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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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ThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF DIAZEPAM, PENTAZOCINE AND PROCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE WITH THIOPENTONE SODIUM AS A GENERAL ANAESTHETIC IN DOGS (Canis domestica)(AAU, Anand, 1985) SOLANKI, H. J.; Mannari, M. N.The effect of Diazepam, Pentazocine and Procaine hydrochloride as maintenance agents in Thiopentone sodium anaesthesia were evaluated in three different groups of mongrel dogs. Each group contained six animals. Each group was sub-divided into two divisions, one where surgery was performed and the other where surgery was not performed. All the dogs were preanasthetized with Atropine sulphate.ThesisItem Open Access EXPERIMENTAL OESOPHAGEAL ANASTOMOSIS BY EVERSION TECHNIQUE IN BUFFALO CALVES (BUBALUS BUBALIS) A HISTOMORPHOLOGICAL AND HISTOCHEMICAL STUDY(AAU, Anand, 1980) Patel, Govind R.; Mannari, M. N.Experimentally end-to-end cervical oesophageal anastomosis was performed by everting suture pattern in 12 healthy buffalo oalves, under local ioifiltration anesthesia. A 3 cm of the oesophagus was resected and anastomosed with horizontal mattress sutures using 4/0 chromic cat-gut,. Clinical, radiographic, histomorphological and histoehemieal evaluation of the healing process was done in six animals (group-I) on l4th post-operative day and in the remaining six animals (group-II) on 21st post-operative day. The recovery in all the animals was uneventful. Postnecroptic radiographic study revealed narrowing of the lumen on the 14th day which returned to that of near normal by 21st day, but showing a slight constriction at the site of anastomosis. On 14th post-operative day routine Hematoxylin and Eosin Staining of the oesophageal tissue revealed completion of epithelization but without papillation. However, the gap of the anastomosed tissue was filled by granulation tissue. The cat-gut was still unabsorbed. Verhoeff's staining indicated less of collagen fibres than normal and very few elastic fibres. A similar increase in alkaline phosphatase activity could be demonstrated through modified Gomori's staining. Further, the submucous layer was moderately positive for PAS reaction. By 21st day the papillation of the mucous layer was almost re-established, fhe anastomosed site was bridged by mature fibrous tissue. The cat-gut was seemed to be absorbed. There was evidence of maturity of the collagen fibres. However, the elastic fibre had reappeared and could be compared to that of normal. The alkaline phosphatase activity had returned to the of normal. Similarly, PAS reaction also had almost returned to normal.ThesisItem Open Access A STUDY OF LAMENESS IN CATTLE AND BUFFALOES(AAU, Anand, 1979) SAMIN, A. BHOJANI; Mannari, M. N.Abstract not AvailableThesisItem Open Access KETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE ANAESTHESIA WITH PREMEDICAITON BY PROMAZINE HYDROCHLORIDE IN DOG(AAU, Anand, 1975) PARSANIA, R. R.; Mannari, M. N.Abstract not AvailableThesisItem Open Access COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF ULTRASOUND GUIDED RENAL BIOPSY USING 14 AND 16 GAUGE TRU-CUT BIOPSY NEEDLES IN ADULT DOGS.(AAU, Anand, 2005) PATEL, SUDHAKAR SUBHASH; PARIKH, P. V.An experiment was conducted on ultrasound guided renal biopsy using 16 gauge (Group I, n=12) and 14 gauge (Group IL n =5) needles in 17 clinically healthy dogs of either sex. The biopsy procedure was carried out under general anaesthesia using combination of ketamine (10 mg/kg bodyweight, i.v.) and diazepam (0.5 mg/kg body weight, i.v.) and premedication with acepromazine @ 0.05 mg/kg body weight, i.m. The renal biopsy was performed by routine ultrasound guided technique. The biopsy sample in group I was obtained by 16 gauge Tru-cut biopsy needle and in group II by 14 gauge Tru-cut biopsy needle with spring loaded gun. Pre-biopsy, immediate post-biopsy and 48 hrs. post-biopsy arterial blood and urine samples were obtained from animals of either groups for biochemical study and urinanalysis. Clinical observations and biopsy samples quality was recorded following biopsy in both the groups. Under post-biopsy clinical observation, general health, appetite, water intake and urination were found normal in all 17 animals. The anaesthetic protocol was found safe with smooth induction and uncomplicative recovery. The ultrasound images in either group were observed with use of 5.0 MHz Mechanical Sector Transducer with B-Mode. Renal cortex was having intermediate echogenicity, medulla was seen hypoechoic and renal pelvis was highly echognic. The cortex was hyperechoic relative to the medulla and a distinct demarcation between them was present and echogenic rim separated cortical from the rnedullary tissue. The needle were seen parallel to the dotted line in hyperechoic image. The biochemical study with arterial blood sample revealed a nonsignificant alteration in the determinants of glomerular filtration rate such as blood urea nitrogen and plasma creatinine and also in arterial blood gases like blood pH, partial pressure of oxygen and carbon dioxide, total carbon dioxide and haemoglobin oxygen saturation percentage in either groups after biopsy. The plasma electrolytes such as sodium and chloride in group II and potassium in group I revealed a significant decrease and increase at 48 hrs. post-biopsy, respectively. The urinanalysis in both the groups recorded non-significant variations in urine pH and specific gravity, urine creatinine, urinary sodium and protein as well as in urine protein/urine creatinine ratio and urinary fractional excretion of sodium after biopsy. A significant increase in enzymuria like urinary N-acetyl-beta-DGlucosaminidase in either groups and urinary alanine aminopeptidase in group II was observed at immediate and 48 hrs. post-biopsy. Urinary gamma glutamyltransferase non-significantly increased at immediate post-biopsy in either groups followed by a non-significant decrease observed in group I at 48 hrs. post-biopsy. The histopathological findings revealed that the samples obtained using 16 gauge needle (Group I) yielded an average of 10.77 number of glomeruli per sample while the samples using 14 gauge needle (Group II) yielded an average of 7.75 number of glomeruli per sample. The cell morphology of the samples in both the groups was found to be normal. The average size of the biopsy sample obtained by using 16 gauge needle (Group I) was 1 X 0.1 cm. and biopsy sample obtained by using 14 gauge needle (Group 11) was 0.75 X 0.1 cm. The medulla content obtained in samples using 16 gauge needle (Group I) was 5 to70 per cent and samples obtained using 14 gauge needle (Group II) were found have 70, 50, 30, 20 per cent of medulla. Samples analyzed histopathologically for crushing and fragmentation of tissue obtained. One sample crushing using 16 gauge needle (Group I), while four sample obtained using 14 gauge needle (Group II) were found to reveal either crushing (1), fragmentation (1) or both (2) samples. The present study concludes that using ultrasound guided renal biopsy technique, 16 gauge Tru-cut biopsy needle still gives adequate quality biopsy sample, cell morphology and glomeruli number with less renal injury as compared to 14 gauge needle, hence useful, especially in dogs with high risk for renal failure.ThesisItem Open Access A COMPARATIVE CLINICAL STUDY ON THE EFFICACY OF VISCERAL PROCAINE BLOCKADE, LUMBAR EPIDURAL ANAESTHESIA AND LOCAL INFILTRATION ANAESTHESIA WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE HAEMATOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL CHANGES IN BUFFALO CALVES(AAU, Anand, 1986) MALEK, MOHAMMED YUSUF A.; PATEL, M. R.A comparative clinical study on the efficacy of visceral procaine blockade, lumbar epidural anaesthesia and local infiltration anaesthesia, with particular reference to the haematological and biochemical changes, was carried out in buffalo calves divided into three groups of six animals each. All of three anaesthetic procedures were adequate to perform operations like enterotomy, intestinal anastomosis and abomasotomy. Haematological changes were found to be statistically non-significant in all the three groups. Among biochemical changes, blood glucose level increased significantly in visceral procaine blockade and lumbar epidural groups. S-GOT increased significantly only in the visceral procaine blockade group.ThesisItem Open Access SCREENING OF URINE SAMPLES OF BULLOCKS FOR INHIBITORS OF CRYSTALLIZATION AND STUDY OF EFFICACY OF CYSTONE TABLETS IN THE PREVENTION OF URINARY CALCULI(AAU, Anand, 1986) JOSHI, PRAVINCHANDRA K.; Patel, M. R.The present field trial was conducted in the animals belonging to village - Lasundra, Taluka - Kapadvanj, District - Kheda, where incidence of urolithiasis is prevelant. Urine samples collected from 100 bullocks were subjected to tests for presence or absence of inhibitors of crystallization of calcium oxalate. Out of these, crystallization on glass fibre was noticed in 11 bullocks within 3 hours which indicated that these animals were prone to stone formation. These potential stone-formers were given 20 tablets of Cystone daily orally for 15 days. Urine samples of these animals which were found positive during screening were further analysed for calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium levels and also for pH. A significant increase in calcium levels was evident in the urine samples of stone formers. The other three electrolytes Viz., Magnesium, Sodium and Potassium, did not show any significant variation.ThesisItem Open Access GLYCEROL GUAIACOLATE, CHLORAL HYDRAS AND MAGNESIUM SULPHATE COMBINATION AS GENERAL ANAESTHETICS IN BUFFALO CALVES-STUDY OF IT'S EFFECT ON BLOOD CHEMISTRY(AAU, Anand, 1985) VASAVADA, RAMESH ISHWARLAL; Mannari, M. N.A general anaesthetic study with chloral-mag, chloral hyfrass and glycerol guaiacolate with and without pre-anaesthetic medication with triflupromazine was conducted in 24 healthy male buffalo calves, divided into 3 groups of 8 animals each.The induction time, duration of anaesthesia, recovery time, muscular relaxation, respiration, pulse/heart rate and temperature were observed. The biochemical estimation of blood glucose, total serum protein, serum creatinine, S-GOT, S-AKP and S-LDH were carried out from the blood, which were collected at 5 different intervals viz., 0 hour, 10 minutes, 3 hours, 6 hours and 24 hours after induction.ThesisItem Open Access AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON HEALING OF SECTIONED TENDONS IN THE BOVINES(AAU, Anand, 1982) PANDYA, SURESHCHANDRA T.; Mannari, M. N.Healing process and tensile strength of superficial digital flexor tendon were studied in 21 animals. Animals were divided into three groups. Group I and II consisted of adult Jersey cattle while in group III buffaloes were used. Animals were operated in chloral hydrate (10% soln.) anaesthesia. Superficial digital flexor tendon was exposed, bisected and later anastomosed using Bunnell - Mayer method of tendon suture. Stainless steel, polymide and nylon were used as suture material in group I, II and III respectively. A fascial flap removed from fascia lata was applied as a sleeve over anastomosed tendon in group I and immobilization was achieved by transfixing a Steinman pin through upper end of metatarsal. A plaster cast from hock to be provided immobilization in group II. A wooden plank applied to the volar aspect of limb afforded immobilization in group III.