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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: Biochemistry × End date: 1988 × Start date: 1988 × Thesis Type: M.Sc ×
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    SERUM ELECTROLYTES AND TRACE ELEMENTS AT SELECTED PERIODS OF GROWTH AND DURING ESTROUS CYCLE IN SURTI BUFFALO
    (AAU, Anand, 1988) PARMAR, SIMON R.; PARAMESWARAN, M.
    Water buffalo is the mainstay of the dairy industry in India. It also is the mainstay of the economic structure for the small and marginal farmer in many parts of the country and especially in Gujarat because of the.multipurpose utilities i.e. milk, meat and draught, it provides. Over the past twenty years much data have been collected on the physical, physiological and biochemical aspects of growth and reproduction in various breeds of milch buffaloes in India^ The present studies were made to know the blood serum levels of the electrolytes, sodium, potassium and chloride and the trace elements, iron, copper, zinc and manganese in Surti buffalo calves from birth to maturity ,and during different phases of estrous cycle in adult female buffalo heifers In the neonatal period, sodium and chloride Increased while potassium fluctuated non-significantly from birth to 3 days after birth. Among the trace elements iron and copper also increased from birth to 3 days while zinc and manganese showed a fluctuating trend. In the postnatal period (11-35 days of age) representing the transition from non-ruminant to ruminant type of digestion Increases were found in the levels Qt serum sodium and iron. Potassium decreased while chloride, copper and manganese fluctuated. Serum zinc levels showed no changes in this period. In the puberal period (390-420 days of age) potassium, chloride, iron and copper increased, no changes occurred in sodium and zinc while manganese levels fluctuated. In the period from 510 to 540 days when the buffalo calves studied matured to young adults the serum levels of sodium, potassium and iron increased whereas chloride, copper, zinc and manganese levels fluctuated. During the growth of the buffalo calves from birth to maturity thus there was no uniform trend in the pattern of changes in serum electrolytes or trace elements. Higher levels of sodium were present in postnatal and maturity periods. Chloride levels were relatively higher at neonatal and postnatal periods while potassium in serum did not show any significant period differences.Typically serum iron and copper registered a pattern of continuous increase from birth to maturity In buffalo calves. In contrast both zinc and manganese showed no consistent pattern and fluctuated throughout the different periods studied. Both sodium and potassium levels were higher at late follicular phase (D-IQ) and lower at oestrous phase (H,). In contrast serum chloride was lower at follicular phase and higher at estrus. , Estrous phase had lower levels of iron and higher levels of zinc and relatively higher levels manganese and copper. Overall the study thus, showed that the electrolytes and trace elements show dynamic changes both during growth and during estrous cycle.