Vol. 10 Issue 1 April 2012 ISSN 0975-5195

Associate Editors

Dr. M. Ranjith Mohan, M.V.Sc.

Dr. Hiron M Harshan, M.V.Sc.,Ph.D

EDITORIAL BOARD

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Dr. K. R. Arun KumarPresident, IVA, Kerala

Editorial Advisor

Dr. K. Vijayakumar, M.V.Sc.,Ph.DJoint Commissioner, Govt. of India

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Dr. C. SreekumarGeneral Secretary IVA, Kerala

Editor

Dr. Laiju M. Philip, M.V.Sc.

Website Editor

Dr. K. Magnus Paul, M.V.Sc.

Chief Editor

Dr. A.P. Usha, M.V.Sc., Ph.D

Members

Dr. M.G. Sajesh, M.V.Sc.

Dr. P.M. Hari Narayanan, M.V.Sc.

Dr. Bindya Liz Abraham, M.V.Sc.,Ph.D

JOURNAL OF INDIAN VETERINARY ASSOCIATION, KERALA (JIVA)

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CONTENTS

JOURNAL OF INDIAN VETERINARY ASSOCIATION, KERALAVol. 10 Issue 1 April 2012

RESEARCH ARTICLES 5 - 42

1.

Surya Sankar, G. Krishnan Nair, M. Mini and Hiron M. Harshan.........................................5

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4. STATISTICAL TOOLS FOR THE PRICING ISSUES IN MILK PRODUCTIONIN KERALAUnnikrishnan T. and Ashok B...................................................................................................17

5.Kiren Menon, Krishnaswamy A and Honnappa T.G.............................................................24

6. DEVELOPMENT OF LEAN BEEF LOAFNaseera. A .P and George T. Oommen....................................................................................27

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CLINICAL REPORT 43 - 55

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POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION BASED DETECTION OFMycoplasma gallisepticum IN CHICKEN

DIETARY PHYTASE SUPPLEMENTATION ON EGG QUALITY TRAITS IN WHITELEGHORN STRAIN CROSS CHICKENSukumar. D and Jalaludeen. A

MOLECULAR DETECTION OF PORCINE FOOT BUSH WITH ANAEROBICETIOLOGIESLiya Anto, Siju Joseph, M. Mini, Sheethal. G. Mohan, S. Vamshi Krishna, Abraham Joseph Pellissery and A. P. Usha

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF PROSTATIC DISEASES IN DOGS

ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION NEEDS FOR DEVELOPING A MEDIA PROTOCOL IN SELECTED DISTRICTS OF HARYANA IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PRACTICESS. Sreehari, H.K. Gulati and A.K. Varma

ANALYSIS OF SOCIO-PERSONAL PROFILE OF LIVESTOCK- BASED SELF HELPGROUP MEMBERS OF THRISSUR DISTRICTAnu George, P.J.Rajkamal and Jiji. R.S

Oxyspirura mansoni IN BACKYARD POULTRY OF KERALADeepu Philip Mathew, Priya M .N., Deepa C.K., Syamala K., Ajithkumar K. G. andReghu Ravindran

The editor/editorial board and referees are in no way responsible individually orcollectively for the views, data and technical details presented in the contributed papers

10. B

11.Basavanagowda M.T., Joseph Cyrus, Md. AbidHussain and ShahidVaseem S.A..................48

12. SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF OVARIAN TUMOUR IN A BITCHAsha Abraham and P. Ravindran.............................................................................................49

13. FETAL ANASARCA TWINS WITH HYDROALLANTOIS IN MALABARI DOESLaiju M Philip., M. Ranjith Mohan and P. Francis Bastin.....................................................52

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V. Dhanesh, Usha Narayanapillai, S. Yogeshpriya, Roshna RasheedKutty andS. Ajith Kumar...........................................................................................................................54

GENERAL ARTICLES 56 - 75

15. METHANE EMISSION FROM RUMINANTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONSAND STRATEGIES FOR REDUCTION.Lalu. K., Usha. A.P., Venkatachalapathy.R.T and Prasanth.V................................................56

16. TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY IN BITCHESAbhilash.R.S, Anil kumar.K, Biju.S and Ajith.K.S...................................................................60

17. HOW TO IMPROVE THE LIVESTOCK SECTOR IN KERALA:SOME NUTRITIONAL THOUGHTSAjith, K.S., Anil Kumar, K. and Dipu, M.T..............................................................................66

18. EFFLUX PUMP INHIBITORS FOR ANTIBACTERIAL THERAPYSumithra T G, Chaturvedi V K, Susan Cherian, Binsila B Krishnan and Siju Susan Jacob.....69

ASSOCIATION NEWS 76 - 80

BILATERAL INGUINAL HERNIA WITH DISTINCT HYSTEROCELE ANDOMENTOCELE IN A DACHSHUND BITCH

John Martin K. D., Susannah Bijee Philip, Sherin B. Sarangom and Ashay P. Kankonkar......45

SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF CERVICAL MUCOCELE IN A DOG

CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF EXOCRINE PANCREATIC INSUFFICIENCY IN AGERMAN SHEPHERD DOG