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OtherItem Open Access Genetic Characteristics of Indigenous Peruvidai Chicken(TANUVAS, Chennai, 2018-12) Churchil, R. Richard; Dhamotharan, S.; Ravivarman, N.; Kanagaraju, P.; Srinivasan, G.; TANUVASThe qualitative and biometric characteristics of indigenous Peruvidai chicken were recorded from a Peruvidai chicken breeding farm at Ambur, Vellore district. A total of 20 males and 20 females at the age of 44 weeks and above were used for phenotypic characterization and body measurements. The skin colour was white in all the birds (100%) of both the sexes.ArticleItem Open Access MORPHOLOGICAL AND MORPHOMETRIC STUDIES ON THE PELVIC GIRDLE OF CHINESE GOOSE (ANSER CYGNOIDES)(TANUVAS, Chennai, 2020-07) Sathyamoorthy, O.R.; Chruchil, R. Richard; Dhamotharan, S.; TANUVASThe pelvic girdle of Chinese goose was a large, elongated bone, narrow cranially (3.0 cm) and wide (8.0 cm) caudally. It consisted of two os coxae, each of which was made up of an ilium, an ischium and a pubis. The ilium of the Chinese goose was the largest and longest (14 cm) bone of the os coxae. The pre-acetabular part of the ilium was 6.80 cm long and 2.0 cm wide. The post-acetabular part of ilium was 7.2 cm long. The ilioneural canal was slightly broad in front and narrow caudally. The pelvic surface of ilium showed six openings on either side of the bodies of the lumbosacral mass. The ischiatic foramen was 3.60 cm long and 1.20 cm wide. The ischium was triangular in shape and 7.50 cm long. The caudal border of the pelvis was wide (7.50 cm) and showed a deep notch. The pubis was long (12.0cm), thin, bent rod-like bone, projected well beyond the caudal border of the os coxae and bent medially. The pectineal process was short and rounded. Pneumatic foramina were absent in the os coxae of the Chinese goose. The acetabulum was large and formed by all the three bones. The anti-trochanter was quadrilateral in shape and prominent.OtherItem Open Access Quality Parameters of Eggs of Indigenous Siruvidai and Peruvidai Chickens Of Tamil Nadu(TANUVAS, Chennai, 2018-12) Churchil, R. Richard; Ravivarman, N.; Dhamotharan, S.; Sumanth, S.; Srinivasan, G.; TANUVASA study was conducted to assess the egg quality parameters of in indigenous Siruvidai and Peruvidai chickens of Tamil Nadu. A total of 11 Siruvidai chicken and 17 Peruvidai chicken eggs were subjected to this study. The shell colour of eggs of Siruvidai chicken is mostly light brown (58.33%) with lesser proportions of dark brown (25%) and light brown eggs (16.67%). The shell colour of Peruvidai chicken was predominantly light brown (41.18) followed by medium and dark brown (each 29.41%).