Narender Singh

Buffalo Breeding Management Practices Followed by Farmers of Western Haryana

The present investigation was conducted in Western Haryana. Two districts Bhiwani and Sirsa and two tehsils from each district and two villages from each tehsil were selected randomly. Twenty ive buffalo keepers from each village were selected thus making a sample of 200 farmers. The study revealed that more than half (54.50 %) respondents got conceived their buffalo by artiicial insemination and around 80.00 percent respondents got their animals inseminated at the later stage of heat. About 41 percent of respondents detect through bellowing. Most (84.00%) of the respondents used panchyat buffalo bull for service and about 62.50 percent buffalo keepers followed pregnancy diagnosis. Only 40.50 buffaloes were bred after 2 months of calving and 53.00 percent buffaloes calved at the age of 3.5 yr.

Effect of Supplementing Spirulina and Thyme on Nutrient Digestibility and FCR in New Zealand White Rabbits

An experiment was conducted on 48 New Zealand White rabbits of either sex for evaluating the effect of supplementing spirulina and thyme on nutrient digestibility and feed conversion ratio (FCR). Rabbits were randomly assigned to four treatments in three tier cages, divided into two compartments, housing six rabbits in each compartment, in controlled environmental conditions during the feeding trial of 56 days. The experiment consisted of four dietary treatments. Treatment group T1 was fed with control diet as per ICAR (2008) guidelines with concentrate mixture formulated using maize, soybean meal, ground nut cake, gram, mineral mixture and common salt. In treatment groups T2, T3 and T4, concentrate mixture as used in control group was supplemented with 5% spirulina, 3% thyme and 5% spirulina plus 3% thyme, respectively. At the end of experiment a digestibility trial was conducted for 7 days and the results revealed that digestibility of dry matter, crude protein, crude fiber and NFE of rabbits fed with supplementation of 5% spirulina and 3% thyme in combination was significantly higher than rabbits fed control diet. The EE and ash digestibility of rabbits under different treatments remain statistically similar. The results of the study also revealed that mean values of FCR of rabbits fed with thyme or combination of thyme with spirulina supplementation was higher than rabbits of control group or supplemented with spirulina alone.

Phyto-Diversity on Campus of K.M. Government College Narwana, India

India is one of the 12 “mega-diversity” countries in the world and this country has a forest area of 23.81% of the country’s geographical area. Mankind has been utilizing plants for food and medicinal purpose since the time immemorial. Therefore various aspects of plants towards health, economic value, sustainable utility, their conservation, floral assessment and documentation are necessary. India is a rich center of plants diversity. Distribution of plants depends on their genetic makeup, various environmental factors like temperature, water and other edaphic factors (Curtis and Cottom, 1956; Phillips, 1959; Misra, 1968). Plant diversity is the most important feature, which plays a vital role in complexity of natural ecosystems. The present paper is an attempt to know the distribution of plant diversity on campus of K.M. Government College Narwana, covering more than eight acres of International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 5 Number 7 (2016) pp. 565-570 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com