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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 Parasitology × Author: CHAUHAN, VANDIP D. × Start date: 2012 ×
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    STUDIES ON PREVALENCE, HAEMATO- BIOCHEMICAL AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF AMPHISTOMOSIS IN SLAUGHTERED BUFFALOES.
    (AAU, Anand, 2014) CHAUHAN, VANDIP D.; PATEL, P. V.
    The study was carried out to a certain the prevalence, haemato-biochemical and histopathological aspects of amphistoniosis in slaughtered buffaloes at Anand and Ahmedabad Districts of Gujarat for the period of twelve months from March-2013 to February-2014. The faecal samples and intestinal contents were collected in small and clean sterilized polythene bags from the buffaloes brought to the slaughter house of Anand and Ahrnedabad districts and brought to the department of Parasitology and processed for standard qualitative examination. The direct, sedimentation and floatation technique were used to detect the presence and identification of amphistome eggs in the samples. Blood samples from 50 amphisiomes infected as well as 50 non-infected buffaloes were taken during the anti-mortem examination for hematological analysis and to separate serum for analysis. Various serum, biochemical parameters like Total protein. Albumin, Globulin, A:G ratio. Alkaline Phosphatase (AKP),Acid Phosphatase (ACP), Aspartate Aminotransferase (AST), Alanine Aminotransferase (ALT) and Total Bilirubin along with various hematological parameters like TEC, TLC, DLC, PCV and Hb were analysed through automatic analyser. For Histopathological study, a total of 30 positive amphistomes infected liver, rumen and intestine were collected from slaughter houses of Anand and Ahmedabad districts. Tissue pieces of rumen and liver preserved in 10% neutral buffered formal saline solution and were processed by paraffin embedding method and stained with Ehrlich's Haematoxylin aad Eosin. Formalin preserved parasites were processed by paraffin embedding method and stained by H & E stain as per Luna (1968). The prepared sections were examined by microscopy and-microphotography in order to identify anterior and posterior suckers, pharynx, uterus etc. A total of 758 faecal and 721 liver/rumen samples were collected at Anand district out of which 214 faecal and 198 liver/rumen samples were found positive with the seasonal prevalence of 21% (summer), 29.62% (monsoon) and 32.84% (winter) for the faecal samples and 20.11% (summer), 28.57% (monsoon) and 34.66% (winter) for the liver/'rumen samples. A total of 798 faecal and 790 liver/rumen samples were collected at Ahmedabad district out of which 221 faecal and 228 liver/rumen samples were found positive with the seasonal prevalence of 19.73% (summer), 29,43%) (monsoon) and 32.29% (winter) for the faecal samples and 24.15% (summer), 28.94%) (monsoon) and 32.63% (winter) for the liver/rumen samples. The overall prevalence rate was found to be 28.23% (214) and 27.46%) (198) for the faecal and liver samples at Anand district and 27.69% (221) and 28.86% (228) for faecal and liver samples at Ahmedabad district.