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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: Livestock Production and Management × Author: Patel, Atulkumar B. × End date: 2004 × Start date: 2004 × Type: Thesis ×
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    STUDY OF GENETIC ASPECTS OF INCOME MINUS FEED COST (IMFC) IN A WHITE LEGHORN STRAIN
    (AAU, Anand, 2004) Patel, Atulkumar B.; KHANNA, KULDEEP
    White Leghorn birds of IWN strain maintained at Poultry Complex, Veterinary College, Anand were utilized as experimental material for present study. During 17th week of age, before they started to lay eggs, the birds were transferred to individual California cage system for individual recording of performance. Various traits required for present study were measured at different periods of age. Average for age at first egg was 150.14 days'whereas, averages for body weight at 20, 40 and 56 weeks of age were 1204.49 g, 1520.02 g and 1549.59 g, respectively. The mean values for total egg number produced upto 40 and 56 weeks of age were 118.40 eggs and 211.92 eggs, respectively. The mean values for egg weight at 40 and 56 weeks of age were 51.60 g and 52.45 g , respectively. The averages for total feed consumption from 21 to 40 and 21 to 56 weeks of age were 15.323 kg and 26.913 kg , respectively. The mean values for Income Minus Feed Cost (IMFC) per bird from 21 to 40 and 21 to 56 weeks of age were Rs. 7.63 and Rs. 27.15, respectively. Income Minus Feed Cost (IMFC) was found highly heritable and the heritability estimate for IMFC21-40 and IMFC21-56 was found to be 0.41 and 0.42, respectively. Genetic and phenotypic correlations between Income Minus Feed Cost and the associated traits analyzed were in a favourable direction. Encouraging results observed from present study indicate that Income Minus Feed Cost (IMFC) can be used as a selection criterion for necessary overall improvement of layer stocks for commercial exploitation as per recent need of poultry industry.