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Anand Agricultural University, Anand

Anand Agricultural University (AAU) was established in 2004 at Anand with the support of the Government of Gujarat, Act No.(Guj 5 of 2004) dated April 29, 2004. Caved out of the erstwhile Gujarat Agricultural University (GAU), the dream institution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr. K. M. Munshi, the AAU was set up to provide support to the farming community in three facets namely education, research and extension activities in Agriculture, Horticulture Engineering, product Processing and Home Science. At present there seven Colleges, seventeen Research Centers and six Extension Education Institute working in nine districts of Gujarat namely Ahmedabad, Anand, Dahod, Kheda, Panchmahal, Vadodara, Mahisagar, Botad and Chhotaudepur AAU's activities have expanded to span newer commodity sectors such as soil health card, bio-diesel, medicinal plants apart from the mandatory ones like rice, maize, tobacco, vegetable crops, fruit crops, forage crops, animal breeding, nutrition and dairy products etc. the core of AAU's operating philosophy however, continues to create the partnership between the rural people and committed academic as the basic for sustainable rural development. In pursuing its various programmes AAU's overall mission is to promote sustainable growth and economic independence in rural society. AAU aims to do this through education, research and extension education. Thus, AAU works towards the empowerment of the farmers.

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Subject: Animal Genetics and Breeding × Author: RAJ KUMAR YADAV × End date: 2014 × Start date: 2012 × Type: Thesis ×
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    STUDY ON GENETIC ASSOCIATIONS OF BODYWEIGHTWITH IMPORTANT ECONOMIC TRAITS IN IWN AND IWP STRAINS OFWHITE LEGHORN CHICKEN
    (AAU, Anand, 2012) RAJ KUMAR YADAV; Dr. J. V. Solanki
    The present study was undertaken to investigate “Inheritance and associations of body weight with important economic traits in IWN and strains of White Leghorn chicken”. Data pertaining to S7 generation of IWN and strains of White Leghorn maintained at Department of Poultry Science, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anand Agricultural University, Anand were utilized for the present study. Birds were grouped at 16, 40 and 64 weeks of age on the basis of body weight, with the difference of 150 grams in their body weights. At 16 weeks of age 4 groups, at 40 weeks of age, 5 groups and at 64 weeks of age, 7 groups were formed. Birds were also grouped total number of eggs produced upto 64 weeks of age with the difference of 20 eggs. Total 6 groups were formed.