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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 Public Health × End date: 2014 × Start date: 2012 ×
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    ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS FROM MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2012) THAKER HARSH CHETANKUMAR; DR. M. N. BRAHMBHATT
    Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of gastroenteritis resulting from the consumption of contaminated food. Staphylococcal food poisoning is due to the absorption of Staphylococcal enterotoxins preformed in the food. Milk and milk products serve not only as source of nutrition but also as substrates for the growth of microorganisms. Millions of peoples are victims of food-borne illness resulting from ingestion of toxin produced by food associated S. aureus. Gastrointestinal disease (enterocolitis or food poisoning) is caused by a heat-stable staphylococcal enterotoxin and characterized by projectile vomiting, diarrhea, fever, abdominal cramps, electrolyte imbalance and loss of fluids. Onset of disease in this case has a characteristic short incubation period of 1-8 h. Therefore, the present study was undertaken with the objective to isolate and characterize the S. aureus from milk and milk products intended for the human consumption available in the retail market
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    Isolation and Characterization of Bacillus cereus from milk and milk products
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2012) ASHWINI BHUPAL TARE; Dr. M. N. Brahmbhatt
    Bacillus cereus is a common contaminant frequently isolated from foods and dairy products and the fact that the bacterium has a remarkable ability to survive different environmental stresses makes it difficult to separate it from dairy products. The spores survive pasteurization and transfer from raw milk to pasteurized milk products. There are mainly two types of illness caused by B. cereus in human beings namely diarrhoeal and emetic types. The recent studies reporting the foodborne illness being caused by all the members of B. cereus have made the specific identification of B. cereus more important. India being a vast and subtropical country with plethora of food varieties being prepared at household and commercial level provides an ideal situation for an organism like B. cereus to survive and grow leading to health hazards. In the background of Indian scenario, the present investigation attempts to isolate and characterize the B. Cereus from milk and milk products
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    DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI FROM MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2013) VIRPARI PARESHKUMAR KHENGARBHAI; Dr. J. B. Nayak
    This study was undertaken in order to detect and characterize Escherichia coli (E. coli) from milk and milk products for study of their cultural characteristics and to judge the hygienic level of different local milk vendors and retail milk products shops in and around Anand city, Gujarat. A total of 250 samples, comprising of raw milk (100), cheese,
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    ISOLATION, IDENTIFICATION AND VIRULENCE GENES CHARACTERIZATION OF SALMONELLA ISOLATES FROM EGGS AND POULTRY HOUSE ENVIRONMENT
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2013) FOTARIYA MILIND HARSHADRAY; Dr. M. N. Brahmbhatt
    Food-borne diseases represent a serious threat to public health resulting in considerable economic consequences in many parts of the world. Salmonellosis is one of the most important food-borne bacterial zoonotic diseases worldwide. It needs special concern in the developing world because of the poor hygienic conditions that favour its spread. The present study was carried out in the post graduate
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    ISOLATION, IDENTIFICATION AND VIRULENCE GENES CHARACTERIZATION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI FROM EGGS AND POULTRY HOUSE ENVIRONMENT
    (Anand Agricultural University, Anand, 2013) BRIJESHKUMAR DILIPBHAI PATEL; Dr. M. N. BRAHMBHATT
    The aim of the present study was to investigate biochemical characters, serotypes, multiple drug resistance and detection of toxigenic genes of E. coli from eggs and poultry house environmental samples. A total of 340 samples were processed for estimating prevalence of E. coli. Out of those 340 samples tested, 68 E. coli isolates were recovered. All 68 E. coli isolates revealed typical cultural characters on the MacConkey agar and Eosin Methylene Blue agar. Some of the E. coli isolates showed variation from the standard biochemical pattern viz. fermentation of adonitol (1.47% isolates) and raffinose (22.05% isolates).
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    DETECTION AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI FROM RAW POULTRY MEAT
    (AAU, Anand, 2012) RATHOD PRATAPSINH TAKHATSINH; Dr. J. B. Nayak
    Poultry meat is a highly digestible, tasty and low-calorie food, often recommended by nutritionists over other meats. Poultry meat is often contaminated with Escherichia coli at the time of slaughtering. E coli are normal inhabitants of the gastrointestinal tract of animals, birds and humans of which only some strains have become highly adapted to cause diarrhoea and a range of extra-intestinal diseases. E. coli are routinely characterised by serological identification of somatic O, flagellar H and capsular K antigens. However, while some serotypes correlate closely with certain clinical syndromes, differentiation of pathogenic strains from the normal flora depends on the identification of virulence characteristics. These bacteria include strains of Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC), Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC), Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC), Enterohaemorrhagic or Verotoxigenic E. coli (EHEC/VTEC), Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) and Diffusely adherent E. coli (DAEC).
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    PREVALENCE, ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CAMPYLOBACTER SPECIES FROM MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
    (AAU, Anand, 2014) SHIVANI MODI; Dr. M. N. Brahmbhatt
    Campylobacter spp. has been recognized as one of the leading cause of gastrointestinal illness in human worldwide. During recent years, in several European countries it has replaced Salmonellae as the first cause of bacterial enteritis. Zoonotic Campylobacter spp. have been found associated with potentially life threatening complications like Guillain-Barre syndrome, reactive arthritis, hemolytic uraemic syndrome and meningitis, etc. which increases the public health concern of this pathogen worldwide. Campylobacteriosis is mainly a foodborne infection. Strongest epidemiological risk factor is identified as the consumption of poultry products, after poultry product, raw milk and milk products act as second main source of campylobacter therefore, the problem is of direct concern to the poultry, raw milk and milk product consumption. Currently, very little information are available on milk and milk products as a source of this pathogen in India. Therefore, this study is undertaken with the objective to isolate and characterize the Campylobacter isolates from milk and milk products and to know the prevalence and characteristics of Campylobacter spp. in Anand, Gujarat.
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    ISOLATION, IDENTIFICATION AND DETECTION OF VIRULENCE FACTOR ASSOCIATED GENES OF SALMONELLA OBTAINED FROM CHEVON AND MUTTON
    (AAU, Anand, 2014) MAKWANA, PARESHBHAI PETHABHAI; Dr. J. B. Nayak
    The present study was carried out in the post graduate laboratory, Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, A.A.U., Anand with intension to find out prevalence of Salmonella spp. from chevon and mutton collected from the retail meat shops in and around Anand city, Gujarat. The chevon and mutton samples as well as retail meat shops environment samples viz. butchers’ hands, knives and log swabs were collected under aseptic precautions and were inoculated into pre-enrichment medium-Buffered Peptone water, followed by enrichment in Rappaport-Vassiliadis soybean meal (RVSM) broth and tetrathionate broth (TTB) and then plating on selective plating media like Xylose lysine deoxycholate (XLD) and Brilliant green (BGA) agars in the PG laboratory of the department. The colonies showing typical colony characteristics were further characterized on the basis of their morphological and biochemical characteristics
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    ISOLATION, IDENTIFICATION AND DETECTION OF VIRULENCE FACTOR ASSOCIATED GENES OF SALMONELLA OBTAINED FROM PORK AND SLAUGHTER HOUSE ENVIRONMENT
    (AAU, Anand, 2013) Chaudhary, JEETENDRAKUMAR H.; Dr. J. B. Nayak
    The present study was carried out in the post graduate laboratory, Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, A.A.U., Anand with intension to find out prevalence of Salmonella spp. from pork and slaughter house environmental samples from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Slaughter house, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (Gujarat State, India). The pork muscles, tonsils, rectal swab, lymph node, liver, intestine, water, knife swab and butchers hands samples were collected under aseptic precautions and were inoculated into pre-enrichment medium-Buffered peptone water, followed by enrichment in Rappaport-Vassiliadis soybean meal (RVSM) broth and then plating on selective plating media like xylose lysine deoxycholate (XLD) and brilliant green agar (BGA) in the PG laboratory of the department. The colonies showing typical colony characteristics were further characterized on the basis of their morphological and biochemical characteristics. Cultures identified as Salmonella were further subjected to detection of different virulence associated genes and sensitivity to various antibiotics used in treatment.