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Subject: Animal Nutrition × End date: 2005 × Start date: 2005 × Thesis Type: M.V.Sc. ×
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    EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTATION OF LYSINE PRODUCING MICROBES VIS-A-VIS TYPE AND LEVEL OF DIETARY PROTEIN, ON PERFORMANCE OF POST PEAK LAYERS
    (KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR 585 401., 2005-12-30) MANJU, G. U.; B. S. VENKATARAMI REDDY; R. GIDEON GLORI DOSS; . T. M. PRABHU; K.S. PRATHAP KUMAR
    Poultry farming in India was a backyard practice till 1970 and now it has made rapid strides and transformed itself to become increasingly specialized and integrated agribusiness to meet the increasing demand for human food production and contributing its part to National GDP. At present, India stands 4^^ among the world’s egg producing countries, with an increase from meager 1800 million eggs during 1960 to 40,000 million in 2004 (FAO 2004). Such a commendable achievement was possible largely due to concerted efforts of several poultry entrepreneurs, including geneticists and nutritionists. Chicken is one of the best , feed converting livestock among the food animals and also low space requirement involved in their production have significantly contributed towards the phenomenal growth of the poultry sector. But stiU there is a wide gap between recommendation (180 per annum ICMR) and the present per capita consumption level of eggs (48 eggs per annum) with an eventual provision of tremendous scope for growth of poultry industry especially that of layers.
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    Influence of Lysine Producing Probiotics (LPP) vis-a-vis type of protein source on performance of broilers
    (KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR, 2005-12-30) JAISHANKAR, N; B. S. VENKATARAMI REDDY; R. G. GLORI DOSS; T. M. PRABHU
    Over the last few decades, broiler production in tropical and subtropical countries has been rapidly increasing due to ever increasing demand for poultry products. From 1995 to 1999, chicken meat production in Africa, Asia and South America grew by 13.85, 17.73 and 23.65%, respectively (Watt, 2001). Despite many challenges faced by broiler industries in these developing nations, including economic crisis, currency devaluation and reliance on imported raw materials, it is predicted that broiler production in these areas will continue to sustain strong growth in the future as well. As a result, the feeding and health management of birds assume significance. Soon after the introduction of antimicrobials into human chemotherapy in the 1940s, they were also introduced into veterinary practice (Moore et al., 1946). Consequently, Chickens became more susceptible to colonization by bacterial pathogens. When livestock and poultry are fed low doses of antibiotics routinely, bacteria may develop resistance to the drugs (Collignon, 1999). Certain scientific findings (Manning et al., 1994) suggested that antibacterials used for animal feeding become risky for humans (Sahin, 2002) and animal health (Thorns, 2000) and the conclusions of scientific committee of the European Council have thus led to a ban on feeding antibiotics (Witte, 2000). Nevertheless, increased public concern over the development and spread of antibiotic resistance in bacteria and the possible presence of antibiotic residuals in poultry products has led to search for safe alternatives to antibiotics in chicken diets (Gong et al., 2002). Currently, many parts of the world are experimenting alternative feed additives that may be used to alleviate the problems associated with the withdrawal of antibiotics from feed. The supplemental dietary microbial products function in the digestive system 1) to provide nutrients, 2) to aid in digesting foods and 3) to inhibit harmful bacteria (Owings et al., 1990). In this direction certain probiotics have been discovered to facilitate or
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    Nutritional evaluation of detoxified honge {Pongamia glabrav&gA seed meal in broiler rabbits
    (KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR, 2005-12-30) GIRIDHAR, K.S.; R.G.GLORI DOSS
    The higher production cost forces the livestock farmers to exploit the use of any unconventional feedstuff as a component of livestock feed and make animal production more economical. Incorporation of various unconventional feeds as livestock feed requires thorough knowledge of their maximum level of inclusion, duration of feeding and type of toxic principles present, including their effect on animal performance and mode of detoxification. Various methods of detoxification like physical, chemical and biological method were recommended to detoxify several toxic factors to facilitate their incorporation as a source of protein and to replace protein rich supplements to a certain extent and thus reduce the feed cost. Several studies have been conducted with unconventional feeds in livestock and poultry to evaluate their possibility of inclusion as an alternate feed for sustaining optimum production and to extrapolate the same method of feeding system to the ‘Micro-livestock’ such as rabbits. Rabbitry is considered as an integral part of animal husbandry and agriculture to improve the socio economic status of the rural poor especially, landless laborers to provide food security in terms of low cost animal protein. Realizing these facts. Government of India had included rabbit as an important livestock species for the first time in the livestock census 2003 (Anonymus, 2004)