. W. Kamble and R. B. Jangam

82-83

Budget

87-88

Proceedings

89-90

Author Index

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Impact of selection in body weight at birth and yearling age in economic return from magra flock at farmer’s level.

C.K. Murdia, R. Ramnani, R. K. Joshi, S.B.S. Yadav and V.K. Chaudhary

92-95

Performance of Marwari goats under different systems of feeding management.

N. P. Singh

96-99

Survivability of Karakul lambs under arid condition of  Rajasthan.

P. K. Arya, G .C. Gahlot and V. K. Singh

100-102

Production performance of sheep and certain management practices in farmers' flocks of south east Rajasthan.

Sushil Kumar, R.C. Sharma, A.K. Mishra and A. L. Arora

103-105

Social aspects of goat marketing in Etah district of Uttar Pradesh .

P.R.Deoghare and Shalander Kumar

106-109

Selection differentials and breeding values of bharat merino ram lambs.

S. P. Dixit, Gurmej Singh, J. S. Dhillon and N. S. Serohi

110-111

Effect of nongenetic factors on reproduction traits in Jamunapari goats under semiintensive management.

M. K. Singh1 and R. Roy

112-115

Body weights changes of Berari goats reared under field condition.

Jangam, R.B., Sirothia, A.R., Sirothia, K.A. and Fuke, N.H.

116-118

Production performance of Malpura sheep in an organised farm in Rajasthan.

R. C. Sharma, A. L. Arora, A.K. Mishra and Sushil Kumar

119-121

Western blot analysis for detecting midgut antigens crossreactivity of   ixodid ticks in small ruminants.

Bhaskaran R.L., D. Rajeswari, S.S.Aiyasami, Sarita Ramachandran, C.Vasanthi , G. Pattabiraman and G. Rajavelu

122-126

Immunological cross reactivity between salivary gland and midgut antigens of haemaphysalis bispinosa.

Anil Rana, S.S. Aiyasami, Bhaskaran Ravi Latha and Lalitha John

127-129

Short communications:

Chemical composition and nutritive value of acacia nilotica pods for sheep.

M.Chellapandian and M.Murugan

130-132

Indigineous traditional knowledge used for treatment of small ruminants in arid region

P.P. Rohilla and D.C. Mathur

133-135

Nutritive value of drumstick (moringa oleifera) leaves in sheep and goats

R.D. Prajapati, P,C, Murdia, C.M. Yadav and J.L. Chaudhary

136-137

Efficacy of cane jaggery and oral calcium suspension to improve kit survival in rabbits under coastal climatic conditions.

E.B.Chakurkar, R.N.S. Sundaram and S.B. Barbuddhe

138-139

Efficacy of oral ivermectin solution as an endecticide in small ruminants.

N. Syaama Sundar

140-141

Carcass characteristics of finisher lambs maintained under intensive and semi-intensive system of feeding.

N. P. Singh, S. A. Karim, S. K. Sankhyan and D. L. Verma

142-143

Seasonal prevalence of helminthic infection of sheep in Nilgiris hills.

C.Soundararajan and M.Iyue

144-145

On farm performance of lambs fed maize cobs based complete diet processed with expander extruder.

D.Nagalakshmi and D. Narsimha Reddy

147-149

Factors affecting sex ratio in Beetal x Osmanabadi goats.

R.P.Barbind and A.A.Hanmante

150

Gross and histo pathological observations in caprine coccidiosis.

K. Senthilvel, S. Abdul Basith, B. Muralimanohar and G. Rajavelu

151-152

Coenurus cyst in pharngo-laryngeal area of a kid.

Pandit, B.A., Banday, M.A.A., Shahardar, R.A. and Darzi, M.M.

153

Immunolocalisation of midgut antigens by indirect immunoperoxidase assay.

Bhaskaran Ravi Latha, G. Pattabiraman, S.S. Aiyasami, D. Rajeswari, C. Vasanthi and G. Rajavelu

154-159

Relationship between body measurements and chevon production in barbarl kids.

Ameha Sebsibe, M. M Mathur and R.S.  Yadav

160-162

Milk production in goats as related to s some management attributes of goat farmers.

R.L. Sagar

163-165

Craniometery in crossbred Rambouillet sheep of Jammu region.

Shalini Suri, A. Kalita, K. Sarma, M. M. S. Zama and Bilal Ahmad

166-168

Comparative macromorphological study on the kidney of bakarwall GOAT (Capra hircus) and barking deer (Muntiacus muntjal).

A. Kalita,  M.M.S. Zama, K. Sarma and S. Suri

169-170

Comparative heat tolerance in local, Osmanabadi, Barbari, Jamnapari and Sirohi goats

P. D. Thakare, A.R. Sirothia, K.A. Sirothia and N. H. Fuke

171-172

Factors affecting variation in birth weight of goats.

S.D. Bobhate, R.P. Barbind and A.A. Hanmante

173-175

Parasitic load of Madras red sheep in different systems of management.

P.N.Richard Jagatheesan, R.S. Viswanathan, T.Sivakumar, S.Arunachalam and M.Selvaraju

176

In vitro effect of allium sativum extract on haemaphysalis  bispinosa.

Ratan Kumar Choudhary, C. Vasanthi, Bhaskaran Ravi Latha and Lalitha John.

177-178

Efficacy of levamisole and closantel against benzimidazole resistant haemonchus contortus of sheep.

A. Meenakhi Sundaram, Lalitha John  and N. Sundar

179-180

Comparative efficacy of anthelmintics against natural gastro intestinal nematode infections of sheep in Tamil Nadu.

A. Meenakhisundaram, Lalitha John  and N. Sundar

181-182

Author index

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