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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: Veterinary Microbiology × End date: 2018 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.V.Sc. ×
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    DETERMINATION OF ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY BY PHENOTYPIC AS WELL AS GENOTYPIC METHODS AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF AVIAN PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI
    (DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENCE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2018) Bhargav B. Limbachiya; Dr. R. A. Mathakiya
    The poultry production chain has constant advances in intensive management of animals and operations technology in genetics, nutrition and animal health. Higher quality products and food security ensure the credibility. However, the intensification of the production may cause increase health problems. Among various diseases, colibacillosis is one of the most important disease, which causes heavy economic losses in broilers as well as in layers. It is caused by pathotype APEC belongs to the group ExPEC
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    PRE AND POST THERAPY MICROBIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR DETECTION AND QUANTITATION OF BACTERIA CAUSING CLINICAL MASTITIS IN COWS
    (DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENCE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2018) Vatalia Dip J.; Dr. B. B. Bhanderi
    Mastitis is one of the costliest diseases of dairy cattle. Mastitis is classified as subclinical and clinical mastitis. Clinical mastitis is a condition, which is characterized by local symptoms like swelling of the udder, heat and pain or systemic symptoms like fever, anorexia, depression with milk abnormalities like milk clots, flakes, watery secretions, blood in milk. About 150 species of microorganisms have been incriminated as the causal agents of mastitis. Some times in clinical mastitis after treatment there are reoccurrence of clinical mastitis. Looking to the economic important the present study was undertaken with the following objectives viz. cultural isolation, biochemical characterization and PCR based identification of bacterial pathogens, extraction of DNA from clinical mastitic milk and PCR based identification of major bacterial pathogens, post therapy isolation, identification and quantitation of bacteria by Real-Time PCR and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of the bacterial isolates
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    DETECTION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI AND ROTAVIRUS FROM FECAL SAMPLES OF DIARRHEIC CALVES OF CATTLE AND BUFFALOES
    (DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENCE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2018) PATEL JAYESHKUMAR VIRABHAI; R. A. Mathakiya
    Among the infectious diseases of calves, neonatal diarrhoea is a matter of major concern and is caused by multiple etiological agents. Neonatal calf diarrhea (NCD) is a multifactorial complex syndrome including infectious as well as non-infectious factors related to the animal viz. immunological and nutritional status, the environment or the management Neonatal calves are at the greatest risk of diarrhea in a first month of their life. Infectious diarrhea is the most significant cause of morbidity and mortality in neonatal dairy calves throughout the world and it can be caused by many pathogens including Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and Rotavirus.
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    DETECTION OF GENES FOR VIRULENCE ASSOCIATED FACTORS, ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AND PLASMID PROFILE AMONG PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA ISOLATES OBTAINED FROM ANIMALS AND AVIAN SPECIES IN GUJARAT
    (DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENCE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2017) Parmar Rahul A.; Dr. B. B. Bhanderi
    The present study was undertaken with a view of isolation and identification of P. multocida from suspected animal and avian species of Gujarat. These isolates were studied for their biochemical behavior, in vitro antibiotic sensitivity pattern, P. multocida species specific PCR (PM-PCR), molecular characterization by PCR assay for capsular typing, detection of various virulence associated genes by PCR, detection of antibiotic resistance gene and plasmid profile.
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    SERODETECTION OF Brucella ANTIBODIES AND CHARACTERIZATION OF Brucella ISOLATES FROM REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS OF CATTLE AND BUFFALOES IN AND AROUND ANAND
    (Department of Veterinary Microbiology College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2016) Ritesh N. Patel; Dr. Ashish Roy
    Brucellosis is a zoonotic infection caused by gram negative, facultative intracellular bacteria Brucella that are pathogenic for a wide range of animals and human beings. The disease has a considerable impact on human and animal health, as well as socioeconomic impacts, especially in which rural income relies largely on livestock breeding and dairy products. Brucella organisms are coccobacilli or short rods, arranged singly and less frequently in pairs or small groups. The genus Brucella belong to the α- proteobacteria group and consists of six recognized species: Brucella abortus, Brucella melitensis, Brucella suis, Brucella ovis, Brucella canis, Brucella neotomae and the strains recently discovered in marine mammals and in common vole (Microtus arvalis) and published under the respective species names of Brucella ceti, Brucella pinnipedialis and Brucella microti. Diagnosis is usually based on serological tests and/or cultivation. Serological evidence suggested that brucellosis is highly endemic in many parts of India.
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    DETECTION OF PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA LOAD IN EXPERIMENTALLY INFECTED MICE AND ITS DETECTION BY DIRECT BLOOD AND TISSUE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION
    (DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENCE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY ANAND, 2017) Patel Brijeshkumar Pravinbhai; Dr. B. B. Bhanderi
    The present study was undertaken to ascertain enumeration of P. multocida from blood and tissue at different time interval to experimental inoculation in mice and to confirm by cultural, biochemical, P. multocida PCR (PM-PCR), whole blood PCR and Tissue PCR. The blood and tissue was stored on FTA card at different temperature and PM-PCR was carried out at different time interval.
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    STUDIES ON IMMUNOMODULATION BY LEVAMISOLE ALONG WITH VACCINATION IN CHICKS AGAINST RANIKHET DISEASE AND IN CALVES AGAINST HAEMORRHAGIC SEPTICAEMIA
    (AAU, Anand, 1985) VYAS, GIRISH P.; DHOLAKIA, P. M.
    The present study was aimed assessment of the immunomodulatory effect of levamisole along with vaccination in chicks against RanikhetDisease (R.D.) and in calves against Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (H.S.) in relation to serum antibody titres, effect of dose of levamisole, total immunity period and electrophoretic pattern of serum proteins after immunization and treatment with levamisole. In all 560 serum samples from 140 chicks belonging to Central Poultry Research Station and 100 serum samples from 20 calves belonging to Livestock Research Station of Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand were subjected to Haemaggulutination Inhibition (H.I.) test, Passive Haemagglutination (PHA) test, Sodium sulfite precipitation test and Agar gel electrophoresis.
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    STUDIES ON MYCOTIC MASTITIS IN EXOTIC AND CROSSBRED CATTLE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ITS INCIDENCE AND DIAGNOSIS
    (AAU, Anand, 1984) SIMARIA, MULJI B.; DHOLAKIA, P. M.
    The present study was taken up to assess the incidence of mycotic infections of under in apparently healthy quarters of lactating cows and diagnosis in milk samples from clinical cases, Simultaneously, the prevalence of subclinical mastitis (SCM), and pathogenicity of fungal strains were also studied. The milk samples from 150 lactating cows (53 Jersey, 30 Kankrej and 67 crossbred) were collected. In addition to this 82 milk samples from clinical cases of mastitis received in Department of Bacteriology were also included in the present study. Subclinical mastitis (SCM) was recorded as 15.33 and 5.27 per cent on animal and quarter basis with California Mastitis Test. Although, incidence of SCM was highest in Jersey herd (8.82% quarterwise), fungal isolation was as low as 2.45 per cent, Hence CMT did not prove efficient enough to detect fungal infection in apparently normal udders.
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    STUDIES ON ADVANCED METHODS OF ASCERTAINING BRUCELLOSIS IN CATTLE
    (AAU, Anand, 1985) PATEL, J. B.; JHALA, V. M.
    The disease Brucellosis caused by the infection of Brucella abortus in cattle adversely affects the economy of livestock rearing due to losses of calves created by abortions in suffering animals along with loss in milk production. The disease is worldwide in distribution and calves lost due to abortions create highly adverse economic impact on the animal husbandry development. The disease also occupies a special importance being zoonotic in nature. It is# therefore, essential to diagnose the disease in a herd as early as possible for its effective control. It is now well established that the Brucella organisms being the facultative Intracellular organisms the cellular immunity plays a major role in the host resistance. In view of the above facts, the present work was carried out in cows at Livestock Research Station, Gujarat Agricultural University, Sardar Krushinagar, employing following six parametars to study their efficacy. (1) Screening of individual cow by milk ring test using ABR i.e. Aboirtus Bang Ring Antigen. (2) Above cows and the cows which were not in milk but having the history of abortion, were subjected to serum plate agglutination test. (3) All above sera samples were further examined by Serum Tube Agglutination Test (STAT). (4) Fourteen sera samples from positive, doubtful and negative reactors to STAT were sent to International Brucella Laboratory, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar for confirmation by complement fixation test. (5) Determination of conglutinin (K) and immunoconglutinin (IK) level in sera of positive, doubtful and negative reactors to STAT . (6) Measurement of cell mediated immunity in vitro by leucocyte migration inhibition test. Prom the results obtained it could be concluded that:- i)The serological tests namely milk ring test plate agglutination test, tube agglutination test may serve as useful tool for diagnosis of brucellosis in a herd. ii) The level of K and IK in sera of positive, doubtful or negative reactors to STAT have no significant difference and there was no significant correlation with agglutination titre, hence the determination of K and IK may not be of use in diagnosis of Brucellosis. iii) The Brucella organisms are being the facultative intracellular micro organisms, the cell mediated immunity plays an important role in resistance. The measurement of cell mediated immunity in vitro by leucocyte migration inhibition test led to the conclusion that this test may be of very great value as a modern advanced method for the diagnosis of Brucellosis where cellular immunity is considered to play a significant role.