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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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  • ThesisItemOpen Access
    DETECTION OF BRUCELLOSIS AMONG SHEEP AND GOATS IN GUJARAT STATE BY CULTURAL ISOLATION, SEROLOGICAL TESTS AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2012) SUTARIYA MOHIT BABUBHAI; Dr. Ashish Roy
    Brucellosis is a major bacterial zoonosis of global importance. The causative organism belongs to genus Brucella is a Gram-negative facultative intracellular pathogen and its various species may affect a range of different mammals including man, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, rodents and marine mammals. Brucellosis is caused by different species of Brucella and it causes significant economical losses to live stock industry. The disease is manifested by reproductive disorder, viz., infertility, retained placenta, abortion and endometritis in livestock species, hence it leads to loss in productivity of animals and consequently to economic losses. The present study was undertaken to detect Brucella antibodies in serum,
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    “CULTURAL ISOLATION, IDENTIFICATION AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF BACTERIAL PATHOGENS FROM CLINICAL AND SUB CLINICAL MASTITIC MILK OF GOATS
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2012) PATEL PRADIPKUMAR KANTIBHAI; Dr. Ashish Roy
    Small ruminants (sheep and goats) production is popular and they play vital role in rural economies through provision of meat, milk, hides, skin and manure ensuring household income. Other advantages include their low cost of maintenance and high reproductive rates.