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Item Cactus is catching up in India(Poster, 2020-06-08) Hassan, S.; Louhaichi, Mounir; Sarker, A.Item Stimulating smallholder dairy market and livestock feed improvements through local innovation platforms in the Himalayan foothills of India(Journal Article, 2020-08) Ravichandran, Thanammal; Teufel, Nils; Capezzone, Filippo; Birner, Regina; Duncan, Alan J.Item Variation in grain yield, fodder quality and animal intake in two dual purpose legume crops: Mungbean and vegetable soybean grown in semi-arid tropical India(Journal Article, 2021-02-15) Nair, R.M.; Giri, R.R.; Boddepalli, V.N.; Prasad, Kodukula V.S.V.; Devulapalli, R.; Blümmel, MichaelTwenty six lines each of two legume crop species: mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek] and vegetable soybean [(Glycine max (L.) Merr.)] were evaluated for grain yield and fodder traits during 2013 in Hyderabad, India. Mungbean line, ML 818 was the best for nitrogen content and was also among the better performers for in vitro organic matter digestibility (IVOMD). Vegetable soybean line, Swarna Vasundhra registered high values for nitrogen content, haulm yield, pod yield and seed yield, while GC 84501-32-1 recorded high value for nitrogen content. In-vivo parameters such as dry (DMI) and organic matter intake (OMI), dry (DMD) and organic matter digestibility (OMD) and nitrogen (N) balance were determined after feeding sheep with haulms from selected lines of mungbean and vegetable soybean as supplements to a sorghum stover based ration. Vegetable soybean line, Swarna Vasundhra recorded the highest OMD while the mungbean line, VC 6510-151-1 recorded the highest nitrogen balance.Item Genetic variation for grain yield, straw yield and straw quality traits in 132 diverse rice varieties released for different ecologies such as upland, lowland, irrigated and salinity prone areas in India(Journal Article, 2020-01) Subudhi, H.N.; Prasad, Kodukula V.S.V.; Ramakrishna, Ch; Rameswar, P.S.; Pathak, H.; Ravi, D.; Khan, A.A.; Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar; Blümmel, MichaelItem Investigation of fifteen popular and widely grown Indian rice varieties for variations in straw fodder traits and grain-straw relationships(Journal Article, 2019-09) Ravi, D.; Subba Rao, I.V.; Jyothi, B.; Sharada, P.; Venkateswarlu, G.; Reddy Ch, R.K.; Prasad, Kodukula V.S.V.; Blümmel, MichaelItem Rice and wheat straw fodder trading in India: Possible lessons for rice and wheat improvement(Journal Article, 2020-02) Duncan, Alan J.; Samaddar, Arindam; Blümmel, MichaelItem Seroprevalence of hemorrhagic septicemia in dairy cows in Assam, India(Journal Article, 2019-01-01) Shome, R.; Deka, Ram Pratim; Sahay, S.; Grace, Delia; Lindahl, Johanna F.Hemorrhagic septicemia (HS) is a highly fatal disease caused by Pasteurella multocida that often cause outbreaks in buffalo and cattle in India, and thus is a major cause of production losses. It is one of the livestock diseases with the highest mortality, and despite available vaccines, outbreaks still occur. To assess the seroprevalence in the state of Assam, Northeast India, 346 serum samples from cows from 224 randomly selected households, from both urban and rural areas of three districts, were tested with a commercial ELISA. In total 88 cows were seropositive (25.4%), and indigenous cattle were significantly more seropositive (33.5%) compared to the crossbred cattle (18.5%) (p = 0.002). Herd prevalence was 35.7%, and more rural farms (47.4%) were positive compared to the urban farms (23.6%) (p < 0.001). No other risk factors were identified in this study. Only one farm had vaccinated against HS, but there were no seropositive animals detected in that herd. This study shows that HS is highly prevalent in Assam. Considering the importance of dairy production in India, and the dependence of the rural Assam population on farming and livestock keeping, more extensive vaccination campaigns would be important.Item Bihar Livestock Master Plan 2018-19 − 2022-23(Report, 2018-01-01) Shapiro, Barry I.; Singh, J.P.; Mandal, L.N.; Sinha, S.K.; Mishra, S.N.; Kumari, A.; Kumar, S.; Jha, A.K.; Gebru, G.; Negussie, K.; Bahta, Sirak T.; Reddy, B.V.; Ravichandran, Thanammal; Haan, Nicoline C. de; Baltenweck, IsabelleItem The Bihar livestock sector analysis(Report, 2018-12-01) Singh, J.P.; Mandal, L.N.; Sinha, S.K.; Mishra, S.N.; Kumari, A.; Kumar, S.; Jha, A.K.; Gebru, G.; Negussie, K.; Bahta, Sirak T.; Reddy, B.V.; Ravichandran, Thanammal; Haan, Nicoline C. deItem Increasing dairy cows productivity through new balanced concentrate feed: A study in Bihar, India(Journal Article, 2019-03-04) Dhiraj, K.S.; Prasad, S.S.; Teufel, NilsItem Comparison of feed based intensification with conventional feeding practice in dairy cattle in Tumkur (Karnataka) and Yavatmal (Maharashtra)(Report, 2019-03) Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar; Khan, A.A.; Ramana Reddy, Y.; Blümmel, Michael; Muraghendra, M.; Pawan, M.B.; Ankit, Karol; Ravi, D.; Prasad, Kodukula V.S.V.Item Business plan to better utilize wasteland grass along the road side in Udupi district into good quality livestock feed after value addition and densification(Report, 2019-02-15) Blümmel, Michael; Varijakshapanicker, PadmakumarItem Feed and fodder production in different agro-climatic zones and its utilization for livestock of Odisha: Preliminary report on feeding pattern of livestock and feed requirement in different agro-climatic zones of Odisha(Report, 2018) International Livestock Research InstituteItem Feed and fodder production in different agro-climatic zones and its utilizations for the livestock of Odisha: Performance report on demonstration of new varieties of fodder crops(Report, 2018-07-30) International Livestock Research InstituteItem Spin-off technologies from 2nd generation biofuel: Potential game changers for upgrading cereal straws and stovers for livestock feed in India(Conference Paper, 2018-02) Blümmel, Michael; Sudharakan, D.S.; Teymouri, F.; Gupta, S.K.; Varijakshapanicker, Padmakumar; Sharma, G.V.M.; Ravindranath, K.Item Bovine brucellosis: Prevalence, risk factors, economic cost and control options with particular reference to India – a review(Journal Article, 2018-01) Deka, Ram Pratim; Magnusson, Ulf; Grace, Delia; Lindahl, Johanna F.Background: Brucellosis is an economically important zoonotic disease with worldwide distribution, with low-income countries being more affected. The disease is endemic in India, a country that house the world’s largest cattle and buffalo population and produce the most milk in the world. Results: Prevalence of the disease in the country is reported as low as 1% to as high as 60% by different researchers but many of the published studies that reported higher prevalence were conducted in non-randomised samples. Based on this review, overall prevalence in the country is likely 12% or less. About 20 different risk factors are reported that contribute/predispose to occurrence of bovine brucellosis. The risk factors could be classified in four groups: host factors, farmer’s factors, managemental factors, and agro-ecological factors. Various studies reported high economic burden of the diseases in dairy animals but there is dearth of comprehensive and rigorous economic studies. Conclusions: In the absence of highly effective vaccines and because of difficulties in executing a segregation and slaughter policy of infected animals in countries like India, control of bovine brucellosis remains a challenge.Item Animal nutrition approaches for profitable livestock operations and sustainable rural livelihoods(Book Chapter, 2018-11-21) Blümmel, Michael; Garg, M.R.; Jones, Christopher S.; Baltenweck, Isabelle; Staal, Steven J.Item Understanding the cryptic introgression and mixed ancestry of Red Junglefowl in India(Journal Article, 2018-10-11) Thakur, M.; Fernandes, M.; Sathyakumar, S.; Singh, S.K.; Vijh, R.K.; Han Jianlin; Dong-Dong Wu; Ya-Ping ZhangRed Junglefowls (RJFs), the wild progenitor of modern day chickens (DCs), are believed to be in genetic endangerment due to introgression of domestic genes through opportunistic matings with domestic or feral chickens. Previous studies from India reported rare hybridization of RJFs in the wild. However, RJF population genetic structure, pattern of gene flow and their admixture with DC populations are poorly understood at the landscape level. We conducted this study with a large sample size, covering the predicted natural distribution range of RJFs in India. We documented strong evidence of directional gene flow from DCs to free-ranging wild RJFs, with the Northeastern RJF population exhibiting the most genetic variants in their nuclear and mitochondrial genomes, indicating it to be the ancestral population from which early radiation may have occurred. The results provide evidence that landscape features do not act as a barrier to gene flow and the distribution pattern could not be explored due to physical sharing or exchange of wild birds in the past when forests were continuous across RJF range in India.Item Baseline study on impact assessment of artificial insemination in pigs in Nagaland(Report, 2018-08) Deka, Ram Pratim; Bayan, Baban; Varijakshapanicker, PadmakumarItem Development of goat milk and meat value chains in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh(Report, 2018-07) Weber, Christoph; Dixit, A.K.; Singh, M.K.; Kumar, V.; Jha, A.K.; Teufel, Nils; Baltenweck, Isabelle