THE INDIAN JOURNAL OF SMALL RUMINANTS

Vol. 22(2) October, 2016

Contents

Review and Overview

1. Status and prospects of reproductive biotechnologies of small ruminants in India: an overview A.K. GoelandS.D. Kharche --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 139

Research Papers

2. Genetic diversity in milk production of Jakhrana goats based on RAPD markers Aarti Sharma and Saket Bhusan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1573. Comparison of effectiveness of animal model versus sire model for different growth traits in

Marwari sheep H. Singh, U. Pannu, H.K. Narula, A. Chopra and Vivekanand --------------------------------------------------------- 1614. Monomorphism of growth hormone receptor gene in south Indian breeds of sheep A.R. Sahu, V. Jeichitra, R. Rajendran, A. Raja, S.N. Sivaselvam and S.M.K. Karthickeyan -------------------- 167

5. Polymorphism in exon 17 of diacylglycerol acyltransferase-1 (dgat-1) gene in Indian sheep breeds Rajiv Kumar, Shringarika Gupta, A.S. Meena, S.M.K. Naqvi and S. Kumar ------------------------------------- 1706. Genetic variants of ß-lactoglobulin gene in Garole, Malpura, Patanwadi and their crossbred sheep Basanti Jyotsana, Rajiv Kumar, Rajni Kumari, A.S. Meena, L.L.L. Prince, Ved Prakash and Satish Kumar - 174

7. Effect of different selenium sources on antioxidant enzymes and bioavailability in goats Kamdev Sethy, A.K. Garg, B. Perme, K. Behera and R. Biswal ------------------------------------------------------- 178

8. Effect of feeding tamarind (Tamarindus indica) seed meal on nutrient intake, its utilization and growth in crossbred kids

Lalit Vijay, A.K Sinha, S.K. Sinha and Swati Shivani --------------------------------------------------------------------- 182

9. Effect of azolla supplementation on semen quality, haematology and rumen metabolites in Barbari bucks

Ravindra Kumar, Chetna Gangwar, P. Tripathi and U.B. Chaudhary ------------------------------------------------ 186

10. Effect of management systems on seminal characteristics of Jakhrana bucks Narendra Kumar, B. Rai, C. Gangwar, G.K. Gaur, S.A. Lone and S.K. Jindal -------------------------------------- 190

11. Effect of feeding different levels of sugarcane press mud on blood biochemical and mineral profile of Muzaffarnagri lambs

Ranjan Kumar, S.K. Saha and A.K. Garg ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 193

12. Seroprevalence studies on brucellosis in goats of Jammu region H.K. Sharma, S.K. Kotwal, D.K. Singh, M.A. Malik, Arvind Kumar, R. Katoch and M. Singh -------------------- 198

13. Detection of resistance to albendazole in Haemonchus contortus at sheep farms of Karnataka state by allele specific polymerase chain reaction

S.C. Kumar, C. Renukaprasad, Placid E. D'Souza, M. Shivaraj and B.S. Pradeep ------------------------------- 20214. Quality attributes of chevon meat patties substituted with rabbit meat P. Singh and Arvind Kumar---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 20615. Efficacy of tertiary butyl hydroquinone in enhancing shelf life of chevon pickle N. Gogna, Arvind Kumar, M. Kaur and Sunil Kumar----------------------------------------------------- 21316. Adoption of scientific practices of small ruminants at a village in Rajasthan: a PRA study G.L. Bagdi, Raj Kumar, L.R. Gurjar, Rajiv Gulyani and S.M.K. Naqvi ------------------------------------------------ 218

Short Communications

17. Genetic parameters of body weights in Marwari sheep K. Kannojia, S.B.S. Yadav, H.K. Narula, U. Pannu and H. Singh ------------------------------------------------------ 222

18. Comparative growth performance of Vembur sheep in its breeding tract R. Selvakkumar, T. Sivakumar, S. Meenakshi Sundaram, Thanga Thamil Vanan and K. Thilak Pon Jawahar ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 225

19. Aromatase gene polymorphism in sheep breeds of India A.S. Meena, Rajiv Kumar, Rajni Kumari, Basanti Jyotsana, L.L.L. Prince and Satish Kumar ------------------- 227

20. Polymorphism study of BMPR-1B and BMP-15 genes in Berari goats Lakshmi Sharma, S.V. Kuralkar, S. Sajid Ali, P.S. Bankar and Prajakta Kuralkar ---------------------------------- 230

21. Reproductive performance of Harnali sheep Lalit, Z.S. Malik, D.S. Dalal, C.S. Patil, S.P. Dahiya and K. Dev -------------------------------------------------------- 234

22. Libido and physico-morphological characteristics of semen in Pantja bucks M. Patni, S.K. Singh, D.V. Singh, J. Palod, A. Kumar, M.K. Singh and S. Sathapathy ---------------------------- 237

23. Pulse oximetry during laparoscopy-assisted embryo transfer under lumbosacral epidural anaesthesia in goats

A. Khajuria, M.R. Fazili, R.A. Shah and H.M. Khan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 240

24. Serum copper, iron and zinc concentrations during gestation and early lactation in Sangamneri goats

K.Y. Kamble, V.R. Patodkar, V.M. Sardar, P.V. Mehere and U.R. Patil ----------------------------------------------- 243

25. Concentrate feed supplementation during late gestation and lactation in Madras Red sheep P. Suresh Kumar and P. Vasanthakumar ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 246

26. Growth and haemato-biochemical response in lambs in relation to supplementary feeding of ewes in late pregnancy

Chiranjib Sahoo, Chitta Ranjan Pradhan, Subhasish Sahu, Anuradha kumari and Archana Sarangi -------- 249

27. Seroprevalence of Peste des petits ruminants in goats of south Gujarat R.B. Thakor, M.D. Patel, R.M. Patel and I.H. Kalyani -------------------------------------------------------------------- 252

28. Changes in humoral immunity due to different doses of levamisole in PPR vaccinated goats Mousam Das, Devi Prasad Isore and Anup Singha ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 255

29. Study on outbreaks of Bluetongue in sheep farm and field G. Gangaraju, I. Satish Kumar, C. Vijaya Kumar and P. Jagannath Reddy ------------------------------------------ 257

30. Prevalence and distribution of Salmonella faecal carriage in small ruminants Mohmad Mashooq, Ankush Kiran Niranjan, Rajesh Rathore, Deepak Kumar, Ankita Jain and Losa Rose - 261

31. Effect of floor space allowances on growth, coccidiosis and economics of Beetal kids under stall feeding

Ankaj Thakur, Dalpat Singh Malik, Sandeep Kaswan and Amrit Lal Saini ------------------------------------------- 264

32. Incidence of sarcoptic mange and its control with ivermectin in sheep C. Soundararajan, K. Nagarajan, A. Ananda Rajaand M. Arul Prakash ---------------------------------------------- 267

33. Effect of rearing systems on mineral contents of milk during lactation in Jamunapari goats Gitam Singh and R.B. Sharma ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 270

34. Feeding management of Jamunapari goats in the ravine region of Uttar Pradesh Rashmi, Rupasi Tiwari, Dharmendra Katheria and Amit Singh ------------------------------------------------------- 272

Author index -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (i)

Subject index-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (ii)

Budget----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (iii)

Instructions for authors------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (v)