Indian Journal of Agriculture Business

Stress is an important area for concern in poultry industry as it has direct impact on the production performance of poultry. There are various types of stressors that jeopardies the poultry health. We need to minimize these stress by adopting good management practices and also by analysing the various biochemical indicators that may get affected due to stress. A battery of biochemical indicators is required to be tested to assess the severity of stress in poultry. In this review we tried to pool together the various parameters that may be a good indicator to ascertain the stress conditions in poultry.

Keywords: Stressors; Stress; Poultry; Biochemical Indicator; Corticosterone.

Animal husbandry is the most important component of Indian agriculture supporting livelihood of more than two-thirds of the rural population especially marginal, small & landless farmers of our country. Animals provide nutrient-rich food products, draught power, dung as organic manure and domestic fuel, hides & skin, and are a regular source of cash income for rural households. The growth of livestock wealth in India at the rate of approximate 6% per annum. Animals provide nutrient-rich food products, draught power, dung as organic manure and domestic fuel, hides & skin, and are a regular source of cash income for rural households Animal Husbandry and Dairying play an important role in development of India’s economy. Livestock by-products, such as processed animal proteins, animal fats, milk and egg products, and former food products represent a potentially valuable resource for feeding livestock. Proper utilization of by-product has direct impact on the economy and environmental pollution of country as well as for improvement of socio-economic condition of the farmers. Non-utilization of animal by-products in a proper way may create major aesthetic and catastrophic health problems. Judicious and efficient utilization of animal by-product has direct impact on the income generation and to reduce environmental pollution of the country as well as for the betterment of socio-economic status of the farmers. In recent years there has been tremendous work has been done for wide spread and increasing interest among the people for proper and judicious utilization of the animal byproduct of the dairy, meat and skin industry along with dung & urine for preparation of valuable product such as Panchgavya, Jeevamrit and Gau-mutra ark etc for betterment of socio-economic status of farmers as well as for healthy environmental issues.

Keywords: Byproduct; Bovine; GDP; Gaumutra Ark; Livestock; Pollution & Panchgavya.

 

Pig rearing plays an important role for improvement of socio-economic condition of poor farmers in India and other developing countries. The swine industry in India, currently in its infancy, i.e. in the hands of people having little or no awareness about pig farming. Pig mortality is an important factor affecting the economic viability and profitability of swine industry. The profitability of swine farm largely depends on the survival of piglets up to the weaning age. Immunity for the piglet is not obtained through placental transfer of antibodies during gestation and therefore
it is born with very limited immune protection. Piglet born with low energy reserves and without immune protection therefore early and adequate intake of colostrum is major determinant of piglet survival during the early suckling period. New born piglets are highly dependent upon the sow for food and protection from disease, cold and predators. The death of suckling piglets adversely affects the productivity of farms; therefore, implementing an effective management regime until 3 d after birth could decrease the occurrence of piglet deaths. The first and foremost target of an ideal farm is to reduce the morbidity and mortality rate. Several managemental interventions are adopted to reduce the preweaning mortality like selection of animals having good mothering ability, modification of farrowing pen, provision of guard rail, farrowing crate, crush reducing device, ensure colostrum intake, measures to prevent hypothermia, cross-fostering, supplementation of iron, provision of creep feeding etc. 

Keyword: Farrowing Pen; Colostrum Intake; Supplementation of Iron;
Creep Feeding.

Canine parvovirus is one of the most devastating viral disease of dogs causing high morbidity and mortality. Parvovirus proliferates mainly in the gastrointestinal tract of adults and myocardium in case of ups. Two clinical cases were presented to the teaching veterinary clinical complex with a history of dogs of age group 3 months, having a temperature of 1010F, diarrhea with foul odors and the dogs were not yet vaccinated. The clinical cases suspected of parvoviral infection were preliminarily screened by haemagglutination test and later confirmation was done by employing Polymerase Chain Reaction for the suspected fecal samples.

Migration is one of the important factor after fertility and mortality that affect the demographic changes in a country. But whereas both fertility and mortality operate within the biological framework, migration does not. It influences size, composition and distribution of population. More importantly, migration influences the social, economic and ecological aspects of both destination and departure system. In this study we have discussed the several causes of migration with special emphasis on how these causes are affecting the distance of migration. The present study is conducted in Ghoragachha village under Saguna gram panchayet, Nadia, West Bengal. The numbers of respondents were 60 and they were selected randomly. the data were collected trough pilot survey, structured interview and focused group interview. The statistical tools used for data analysis are correlation coefficient, step down regression, path analysis and factor analysis.family Education (in years)- (X3), number of source information acquired-(X8), Cosmo politeness- (X13), Per capita income from Agriculture and livestock-(X16) and per capita annual other Expenditures-(X19); these are the independent variables which are significant with respect to dependent variable i.e. Y2: Distance of migration.

Keywords: Cosmopoliteness; Distance of Migration; Expenditures; Family Education; Income.