Kamdev Sethy

This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of Spirulina on growth, immunity, gut microbiome, and important organ histopathology in Vencobb broilers. 160 day-old chicks were randomly assigned to four diets. T0: basal diet, T1: basal diet + Spirulina (0.50% of basal diet), T2: basal diet + Spirulina (1.0% of basal diet), T3: basal diet + Spir...

Cardiotoxicity is an imperative issue in the assessment of heavy metal consumption and inorganic arsenic (As). These have a cardiotoxic effect which is evaluated by biochemical, and oxidative-antioxidant tests, and by the Nrf2- HO-1 pathway. Dried ginger powder is recognized for its efficient antioxidant activities and as a protector of the cardiov...

The present experiment was aimed at finding the optimal supplemental dose of nano-selenium in broiler chicken during the summer season for better performance in terms of growth, blood metabolites, immune response, antioxidant status, and selenium concentration in vital organs. Three-hundred-day-old Vencobb broiler chicks were randomly distributed i...

A significant health issue, reproductive toxicity is mostly linked to exposure to various environmental heavy metals. A pervasive toxin that occurs naturally in the environment is arsenic (As). This research was done to determine the effects of various doses of inorganic As supplements on the reproductive organs of adult male white Pekin ducks. A t...

An experiment was conducted to explore the effect of dietary supplementation of amla powder on growth performance in Black Rock broiler chicken in comparative parallel study with equivalent synthetic vitamin C. In total one hundred forty (n=140) day old Black Rock chicks were randomly distributed into 7 dietary treatments with two replicates having...

The toxic metalloid arsenic is known to cause liver and kidney injury in many humans and animals. The goal of this paper was to exemplify the antagonism of ginger against arsenic (As)-induced hepato-renal toxicity. In addition, the pathways Nrf2/Keap1 and NF/κB were studied to reveal the molecular mechanism of the stress. One hundred twenty 7-day-o...

To study the effect of garlic supplementation on gut bacterial load, histopathology and immunity of coloursynthetic broilers, 100 day old colour synthetic broiler chicks were randomly distributed into five dietary treatments.The dietary treatments for this experiment were: T1: Basal diet, T2: Basal diet + Probiotic, T3: Basal diet + Garlicpowder (0...

Nanotechnology is now creating a growing sense of excitement in the field of life science. Nano particles can be synthesized by chemical, biological and green methods, but green synthesis method is the most emerging approach of preparation due to eco friendly and less time consuming procedure. This study aimed at green synthesis, characterization a...

The present experiment was conducted to assess the effect of ginger supplementation on the blood Haemato-biochemical and immuno response of black rock broiler chicken. One hundred twenty numbers of day old black rock broiler chicks were distributed to 04 groups having 30 birds in each. Each group consists of three replicates with 10 birds in each r...

Day-old broiler chicks (182) were distributed randomly to 7 treatments with 2 replicates. Treatments were T 1 (control), basal diet; T 2 , basal diet + turmeric powder (TP) (0.5% of basal diet); T 3 , basal diet + TP (1% of basal diet); T 4 , basal diet + ginger powder (GP) (0.5% of basal diet); T 5 , basal diet + GP (1% of basal diet); T 6 , basal...

This study was undertaken to explore the genetic polymorphism in the KiSS1R (GPR54) gene from 80 Black Bengal, 50 Ganjam and 20 Raighar goat. Each of the sampled goats was recorded for its reproductive traits. The genomic DNA was isolated from the collected blood samples. The target 3’ UTR comprising of 246 bp fragment of KiSS1R gene was successful...

Milk fever is a metabolic disease of cows occurring around the time of parturition, generally within 48 hr after calving, but also occurs several weeks before or after calving. A decreased level of blood calcium is responsible for milk fever in transition cows. This is due to imbalance between calcium output in the colostrums and intake of calcium...

The term transition is to underscore the important physiological, metabolic, and nutritional changes occurring in this time frame. Over the past 15 years, the dry cow and especially the transition period have been recognized as critical elements to improving dairy productive and reproductive efficiency. Numerous research studies completed over this...

Through a survey in Kakatpur block, Odisha, twenty-one numbers of anestrous cattle were selected and equally divided in to three groups (T0, T1 and T2, n=7) for the experiment. T0 was kept as control (farmer’s practice), while T1 and T2 were provided with area specific mineral mixture (Ca, P, Mn, Cu, Zn) at 50g/day/animal and bypass fat at 100 g/da...

Progress in the field of bioinformatics is useful to understand the global network of genes and their protein products. Genetic variants of the ATP1A3 gene have been suggested to be involved in the salt hypertension and feed intake, all of which may evidently affect heat production, heat loss and water mineral balance. In the present study, compara...

To study the effect of different stocking density on the performance of White Pekin ducks, 144 unsexed day-old White Pekin ducklings were reared for 42 days and on 43rd day, these duckings were distributed into four equal groups, each with three replicates in deep litter system of rearing. The floor space provided per ducking was G1: 1,350 cm², G2:...

Day-old broiler chicks (n=182) were distributed randomly in seven dietary treatments. The treatments included dietary supplementation of turmeric powder (TP) and ginger powder (GP) alone or in combination, each at 0.5 and 1.0 percent levels, i.e., T 1 (control), basal diet alone; T 2 , 0.5% TP; T 3 , 1.0% TP; T 4 , 0.5% GP; T 5 , 1.0% GP; T 6 , bot...

Topical Theileriosis is a blood protozoan disease of cattle which not only causes high mortality among the animals but also impacts huge economic losses to the farmers due to reduced quality and quantity of milk yield and impaired reproductive performances. Oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation in erythrocytes of cattle infected with Theileria an...

India after the post-independence era has developed many strategies to overcome the long-standing food crisis problem to become a leading country of food grains production in world market. In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to chemical and hormonal residues like chlorinated pesticides, organophosphates, herbicides, exogenous and en...

Fifteen Ganjam sheep (3-4 months of age) were stratified into three equal groups and fed a basal diet consisting of concentrate mixture and paddy straw. T1 served as control (without any supplementation), T2 and T3 were supplemented with 20 and 40 mg zinc/kg DM as zinc methionine respectively. Experimental feeding continued for a period of 90 days....

The objective of this study was to evaluate the brain biometrical dynamics with advancement of age between sexes. One hundred fifty day-old sexed Vanaraja chicks (75 male + 75 female) were selected and distributed equally in two groups. Birds were slaughtered by cervical dislocation method at 21, 42, 63 and 84 days of age and biometrical measuremen...

(1) To evaluate the cognitive ability of male and female Vanaraja birds, three hundred and sixty 1-d-old sexed chickens were reared under similar conditions in three treatment groups with 4 replicates in each group: 120 females in Treatment 1, 120 males in Treatment 2 and both males and females (60 + 60) as a mixed group in Treatment 3. (2) To asse...

One hundred fifty day-old sexed Vanaraja chicks (75 male + 75 female) were taken as experimental birds. Dissection of cranium was performed carefully and study of gross morphology of brain was undertaken at different ages in male and female birds. The brain in situ appeared like a 'spade' symbol in playing card but it appeared rather wider and glob...

Sixty day-old chicks from the commercial broiler strain, Vencobb, and 60 day-old backyard Vanaraja chickens, were selected as experimental birds for assessing learning and cognitive performance. Learning and cognitive ability were assessed on the basis of maze trial performance, self recognition trial (SRT), detour trial (DT), tonic immobility tria...

A total of 60 animals (38 cows, 22 heifers) were selected and were divided into three groups of 20 animals each (containing both anoestrus and repeat breeder) in which treatment was performed for 60 days. Group I: control (farmer practice), T1 group: group I + hormone (double synch), and T2 group: group I + hormone (Estra double synch). The growth...

Aim The objective of this study was to evaluate the changes in hemato-biochemical indices in male and female Vanaraja chickens under tropical environment during summer and winter season. Materials and Methods A total of 120 day-old sexed Vanaraja chicks were selected as experimental chickens and distributed equally in two groups having 60 female a...

Biotechnology is a conventional method in several areas of diagnosis and its application in the field of veterinary practice has only happening to appear with the potential to transform the veterinary field for treatment of animals. The new techniques include the production of more specific antigens by the use of recombination, expression vectors a...

The Whole Genome Sequencing Project developed enormous amount of data about the genetic architecture of organisms. But mere structural characterization of genome will ultimately not be the concluding stage; a functional characterization is essentially required for the complete understanding of genome biology. The temporal and spatial regulation of...

Poultry supplemented with ginger and garlic improved growth and feed conversion ratio and decreased mortality rate. Garlic supplementation also responsible for enhancing the activity of pancreatic enzymes and provides an environment for better absorption of nutrients. Dietary fermented garlic supplementation in poultry ration can increase the intes...

Minerals play an important role in various bodily functions that are necessary to sustain life and maintain optimal health and thus are essential nutrients. The amount of minerals present in the body and their metabolic roles varies considerably. Minerals are required for a number of functions like normal body maintenance and function, milk product...

A prebiotic is defined as a non-digestible food ingredient that beneficially affects the host by selectively stimulating the growth and/ or activity of one or a limited number of bacteria. Fructo oligosaccharides (FOS), galactooligosaccharides (GOS), xylooligosaccharides (XOS), isomaltooligosaccharide (IMO) and lactulose alter the microflora, incre...

German Shephered dogs of either sex with chronic recurrent pododermatitis with various degrees of clinical signs along with excerbation of pus presented at the Teaching Veterinary Clinical complex, C.V.Sc. and A.H., O.U.A.T. were selected for the present study. The culture and sensitivity test of the skin swab from the lesions of the affected dogs...

Effect of chronic fluorosis on haemato-biochemical parameters and oxidant-antioxidant equilibrium in cattle of industrial fluorotic zones of district Angul, Odisha, India was studied. Ten fluorotic cattle of visible clinical signs of endemic area and ten healthy cattle of non-fluorotic area were selected for the present study. Plasma fluoride level...

A total 90 Vanaraja experimental birds were divided into three respective groups based on floor density viz., G1 (16 birds/m2), G2 (12 birds/m2) and G3 (8 birds/m2). No significant difference in average live weight and carcass weight was observed between groups. Average feed consumption, feed conversion ratio (FCR) and dressing percentage in G2 and...

To assess the effect of vitamin E supplementation on meat quality, fifteen male non-descriptive local kids (6.41 ± 0.37 kg BW and 2 to 3 months old) were divided into three groups and were fed on oat straw and concentrate mixture. Kids were supplemented with 0,100 and 200 IU vitamin E (á-tocopherol acetate) in group I II and III, respectively. Feed...

Aim: The aim of this study was to study the anatomy of different parts of brain and histology of hippocampus of Vencobb broiler chicken. Materials and methods: A 12 adult experimental birds were sacrificed by cervical dislocation. After separation of the brain, gross anatomy features were studied. Brain tissue was fixed in 10% buffered neutral f...

Accurate prediction of metabolizable energy (ME) requirement is important to formulate diets for poultry during different stages of growth and production. Earlier ME models involve a linear effect of temperature over energy requirements when the temperature is up to 27°C. But in humid tropics, the environmental temperature remains fairly high (>40°...

To assess the antioxidant effect of selenium (Se) yeast and sodium selenite, 18 non-descript male kids (2–3 months old, 6.63±0.24 kg body weight) were divided into three groups (6 each) following completely randomized design. Animals in the control group (T1) were fed concentrate mixture and oat straw ad libitum, while animals in T2 and T3 were add...

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of area specific mineral mixture on growth performance, blood parameters and reproductive efficiency in crossbred cows in Kakatpur block of Odisha. Forty crossbred animals were selected for the experiment and divided in to two equal groups. Among them number of anestrus animals and repeat breeder...

A total of sixty reproductive disordered animals having 38 cows and 22 heifers were selected for this experiment which were divided among three groups in equal numbers of 20 animals in each, having anoestrus and repeat breeding problems. Animals in control group (C) were maintained as per the traditional practices of the farmer where as treatment g...

One hundred cows having reproductive disorders were randomly distributed in 5 treatment groups. The five treatment groups were: group I: control group, group II: group I+ area specific mineral mixture (ASMM) @ 50 g/day/animal, group III: group I+ by-pass fats supplementation @ 100 g/day/animal, group IV: group I + treatment with prostaglandins (PGF...

Present study was undertaken to elucidate the effect of selenium yeast and sodium selenite supplementation on haematology, blood biochemical parameters and hormones in goats. 18 male kids (2-3 months of age and 6.63 ± 0.30 kg average BW) were stratified by their body weight and randomly assigned to three different treatments, fed a basal diet consi...

An experiment was conducted on 12 male Black Bengal kids (2–3 months of age) to elucidate the effect of supplementation of sodium selenite on their growth and blood chemistry. Kids were randomly divided into two equal groups and fed a basal diet consisting of concentrate mixture and paddy straw. Gr-I served as control (without any supplementation),...

This study evaluated carbohydrate and protein fractions in various pulse chunies (green gram, black gram, Bengal gram and red gram) using Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein (CNCP) system. The carbohydrate fraction A (% CHO) was higher (P<0.001) in bengal gram chuni (25.47) compared to red gram (15.28) and green gram chunies (19.74). The carbohydr...

Effects of selenium yeast and vitamin E supplementation on hematology, blood biochemistry and hormones in goats was studied. 24 male kids (2-3 months age, 6.80±0.20 kg average body weight) were randomly grouped into four groups. Group I (Control) was fed a basal diet (concentrate mixture and oat straw), group II and group III were additionally supp...

Three hundred, day old BV-300 chicks were randomly distributed to five dietary treatmentS with two replicates in each group having 30 chicks in each. Five dietary treatments were: T 1 : Basal diet + mineral mixture without any Zn supplementation, T 2 : T 1 + inorganic zinc (ZnO) supplementation as per requirement, T 3 : T 1 + nano ZnO @ 1/100 th of...

Aim: To determine the serum variations of two major acute phase proteins, serum amyloid A (SAA) and haptoglobin (Hp) levels in crossbred endometritis cows following pre and post immunomodulation therapy. Materials and Methods: 21 endometritis cows were randomly assigned to three groups (n=7) and treated with three different immunomodulators while s...

An experiment was conducted on 24 male goat kids (6.80±0.20 kg ABW) to elucidate the effect of supplemental vitamin E and/or selenium yeast on their growth, serum antioxidant enzymes, selenium and α- tocopherol status. Kids were randomly divided into 4 equal groups and fed a basal diet consisted of concentrate mixture and oat straw to meet their nu...

Effect of replacement of inorganic minerals viz. zinc (Zn), copper (Cu) and manganese (Mn) with their corresponding organic minerals (methionine) on growth, bioavailability and immunity was studied in grower birds (9th to 20th week). At 20th week, the body weight of grower birds were significantly (P<0.05) higher in 100% organic Zn group, 100% and...

To study the comparative effects of Nano Selenium (Nano-Se) and sodium selenite on the growth, bioavailability, antioxidative activities, hematological and biochemical parameters, cellular and humoral immunity, a trial was conducted on BV 300 layer birds during grower phase (9-20 after weeks) in six treated groups. After twenth weeks body weight of...

Comparative study on the effect of nano selenium (nano-Se) and sodium selenite on the growth, bioavailability, antioxidative activities, hematological and biochemical parameters, cellular and humoral immunity was done in layer chicks up to 8th week post feeding. The results showed significant differences (P<0.05) in relative weight gain and final b...

An experiment was conducted on 24 male kids of similar age (2-3 months) and body weight (6.80±0.20 kg) to elucidate the effect of selenium (Se) yeast and vitamin E supplementation on their serum minerals and vitamin profile. Kids were randomly divided into four equal groups and fed a basal diet consisting of concentrate mixture and oat straw to mee...

Animal biotechnology is one of the fastest growing sectors in twenty-first century. Transgenic animals produced by introducing ‘foreign’ DNA into the host genetic material have greater flexibility in direct genetic manipulation of livestock. Numerous potential applications of this methodology include increased growth rate, improved feed usage, impr...

Two hundred and sixty four broiler breeder hens of 32 weeks of age were distributed randomly in four dietary treatments. The dietary treatments were T0: Broiler breeder ration containing 40 ppm zinc (basal 29.8 ppm + 10.2 ppm inorganic zinc), T1: T0 + organic zinc (zinc methionine) @ 20 ppm, T2: T0 + organic zinc @ 40 ppm and T3: T0 + organic zinc...

Twenty four male kids (3-4 months, 9.1±0.03 kg BW) were divided into four groups of six animals in each and fed on a wheat straw based total mixed ration (TMR) added with cadmium as (cadmium chloride) at 0 (Cd0, control), 1.5 (Cd1.5), 3.0 (Cd3.0) and4.5 (Cd4.5) ppm levels. Experimental feeding was done for a period of 126 days including a 6-day met...