2012 Jiva April Page 1-4

Vol. 10 Issue 1 April 2012

ISSN 0975-5195

JIVA JOURNAL OF INDIAN VETERINARY ASSOCIATION, KERALA AN OFFICIAL ORGAN OF INDIAN VETERINARY ASSOCIATION, KERALA www.jivaonline.net

EDITORIAL BOARD Chairman Dr. K. R. Arun Kumar

Editorial Advisor Dr. K. Vijayakumar, M.V.Sc.,Ph.D

Convener Dr. C. Sreekumar

President, IVA, Kerala

Joint Commissioner, Govt. of India

General Secretary IVA, Kerala

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

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

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

Associate Editors Dr. M. Ranjith Mohan, M.V.Sc. Dr. Hiron M Harshan, 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

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JOURNAL OF INDIAN VETERINARY ASSOCIATION, KERALA (JIVA)

Journal of Indian Veterinary Association, Kerala (JIVA), the official organ of Indian Veterinary Association, Kerala is a quarterly scientific periodical with international status (ISSN-0975-5195) which bring about the latest updates in Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry Practices. The journal covers almost all topics of Dairying and Animal Husbandry besides special emphasis on Companion Animal Medicine and Surgery, Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, Meat and Feed industry, Diagnostics and Bioinformatics.

The Journal JIVA is in wide circulation among all stakeholders of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry sector including the Veterinary Professionals working with Animal Husbandry Department, Kerala Agricultural University, Kerala Livestock Development Board, Milma, Techno Park, Veterinary and Medical Research Institutes of the country. The Online edition is available at www.jivaonline.net JIVA is indexed in HINARI (World Health Organization), EBSCO (World's Foremost Premium Research Database Service), SCOPE MED (International Medical Journal Management and Indexing System) and INDEX COPERNICUS INTERNATIONAL.

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Review article, Research article from all fields of veterinary and animal sciences, Clinical Article/ Case Reports and General Article are invited.

4. Research Article and Clinical article may be in the following format; t Title t Author(s) t Designation tAbstract t Keywords t Introduction t Materials and methods t Result t Discussion t Acknowledgment t References t Contact details of Communicating Author 5. Title of the article should be clear and concise.

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

CONTENTS RESEARCH ARTICLES

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POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION BASED DETECTION OF Mycoplasma gallisepticum IN CHICKEN Surya Sankar, G. Krishnan Nair, M. Mini and Hiron M. Harshan.........................................5

2.

DIETARY PHYTASE SUPPLEMENTATION ON EGG QUALITY TRAITS IN WHITE LEGHORN STRAIN CROSS CHICKEN Sukumar. D and Jalaludeen. A................................................................................................9

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MOLECULAR DETECTION OF PORCINE FOOT BUSH WITH ANAEROBIC ETIOLOGIES Liya Anto, Siju Joseph, M. Mini, Sheethal. G. Mohan, S. Vamshi Krishna, Abraham Joseph Pellissery and A. P. Usha...........................................................................13

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STATISTICAL TOOLS FOR THE PRICING ISSUES IN MILK PRODUCTION IN KERALA Unnikrishnan T. and Ashok B...................................................................................................17

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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF PROSTATIC DISEASES IN DOGS Kiren Menon, Krishnaswamy A and Honnappa T.G.............................................................24

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DEVELOPMENT OF LEAN BEEF LOAF Naseera. A .P and George T. Oommen....................................................................................27

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ANALYSIS OF INFORMATION NEEDS FOR DEVELOPING A MEDIA PROTOCOL IN SELECTED DISTRICTS OF HARYANA IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PRACTICES S. Sreehari, H.K. Gulati and A.K. Varma..................................................................................31

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ANALYSIS OF SOCIO-PERSONAL PROFILE OF LIVESTOCK- BASED SELF HELP GROUP MEMBERS OF THRISSUR DISTRICT Anu George, P.J.Rajkamal and Jiji. R.S....................................................................................38

CLINICAL REPORT 9.

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Oxyspirura mansoni IN BACKYARD POULTRY OF KERALA Deepu Philip Mathew, Priya M .N., Deepa C.K., Syamala K., Ajithkumar K. G. and Reghu Ravindran.......................................................................................................................43

10.

BBILATERAL INGUINAL HERNIA WITH DISTINCT HYSTEROCELE AND OMENTOCELE IN A DACHSHUND BITCH John Martin K. D., Susannah Bijee Philip, Sherin B. Sarangom and Ashay P. Kankonkar......45

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SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF CERVICAL MUCOCELE IN A DOG Basavanagowda M.T., Joseph Cyrus, Md. AbidHussain and ShahidVaseem S.A..................48

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SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF OVARIAN TUMOUR IN A BITCH Asha Abraham and P. Ravindran.............................................................................................49

13.

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

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CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF EXOCRINE PANCREATIC INSUFFICIENCY IN A GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG V. Dhanesh, Usha Narayanapillai, S. Yogeshpriya, Roshna RasheedKutty and S. Ajith Kumar...........................................................................................................................54

GENERAL ARTICLES

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

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TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY IN BITCHES Abhilash.R.S, Anil kumar.K, Biju.S and Ajith.K.S...................................................................60

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

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

ASSOCIATION NEWS

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

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