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Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur

The history of agricultural education in Kerala can be traced back to the year 1896 when a scheme was evolved in the erstwhile Travancore State to train a few young men in scientific agriculture at the Demonstration Farm, Karamana, Thiruvananthapuram, presently, the Cropping Systems Research Centre under Kerala Agricultural University. Agriculture was introduced as an optional subject in the middle school classes in the State in 1922 when an Agricultural Middle School was started at Aluva, Ernakulam District. The popularity and usefulness of this school led to the starting of similar institutions at Kottarakkara and Konni in 1928 and 1931 respectively. Agriculture was later introduced as an optional subject for Intermediate Course in 1953. In 1955, the erstwhile Government of Travancore-Cochin started the Agricultural College and Research Institute at Vellayani, Thiruvananthapuram and the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at Mannuthy, Thrissur for imparting higher education in agricultural and veterinary sciences, respectively. These institutions were brought under the direct administrative control of the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Animal Husbandry, respectively. With the formation of Kerala State in 1956, these two colleges were affiliated to the University of Kerala. The post-graduate programmes leading to M.Sc. (Ag), M.V.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees were started in 1961, 1962 and 1965 respectively. On the recommendation of the Second National Education Commission (1964-66) headed by Dr. D.S. Kothari, the then Chairman of the University Grants Commission, one Agricultural University in each State was established. The State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) were established in India as an integral part of the National Agricultural Research System to give the much needed impetus to Agriculture Education and Research in the Country. As a result the Kerala Agricultural University (KAU) was established on 24th February 1971 by virtue of the Act 33 of 1971 and started functioning on 1st February 1972. The Kerala Agricultural University is the 15th in the series of the SAUs. In accordance with the provisions of KAU Act of 1971, the Agricultural College and Research Institute at Vellayani, and the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, were brought under the Kerala Agricultural University. In addition, twenty one agricultural and animal husbandry research stations were also transferred to the KAU for taking up research and extension programmes on various crops, animals, birds, etc. During 2011, Kerala Agricultural University was trifurcated into Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU), Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS) and Kerala Agricultural University (KAU). Now the University has seven colleges (four Agriculture, one Agricultural Engineering, one Forestry, one Co-operation Banking & Management), six RARSs, seven KVKs, 15 Research Stations and 16 Research and Extension Units under the faculties of Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering and Forestry. In addition, one Academy on Climate Change Adaptation and one Institute of Agricultural Technology offering M.Sc. (Integrated) Climate Change Adaptation and Diploma in Agricultural Sciences respectively are also functioning in Kerala Agricultural University.

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    Growth and dressing percentage of turkeys reared of diffrent feeding regimen
    (Department Of Poultry Sciences,College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, 2008) Chandini, Herman; KAU; Jalaludeen, A
    An experiment was conducted at the Department of Poultry Science, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy to study the growth and dressing percentage of turkeys reared on different feeding regimen. Ninety six, day-old Beltsville Small White turkey poults were reared under two dietary groups with six replicates of eight birds each. The group T1 was fed with feed compounded as per NRC (1994) turkey feed specifications and T2 group was fed with BIS (1992) broiler feed. NRC diet fed group (T1) had feed change in every four week interval with CP level starting from 28% during the first four week period, gradually reduced in the subsequent 4 week periods and in the last phase of 17 to 20 weeks it was 16.5%. T2 group was fed with broiler starter diet with 23% CP and 2800 kcal ME/kg from 0 to 16 weeks and finisher diet having 20% CP and 2900 kcal ME/kg from 17 to 20 weeks of age. The turkeys were reared under standard managemental conditions up to twenty weeks of age. Body weight was recorded for individual birds at fortnightly intervals and feed balance per replicate was recorded at weekly interval. At the end of the trial, slaughter studies were conducted from two birds per replicate and blood samples were collected for serum profile studies. The mean body weight at the end of twenty weeks of age was 4338.09 and 4456.92 g respectively in T1 and T2, which was statistically comparable. Cumulative body weight gain for zero to 20 weeks was 4289.73 and 4408.51 g respectively for T1 and T2 and was statistically comparable. Cumulative feed intake for zero to 16 weeks of age was 10542.08 and 11455.00 g respectively for T1 and T2 which showed statistical difference at 5% level. The cumulative feed intake from zero to 20 weeks of age was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in T2 (15735.89 g) than T1(14310.69 g). The cumulative feed conversion ratio for zero to 16 and zero to 20 weeks showed significantly (P < 0.050) superior values for T1(3.02 and 3.34 respectively) than T2 (3.14 and 3.53 respectively). Cumulative feed intake and cumulative FCR for zero to twelve weeks were nonsignificant. The dressing percentage, eviscerated yield, ready to cook yield, and giblet yield were not influenced by the dietary regimen. The diets studied did not have any influence on the serum total protein and serum total cholesterol values in turkeys. But thigh meat cholesterol in male turkeys was significantly (P < 0.05) higher in T1 than in T2. Dietary regimen had no effect in altering the breast meat cholesterol in turkeys. Livability in both the groups was unaffected by change in diet. The results obtained from this study showed that turkeys reared for meat purpose can be economically raised by feeding them with BIS broiler feed.