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Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar

After independence, development of the rural sector was considered the primary concern of the Government of India. In 1949, with the appointment of the Radhakrishnan University Education Commission, imparting of agricultural education through the setting up of rural universities became the focal point. Later, in 1954 an Indo-American team led by Dr. K.R. Damle, the Vice-President of ICAR, was constituted that arrived at the idea of establishing a Rural University on the land-grant pattern of USA. As a consequence a contract between the Government of India, the Technical Cooperation Mission and some land-grant universities of USA, was signed to promote agricultural education in the country. The US universities included the universities of Tennessee, the Ohio State University, the Kansas State University, The University of Illinois, the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Missouri. The task of assisting Uttar Pradesh in establishing an agricultural university was assigned to the University of Illinois which signed a contract in 1959 to establish an agricultural University in the State. Dean, H.W. Hannah, of the University of Illinois prepared a blueprint for a Rural University to be set up at the Tarai State Farm in the district Nainital, UP. In the initial stage the University of Illinois also offered the services of its scientists and teachers. Thus, in 1960, the first agricultural university of India, UP Agricultural University, came into being by an Act of legislation, UP Act XI-V of 1958. The Act was later amended under UP Universities Re-enactment and Amendment Act 1972 and the University was rechristened as Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology keeping in view the contributions of Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant, the then Chief Minister of UP. The University was dedicated to the Nation by the first Prime Minister of India Pt Jawaharlal Nehru on 17 November 1960. The G.B. Pant University is a symbol of successful partnership between India and the United States. The establishment of this university brought about a revolution in agricultural education, research and extension. It paved the way for setting up of 31 other agricultural universities in the country.

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    Studies on isolation, identification and epidemiology of thermophilic campylobacters from wild mammals and birds
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, District Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. PIN - 263145, 2022-07) Singh, Nawal Kishor; Upadhyay, A. K.
    Campylobacters are one of the foodborne pathogen responsible for mild to severe diarrhoea in young domestic animals and human, indicating its zoonotic nature and public health concern. This study looked for thermophilic Campylobacters in animals' faeces. A total of 521 samples were collected from eight zoos/sanctuaries/national parks of Uttarakhand (n=194), Uttar Pradesh (n=45) and Chhattisgarh (n=282) states of India. Samples included 302 ruminants, 166 non-ruminants, and 53 birds. Among ruminants 71.2% (215/302) belonged to deer family and in non-ruminants, 44.58% (74/166) felidae and 21.68% (36/166) canidae family. Among captive birds, 24.52% (13/53) belonged to Pheasant followed by wild fowl 20.75% (11/53). CBA in microaerophilic condition at 420C temperature yielded highest thermophilic Campylobacter (11.90%), followed by mCCDA (10.56%), BA (8.25%), CA (5.76%) and HCCA (4.22%). Multiplex PCR (mPCR) confirmed 11.71% (61/521) Campylobacter spp., including 58.06% C. jejuni (36/61) and 40.32% C. coli (25/61). Ruminants (59.68%) exhibited highest incidence, followed by non-ruminants (29.03%) and birds (9.68%). Tryptone soy broth with 20% glycerol and -800C temperature could be better preservation media for Campylobacter isolates upto 180 days. Nucleotide sequence analysis (BLAST) and Phylogenetic tree (MEGA 11) confirmed Campylobacters in wild mammals and birds. Current study found that TaqMan assay (qPCR) could detect even a single template copy of pathogen with specificity for Campylobacter genus and reproducible with low SD and CV%. Real time PCR (qPCR) could detect and quantifies Campylobacters in clinical as well as field samples. Due to high sensitivity of Gentamicin (60.00%), Amikacin (64.00%) and Cefotaxim (69.45%) against Campylobacters, we recommend them as drugs of choice for treatment of Campylobacteriosis. The presence of thermophilic Campylobacters in wild mammals and birds as well as in grazing domestic animals indicate its endemicity might be the source of infection in human.