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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 Nutrition × End date: 1989 × Start date: 1982 ×
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    CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND NUTRITIVE VALUE OF CHER (Avicennia officinalis) LEAVES AND SOME COASTAL REGION GRASSES
    (AAU, Anand, 1982) Shukla, P. C.; Shukla, P. C.
    People of coastal region especially Bharuch, Hansot, Bhavnagar and Kutch side (Gujarat State) are feeding cher to their animals. They believe that it increases milk as well as fat content. This view is even supported by many Ayurvedic books. Gujarat Animal Husbandry Department, Central Salt and Marine Research Institute, Sumul dairy and other agencies had suggested to conduct research work on cher leaves. Therefore, present study of chemical composition and nutritive value of char leaves was undertaken. A survey work regarding cher leaves feeding in Bharuch district was also under taken. During survey work it was known that other coastal grasses namely Moras, Aal, Canthiu and Chanannuri are also fed to cattle. So these grasses were also included for the study. Monthly cuttings of cher leaves were obtained to know the seasonal difference in chemical composition.
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    STUDY ON PROSOPIS JULIFLORA PODS AND ITS UTILIZATION AS CATTLE FEED BY LACTATING COWS
    (AAU, Anand, 1985) Talpada, Punambhai M.; Shukla, P. C.
    An attempt was made to study the Prosopis juliflora pods and its utilization as cattle feed by lactating cows with a view to assess the production potential, composition of pods and to investigate the suitability of pods at 0, 15 and 30 per cent levels in the concentrate mixture of lactating cows. The results of two years study on production potential of pods from eight Prosopis juliflora trees indicated that on an average yield of pods was 18.95 kg/tree/year. The chemical composition of pods revealed that all the proximate constituents including sugar content of pods differed significantly (P<0.05) from year to year. This alteration may probably be related with different stages during the maturity of pods. The composition of pods did not vary significantly from tree to tree except for ether extract and sugar content.
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    EFFECT OF FEEDING VARYING LEVELS OF PROTEIN AND ENERGY ON PERFORMANCE OF CAGED LAYING HENS
    (AAU, Anand, 1986) DESAI, MAHADEV C.; Shukla, P. C.
    The present experiment to investigate the effect of varying protein (Crude protein) and energy levels in diets of caged laying hens was conducted at Animal Nutrition Department and Central Poultry Research Station, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand from July 1981 to July 1982. For caged layer experiment, 3 power 2 factorial experiment was used with three levels of protein (16, 18 and 20 per cent) each with three levels of energy (2700, 2600 and 2500 Kcal ME/kg). The treatments (Proteins per cent: Kcal ME/kg) were T1- 16:2700, T2 - 18:2700 (as per ISI specifications), T3 - 20:2700, T4 - 16:2600, T5 - 18:2600, T6 - 20:2600, T7 - 16:2500, T8 - 18:2500 and T9 - 20:2500. Twenty seven hens under each treatment maintained in California cages were individually fed one of the nine diets from 22nd to 72 weeks of age.
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    USE OF SINGLE CELL PROTEIN (SCP) AS A PART OF CONCENTRATE MIXTURE OF GROWING CALVES
    (AAU, Anand, 1986) Desai, Hemant B.; Shukla, P. C.
    Feeding experiment using single cell protein (SCP) in concentrate mixture for growing calves was conducted on 12 Kankrej and 12 Jersey x Kankrej F1 calves (male and female) for 32 weeks period of growth. The three treatments were 0(control), 10 (T2) and 20 (T3) percent level of SCP in concentrate mixture replacing protein of groundnut cake by SCP. Completely randomized design (Factorial) was used for the experiment. N.R.C. (1971) feeding standards were followed for meeting nutrient (DCP and TDN) requirements of calves. One kg green lucerne was given to meet vitamin-A (carotene) requirement.
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    NUTRITIONAL EVALUATION OF RAW SUGARCANE BAGASSE, STEAM TREATED BAGASSE AND BAGASSE BASED FEED (LOW COST FODDER)
    (AAU, Anand, 1989) PATEL, D. C.; Shukla, P. C.
    Sugarcane is one of the important cash crops grown in the country, besides, its use in sugar and jaggery production. It is case of the most valuable crops in supplying various by-products for feeding ruminants. However, because of low protein, minerals and digestible nutrients content and it being lignified and fibrous, the bagasse is not efficiently utilized for animal feeding. Various attempts have been made to improve the nutritive value of bagasse, but none of them were useful under field conditions and hence recently attention has been focused to formulate low cost feed using steam treated bagasse, molasses, minerals, urea etc. However, such feeds though produced and utilized especially during drought condition in certain areas of Gujarat and Maharashtra, their nutritive values have not been determined., Hence under the present study an attempt has been made to evaluate nutritional and feeding value of bagasse and bagasse based feeds.
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    USE OF CORN STEEP LIQUOR (CSL) AS A NEW INGREDIENT OF CONCENTRATE MIXTURE FOR THE GROWTH OF CROSS-BRED (JERSEYx KANKREJ) CALVES
    (AAU, Anand, 1989) GUPTA, R. S.; Shukla, P. C.
    The feeding experiment using Corn Steep Liquor (CSL) as a part of concentrate mixture was conducted on 20 cross-bred (Jersey X Kankrej) male calves for the growth period of 32 weeks. The four treatments were T1 (control), T2 (15 per cent CSL), T3 (30 per cent CSL) and T4 (negative control). The calves under T4 were fed 30 per cent l e s s control concentrate mixture than their requirement. Completely randomized design was followed. The nutrient (DCP & TM) requirements were met as per the recommendations of Sen et al.( 1978) feeding standard for growth. Two kg of green 'NB-21' fodder was fed daily to each calf to meet vitamin A requirement. Mature pasture grass was fed as a basal fodder. The results indicated that total and average dally weight gain along with increase in heart girth were found to be significantly higher in T1 than other treatments. However, increase in height at withers and body length were found to be non-significant under all the treatments. Dry matter intake