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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 Pathology × Author: Prabhu, Shyama N. × End date: 2009 × Start date: 2008 ×
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    PATHOLOGICAL STUDIES ON MORTALITY IN CAPTIVE AND WILD LARGE FELIDS IN GUJARAT STATE
    (AAU, Anand, 2009) Prabhu, Shyama N.; Joshi, B. P.
    The present study on "Pathological studies on mortality in captive and wild large felids in Gujarat state" was undertaken with a view to study the gross and histopathological lesions of specimens from captive and wild large felids. Postmortem and histopathological studies conducted on the specimens obtained in the Department of Veterinary Pathology, Anand during the last five years from January 2004 to March 2009 were analyzed. The tissue samples were received from different places mainly Sakkarbaug zoo, Junagadh; Gir National Park; Kamala Nehru Zoological Garden, Ahmedabad; Sayaji bang Zoo, Vadodara; Shyamprasad zoological garden, Muglisara, Surat and Rajkot Muncipal Corporation, Zoo Department along with the history, age, sex, species and postmortem report. Out of a total of 109 cases of wild felids, 58 lion, 40 leopard, seven panther and four tiger cases were recorded. The Gir forest of Gujarat state being the predominant track of Asiatic lions, more number of cases from lions compared to other felids was recorded. The study has revealed more number of females when compared to males in lion and leopard populations probably due to a decreased male to female ratio in the case of Asiatic lion and leopard in More cases were from animals that belonged to the age groups of 6-9 years and 12-15 years. Out of the 109 animals studied, 46 (42.2%) had respiratory; 23 (21.1%) urinary; 18 (16.5%) digestive; seven (6.4%) cardiovascular; two (1.83%) reproductive and two (1.83%) had neoplastic conditions i.e. metastatic adenocarcinoma of lung in lion and hard fibroma of ear in panther. Pneumonia was the most common condition noted with more cases of fibrinous pneumonia followed by granulomatous, interstitial and suppurative type. Among lions, the age group of 0-3 years (cubs) showed more number of pneumonia conditions indicating that younger age group is more prone to respiratory affections. Though the severity of lesions was variable among different wild felids, the nature of lesions suggestive of fibrinous pneumonia was same among all. Granulomatous pneumonia was seen in seven cases (four lions, one leopard and two tigers) of which two lions were positive for tuberculosis and one tiger showed lesions of fungal granuloma. Nephritis of different types was seen with high proportion of chronic interstitial nephritis in older wild felids. Chronic hepatitis especially portal cirrhosis was one of the important hepatic conditions encountered. Enteritis, septicemia, endometritis, neoplasms and gastritis were other conditions noted. Fourteen (12.8%) animals on histopathological examination did not reveal pathological alteration probably due to inappropriate collection of tissue samples during postmortem examination. Wild animals found dead in free ranges i.e. 11 (10.09%) showed autolytic changes in the tissue structure suggesting that putrefaction might have commenced by the time of tissue collection.