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    A case report of cystic calculi in goat kid
    (2020) Muthukumar, S; Thamil Vanan, Thanga; Meenakshi Sundaram, S, et al.,; TANUVAS
    A study was carried out to find out the various causes of mortality in kids and to optimize the management strategies to control kid mortality in an organized goat farm with more than 500 breedable Tellicherry does at Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu. Detailed necropsy was carried out in all the 52 kids died out of 551 live kids born during the study period of nine months. In which cystic calculi (2.86%) was one of the reason by which kid mortality were occurred. A 45 days old buck had the following clinical signs viz, anorectic, dribbling of urine, oliguria, stranguria, perianal swelling and distended bladder region. Despite of the continuous treatment buck suddenly found dead. Autopsy revealed presence of numerous amorphous calculi on the neck of the bladder and congested kidneys.
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    Effect of Feeding of Dried Distillers Grains on Feedlot Performance of Tellicherry Goats
    (2017) Arun Nehru, P; Tensingh Gnanaraj, P; Meenakshi Sundaram, S, et al.,; TANUVAS
    A trial was conducted to assess the postweaning growth performance of Tellicherry kids under feeding varying levels of dried distillers grains in an organized goat farm, Injambakkam, Chennai. Thirty six numbers of Tellicherry male kids were randomly divided into four groups. The kids fed with concentrate and roughage in a ratio of 60:40 based on 4 per cent body weight. The concentrate mixture contained varying levels of dried distillers grains T1 (0 per cent) as a control diet, T2 (5 per cent DDG), T3 (10 per cent DDG) and T4 (15 per cent DDG). Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) straw was used as a sole source of roughage. The results showed that there was significant increase in postweaning body weight in T4 followed by T3, T2 and T1. The average daily dry matter intake and body measurements were not significant different among treatment groups but higher in dried distillers grains supplemented groups than control. The average daily gain was significant higher in T4, T3 and T2. The feed conversion ratio was lower in dried distiller’s grains supplemented group than control. However, inclusion of dried distiller’s grains up to 15 per cent in concentrate diet as an alternative feed for goats and it can replace a portion of soybean meal and maize up to 15 per cent of the concentrate diet in growing meat goats.
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    Effect of microclimatic variables in different flooring systems of pig sty
    (2021) Subhalekha, R; Yasotha, A; Meenakshi Sundaram, S, et al.,; TANUVAS
    Abstract The influence of the flooring pattern on the thermal comfort of Large White Yorkshire weaned pigs was investigated in three different flooring systems. Three different flooring systems in conventional pig farming viz., solid concrete floor (T1), raised slatted concrete floor (T2) and raised slatted polypropylene floor (T3) formed the experimental housing design and three sty of equal sizes measuring 3.50 m x 2.90 m were taken. Pigs in the different housing systems are maintained in standard floor space of 0.8-1.0 m2 with similar feeding practices and management conditions. Under each treatment, 10 numbers (5 males and 5 females in each treatment) of weaned large white Yorkshire pigs are allotted with average body weight of 16.50±0.50 kg respectively. Microclimatic variables include air temperature, relative humidity, air velocity were recorded daily and statistically there was significantly (P<0.01) higher difference observed between the treatment groups in the morning and afternoon hour recording.
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    Factors Affecting Pre-weaning Survivability of Kids in an Organized Goat Farm
    (2016-11) Muthukumar, S; Thamil Vannan, Thanga.; Meenakshi Sundaram, S, et al.,; TANUVAS
    A study was carried out to find out the factors influencing kid survivability in an organized goat farm with more than 500 breedable Tellicherry does at Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu. Detailed study was carried out in all the 52 kids died out of 551 live kids born during the study period of nine months. The influence of dam weight at kidding, birth weight, dam’s milk yield, litter size, kid sex, age of susceptibility and parity on kid survivability was studied. The chi square analysis of the data revealed that significantly higher survival rate were recorded in kids born to dams of 25-40 kg body weight with 300-500 ml of milk yield per day with more than 1.5 kg birth weight, kids born as singles and after third parity survived better (P< 0.01). On detailed laboratory examination of dead kids revealed Clostridium perfringens type D was found to be the single major cause of mortality in kids accounting 65.38% of total mortality in this farm.