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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: Poultry Science × End date: 2019 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    EFFECT OF VARYING DIETARY CRUDE PROTEIN AND TRYPTOPHAN LEVELS ON PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF WHITE LEGHORN BIRDS
    (POULTRY RESEARCH STATION COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENCE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, ANAND, 2019) Raisbhai Mahmmadbhai Rajpura; Dr. F. P. Savaliya
    The present study was conducted in White Leghorn layer birds from 21-40 weeks of age to evaluate effect of varying dietary crude protein and tryptophan levels on production performance. The study was conducted at Poultry Research Station, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anand Agricultural University, Anand. A total of 192 White Leghorn pullets of uniform were selected and distributed into eight treatments groups each with four replicates and each replicate having six birds and placed in individual California cages. Eight iso-caloric (2600 ME kcal/kg feed) treatment diets were formulated having two level of crude protein i.e. 14 and 16% each with four levels of tryptophan i.e. 0.17, 0.19, 0.21 and 0.23% and constant level of Lysine (0.80%), Methionine + Cysteine (0.70%) and Threonine (0.64%). Synthetic L-Tryptophan were supplemented at the rate of 30, 50, 70 and 90 g/100 kg feed in 14% crude protein diet and 00, 20, 40, 60 g/100 kg feed in 16% crude protein diet to achieve 0.17, 0.19, 0.21 & 0.23% tryptophan levels, respectively. DL-Methionine and L-Lysine were also supplemented to maintain their constant dietary levels in feed. The performance in terms of hen day egg production (HD%), hen day egg number (HDEN), hen housed egg number (HHEN), egg weight (g), egg mass (g per hen per day), feed intake (g/bird), feed intake (g/egg), feed efficiency (g/g egg mass), feed cost (Rs./egg), body weight (g) and egg quality parameters were studied.
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    EFFECT OF DIETARY LEVELS OF INORGANIC AND ORGANIC TRACE MINERALS ON PRODUCTION AND REPRODUCTION TRAITS OF LAYER BREEDERS
    (POULTRY RESEARCH STATION COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENCE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, ANAND, 2019) Avinash Sahebrao Kadam; Dr. R. S. Joshi
    Trace mineral supplementation is essential for poultry. Inorganic trace minerals are added to feed in the form of inorganic salts, such as sulfates, oxides, and carbonates. However, their bioavailability is low due to the antagonism and interactions among trace minerals, as well as with other compounds forming insoluble compounds, and preventing their absorption by the body. Hence, they are usually added to the diets at levels higher than the bird’s actual requirements causing environmental pollution due to higher excretion of minerals in droppings. The organic trace minerals are specific metal amino acid complexes from a combination of soluble metal salts and amino acids having higher bioavailability. Studies on use of organic trace minerals in layer breeders are meager.
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    EFFECT OF ENZYME SUPPLEMENTATION IN LAYER DIETS ON EGG PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF TWO STRAINS OF WHITE LEGHORN CHICKEN
    (AAU, Anand, 2011) Patel, Atulkumar Babubhai; Khanna, Kuldeep
    Experimental population included "FWN" and "IWP" strains of White Leghorn type laying hens of seventh generation. 360 pedigreed females of IWN strain and 360 pedigreed females of IWP strain were used for the experiment. Various traits required for present study were measured at different periods of age. As dietary energy level was increased, body weight (BW) was increased significantly (P < 0.05) at 40, 64 and 72 weeks of age. Energy levels (2400, 2550 and 2700 kcal ME) did not affect total egg number produced per bird (TEN) significantly. As dietary energy level was increased, total feed consumption per bird (TFC) and feed consumed per egg produced (FCE) was decreased significantly (P< 0.05) at 40, 64 and 72 weeks of age. Values of feed cost per egg produced (ECOST) differed significantly (P< 0.05) at 2400, 2550 and 2700 kcal ME levels. Different energy levels did not affect egg weight [EW] at 40 [EW40] and 64 [EW64] weeks of age significantly. EW72 at 2400 kcal ME level differed significantly (P< 0.05) from EW72 at 2550 and 2700 kcal ME levels. Enzyme supplementation in layer diet lowered the BW in enzyme group than control group which was non significant. TEN was increased Avlth enzyme supplementation in layer diet but it was non significant. Enzyme supplementation had significantly (P< 0.05) reduced TFC64, TFC72, FCE64 and ECOST64. There was non significant reduction in EW in enzyme group. Effects of energy levels and enzyme supplementation were found non significant for BW. Effects of same were found significant (P< 0.05) for TEN64 and TEN72 at 2550 kcal ME level, whereas effects of same were found non significant for TEN40. Effects of energy levels and enzyme supplementation were found significant (P< 0.05) for TFC40 at 2400 and 2550 kcal ME levels but it was non significant for TFC64 and TFC72. At 2400, 2550 and 2700 kcal ME levels; TFC64 and TFC72 were lower in enzyme group than control group. Effects of same were found significant (P< 0.05) for FCE64, ECOST64 and ECOST72 at 2550 kcal ME level. Effects of same were found non significant for EW. Effects of strain of layer birds and energy levels were found non significant for BW, TEN, TFC, FCE, ECOST and EW. Effects of strain of layer birds and enzyme supplementation were found non significant for BW, TEN, TFC and EW. Effects of same were found significant (P< 0.05) for FCE64 and ECOST64 in IWP strain, whereas effects were non significant in IWN strain. Effects of strain of layer birds, energy levels and enzyme supplementation were found non significant for BW, TEN, TFC, FCE, ECOST and EW. Birds fed 2400 kcal ME/kg diet along with enzyme supplementation gave higher values of retention coefficient for dry matter, crude protein, organic matter and calcium in comparison to the same diet when fed without enzyme supplementation. Results observed from present study are in favour of enzyme supplementation in layer diet for better production performance in IWN and IWP strains. Results obtained also indicate that economical rearing of layer birds can be done with low energy (2400 kcal ME/kg) layer diets without significantly affecting production performance of IWN and IWP strains as compared with 2550 and 2700 kcal ME/kg layer diets. Enzyme supplementation can also be useful for better nutrient utilization by layer birds of IWN find IWP strains with low energy (2400 kcal ME/kg) layer diets.
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