bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Developmental Competence of Embryo vis-à-vis Lipopolysaccharide
Authors: Jinagal Sujata , Dutt Ravi , Thakur Swati , Punetha Meeti , Sharma Maninder , Saini Sheetal , Chaudhary Suman , Kumar Pradeep , Yadav P S , Kumar Dharmendra 
Published: March 2023

Post-partum uterine inflammation in dairy bovines impairs the reproductive process resulting in extended anestrus, reduced conception and increased pregnancy attrition. Pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) are a set of molecular motifs that are present on the surface of various classes of microbes. Bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) are an endotoxin found in the cell membranes of Gram-negative bacteria, are considered as a prototypical class of PAMPs. Among PAMPs, LPS is the most potent one present on the surface of E. coli associated with endometritis and inflammation of the uterus. When ovarian follicular cells are exposed to LPS, toll-like receptor (TLR) and cluster of differentiation 14 (CD14) will be expressed, activating to culminate in the up-regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines like IL-1β, IL-18 and TNF which reacts directly to bacterial products and impairing reproductive functions. Although, both theca interna and granulosa cells are capable of responding to inflammatory mediators and altering some functions of the oocytes may result in failure of the oocyte to become fully competent, even if the insult occurs well before ovulation. Several studies have been focused on the effect of LPS on the reproductive performance of dairy animals but the effect of LPS on oocytes during maturation and their development is yet to be defined well. Therefore, the present review emphasized on the effect of LPS on important female reproductive functions and possible mechanism of bacterial endotoxin LPS action on the embryonic development through various pathways.
Relationship between Satisfaction and Academic Performance of Students at the College of Education
Authors: Ebenezer Kwakwa , Adiyaa Osei , Kumabia Francis Koku Ras 
Published: March 2023

This study was a correlational research design. It was designed for investigating the relationship between students’ satisfaction and academic performance among level 200 students of Mount. Mary College of Education in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Purposive sampling technique was used to sample 200 students. Satisfaction of Colleges of Education students were measured using adapted Student Satisfaction Survey developed by Strachota (2006) on a 4 point Likert scale (from Not Satisfied (1), Somehow Satisfied (2), Satisfied (3) and Highly Satisfied (4)) which has 8 items. Examination scores of four core subjects (Assessment in Basic Schools, Curriculum Studies, English Language Studies II, Forms and Functions of English Clause) in the first and second semesters of the 2020/2021 academic year were used to measure students’ academic performance.
Enzymuria-Early Predictors of Acute Kidney Injury in Animals
Authors: Sanap M. J. , Yeotikar P.V. 
Published: March 2023

Enzymuria is recently being used as valuable tool for the diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI), and urinalysis in clinical cases. The origin of enzymes from different parts of the kidney has diagnostic importance. Enzymes of kidney origin, namely those from brush border of proximal tubuli were recognized for their clinical significance inanimals. Now a days, enzymes are more specifically used as tubular markers which determine the location and severity of kidney damage. These enzymes are glutathione S-transferase (GST), N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase (NAG), β-galactosidase (β-GAL), γ-glutamyltranspeptidase and alkaline phosphatase are used as early diagnostic markers of kidney injury. Normally, enzymes originates from serum (as glomerular filtrate), renal tubular cells, and the urogenital tract (epithelial cells, glandular secretion, and semen). The contribution of serum enzymes is negligible for most urinary enzymes because they are relatively larger (> 80 kDa), due to which those marker enzymes do not sieve through the glomerular membrane and appear in the urine. Urinary enzymes have also been used to determine the presence and location of renal tubular injury. Some bacterial or viral infections can damage kidney tubules, which result in the leakage of some enzymes from the tubular epithelium. Various nephrotoxic drugs used in clinical therapeutics, along with some contrast media may lead to acute kidney injury. Enzymes of kidney origin may be released due to damage to the brush border epithelium. Especially, NAG- a lysosomal enzyme in renal tubular epithelium released into urine in response to tubular damage. These enzymes could be increased or identified in urine of urinary tract infected animals.
Effect of Uterine Lavage, Levamisole, PGF2α and its Combinations on Haematological Indices and Bacterial Load in Estrual Mucus of Endometritic Buffaloes
Authors: Singh Narendra , Singh Bhoopendra , Kumar Rajesh 
Published: March 2023

The objective of this study was to compare uterine lavage, Levamisol s/c, PGF2α i/m and its combinations on haematological indices, bacterial load in cervico-vaginal mucus (CVM) and therapeutic response in endometritic buffaloes. Thirty six repeat breeder buffaloes were randomly assigned into six equal groups. Six animals were kept as positive control (no treatment, only sexual rest, T0 ), and the rests were assigned to five treatment group, i.e., T1 (uterine lavage), T2 (Levamisol SQ ), T3 (PGF2α IM ), T4 (uterine lavage plus Levamisol s/c) and T5 (uterine lavage plus PGF2α IM ). Significant (p<0.05) decline in bacterial load and TLC values were recorded after treatment over pretreatment ones in all five treatment groups. Furthermore, Hb, TEC and PCV increased significantly after treatment as compared to control one. Significant drop in neutrophils and rise in lymphocytes was recorded post-treatment in all treatment groups. The eosinophil, basophil and monocytes did not differ significantly within and amongst the groups. The therapeutic response was 33.33, 50.00, 66.67, 66.67, 83.33 and 83.33% in T0, T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5, respectively. The corresponding conception rates were 16.67, 33.33, 50.00, 50.00, 66.67 and 66.67 %. The results conclude that, uterine lavage along with Levamisol or PGF2α can be used effectively to manage endometrtitic buffaloes.
Feeding Management Practices of Gir Cattle followed in Gujarat, India
Authors: Kasondra Sahil M. , Sabapara Ghanshyam P. , Dodiya Vivek A. , Savsani Harish H. , Odedra Mulraj D. , Ahlawat Anshu R. 
Published: March 2023

The present study was undertaken to collect information on feeding management practices of Gir cattle at Junagadh district and data were ascertained from randomly selected 320 Gir cattle owners through personal interview with the help of pre-tested structured schedule from four randomly selected talukas of Junagadh district, Gujarat. Majority of Gir cattle owners (86.88%) followed stall feeding system and most of them (93.44%) cultivated green fodder crops for feeding of Gir cattle. Majority (81.56%) of the respondents fed green and dry fodder as such. Groundnut gotar was the major ingredient (71.87%) used as dry fodder, 84.06 % respondents provided compound cattle feed as concentrate to their milking animals. Only 8.12 % of the Gir cattle owners followed scientific feeding of concentrates. Majority of the respondents fed concentrates to their young calves (80.94%) and heifers (87.5%) after soaking (62.81%) in water. 17.5 % of the respondents supplemented mineral mixture to their Gir cattle.
Molecular Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Canine Parvovirus-2 in Dogs
Authors: Khadse Monali Bhagwan , Rambhau Shubhangi , Kolangath Sujit 
Published: March 2023

Canine Parvovirus (CPV) is a most significant viral disease causing acute haemorrhagic gastroenteritis and myocarditis in puppies at the age of 3-4 months. It causes serious morbidity and mortality, in spite of the effective vaccination. Inadequate immunity and modern practices of early weaning in the kennels have predisposed the young dogs to CPV. In the present study, total 50 fecal samples were collected from dogs suspected for CPV-2 from Nagpur, India and screened by Ubioquick® VET lateral flow assay kit and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) followed by the sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of VP2 gene. Out of 50 samples, 10 (20%) were found positive by antigen detection test, 18 (36%) by Conventional PCR method. Sequence analysis revealed 98-99% homology with sequences of CPV-2b antigenic type reported in dogs from India and Srilanka.
Comparison of PCR and Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Detection of Salmonella spp. in Chicken Meat
Authors: Pargi Zalak B , Nayak Jeetendra B , Brahmbhatt Manoj N , Bhong Chandrakant D , Macwan Terrance , Thakur Sonali 
Published: March 2023

The aim of the study was to compare Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) assay for detection of Salmonella in Chicken Meat. Food safety remains a major concern worldwide, with outbreaks of foodborne illness resulting in significant costs to individuals and to the food industry. The Salmonella genus is the most prevalent group of foodborne pathogens that are regularly isolated from food-producing animals and thus are one of the leading causes of food borne diseases. Out of total 40 Salmonella isolates, LAMP and PCR assay detected 36 (90%) and 32 (80%) isolates, respectively. The sensitivity of the LAMP assay was noted to be 10-fold higher than that of PCR whereas the specificity of both LAMP and PCR was same.
Comparison of Mixed and Choice Feeding of Whole Wheat (Triticum aestivum) on the Performance of Commercial Broilers
Authors: Bhagora Nikesh J , Savaliya Fulabhai P , Patel Atul B , Lonkar Vijaysinh D 
Published: March 2023

Wheat is the cereal grain of choice for Whole Grain Feeding (WGF) in poultry, despite the fact that globally maize is the most commonly used cereal grain. In this context, in the present study feeding of whole wheat to commercial broilers with two types of feeding systems were used ie. mixed and choice feeding systems of wheat with different levels of replacement with maize by 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100%. The body weight and body weight gain of birds fed with 20% and 40% choice feeding of wheat was found to be the highest (p<0.05). The mean wheat consumption (g/bird) from total feed consumption under choice feeding during 2 to 6 weeks of age in birds fed with 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100% were found to be 363.18, 720.12, 1398.45, 2160.30 and 3202.10, respectively. Birds fed with choice feeding of 40% wheat showed significantly (p<0.05) improved FCR. The highest livability (%) was found in the birds fed with 40% and 100% choice feeding of wheat. The gizzard weight (g) showed non-significant difference among the birds fed with various treatment rations. The highest return over feed cost (in Rs.) was found in the birds fed with 40% choice feeding of wheat. The overall results indicated that choice feeding system is more suitable for better body weight gain and improved FCR as compared to mixed feeding system of whole wheat. Feeding with 40% maize in diet replaced by wheat and offered in separate feeder is more economical and profitable due to higher body weight gain, improved FCR and acceptable mortality.
PFGE analysis of Listeria monocytogenes isolates from milk, bovine clinical and bovine environment origin from Nagpur
Authors: Warke Shubhangi Rambhau , Ingle Vijay Chokharam , Kurkure Nitin Vasantrao 
Published: March 2023

Listeria monocytogenes, a foodborne pathogen, causes listeriosis, that mainly affects immunocompromised persons. Epidemiological investigation and molecular subtyping can be helpful in linking the specific sources of infection. Thirty-eight isolates of Listeria monocytogenes recovered from the bovine environment, milk, and bovine clinical cases were characterized by serotyping and pulse field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) to correlate the genetic links between the isolates. Serotyping revealed 3 L. monocytogenes isolates to be of serovar group 4b, 4d and 4e, 34 isolates of serovar group 1/2b, 4b, 3b, 4d, 4e, and one isolate to be serovar group 1/2a, 1/2c,3a, and 3c. The PFGE analysis revealed 38 L. monocytogenes isolate from seven different clusters combined ApaI and AscI with 80% relative genetic similarity. In comparison majority of the strains showed location and serovar wise homology in PFGE pattern than source wise. It was also observed that at the place of collection, the organisms circulate in the environment. The present findings suggested that the dairy/bovine farm environment is a potential source of contamination of L. monocytogenes in milk and animals.
Assessment and identification of risk factors associated with avian coccidiosis in Haryana, India
Authors: Grakh Kushal , Mittal Dinesh , Prakash Anand , Kumar Manesh , Kumar Ramesh , Jindal Naresh 
Published: March 2023

Coccidiosis caused by protozoan parasite of Eimeria species is one of the most important poultry diseases prevalent in different parts of globe including India. The parasite invades the intestinal cells and the disease is characterised by enteritis and diarrhoea leading to weight loss, altered feed conversion ratio, poor growth and eventually death of affected birds. A survey on commercial poultry farms was conducted in 10 districts of Haryana state, India, using a questionnaire to assess the status of coccidiosis, associated risk factors and management practices followed. On analysis of data, it was found that overall, 15 (28.8%) farms had history of coccidiosis. One-fourth (25%) of the farmers reported the use of anticoccidial drugs for chemoprophylaxis or therapeutic purposes at their farms. Further, on statistical analysis using Chi-square, several factors were found to be statistically significant (p<0.05) with occurrence of coccidiosis at these farms including type of birds, capacity of birds, visitor’s entry, litter removal frequency, number of antibiotics used for treatment and foggers use in summer at farms under study. These factors were identified as predisposing and/ or risk factors associated with occurrence of coccidiosis at the farms. The odds of occurrence of coccidiosis were significantly higher (p<0.001) at the farms with presence of risk factors identified in the study as compared to the farms where risk factors were absent. The present study revealed history of coccidiosis at several poultry farms leading to undue economic burden to farmers. For effective management of coccidiosis at the farms, the use of foggers may be discouraged. Moreover, litter may be turned or removed frequently along with judicious use of anti-coccidiostats or other alternatives may be encouraged.
Haemato-Biochemical Changes after Laparoscopic and Conventional Ovariohysterectomy in Dogs
Authors: Kumar Raj , Bishnoi Praveen , Tanwar Mahendra , Jhirwal Suresh Kumar , Kumari Anita 
Published: March 2023

The present study was conducted on 24 bitches presented for ovariohysterectomy at Veterinary Clinical Complex of the college, Bikaner, India. The animals were randomly divided in two groups. Ovariohysterectomy was performed by conventional method and laparoscopic method in Group A and B, respectively. Physiological and haemato-biochemical parameters were determined in both the groups. The post-operative heart rate, respiratory rate and rectal temperature reduced significantly (p<0.05) as compared to pre-operative values in both the groups. PCV values decreased significantly in animals of both the groups. The difference in TEC and TLC values remained non-significant in both the groups; however, in Group-A animals, significant (p<0.05) increase in TLC values was noticed at 12 to 24 h. Significant (p<0.05) increase in neutrophils and decrease in lymphocytes were recorded, while monocytes and eosinophils remained statistically unchanged during the entire period of time. Significant (p<0.05) increase was observed in the values of blood glucose, cortisol, AST, creatinine, CK, alkaline phosphatase in Group-A and Group-B, however, ALT values remained non-significant in both the group. Increased TLC, neutrophils, serum cortisol, AST and CK for longer duration in animals of Group-A compared to Group-B indicated more inflammation, tissue trauma, muscle damage and stressed conditions in conventional method of ovariohysterectomy.
Diagnosis and Clinico-Surgical Management of Secondary Laminitis due to Ovarian Tumour in a Kathiawari Mare
Authors: Padaliya Nilesh. R. , Vadalia Jignesh V , Dodia Vaibhav V , Ravel Rupesh J , Fefar Dhaval T , Talekar Shivaji H 
Published: March 2023

Granulosa cell tumours (GCTs) are the most common ovarian tumours in equine which involves around 2.5% of all tumours of horses and 85% of reproductive tract tumours (McCue et al. 2006). Tumours may originate from tissue present within the equine ovary. GCTs are most often first detected during either routine reproductive examination for breeding or when behavioral changes caused by the presence of the tumour in ovary requiring further investigation (McKinnon and Barker, 2010). Mares with GCTs remain infertile due to atrophy of the contralateral ovary, which has been variably associated with elevated serum inhibin, testosterone or anti-Mullerian hormone concentrations (Ball et al., 2012). Surgical removal is regarded as the treatment of choice for GCTs (McCue et al., 2006). Surgical removal of the affected ovary almost always results in the resumption of normal heat cycles and the ability to carry a normal pregnancy. Lameness in mare which suffered from GCT was also reported earlier by Meagher et al. (1977). Various scientists reported different technique for removal of affected ovary. Standing laparoscopic ovariectomy is associated with a lower complication rate than other surgical methods like colpotomy (Colbern and Reagan 1987), flank, paramedian or ventral midline celiotomy (Lee and Hendrickson, 2008; Azizi et al., 2014). Most of GCTs are benign and affect the left ovary (McCue et al. 2006; Korany et al., 2020). The present document reports clinical diagnosis and surgical management of secondary laminitis due to ovarian tumour in a Kathiawari mare by left flank ovariectomy of the affected ovary.
Locking Reconstruction Plate for the Management of Diaphyseal Femoral Fracture in a Dog
Authors: V Vijay Kumar , M Shiju Simon , H Pushkin Raj , R Mahesh , S Ayappan 
Published: March 2023

Fracture of the long bone is a commonly encountered orthopaedic problem in canine practice (Aithal et al.,1999). Femur fractures are one of the most common orthopaedic affections encountered in dogs comprising 35 % of hind limb fractures and 24 %of all fractures in dogs (Johnson et al., 1998). Proximal and distal epiphyseal fractures happen in young animals, whereas diaphyseal and metaphyseal fractures are more frequent in older animals(Guiot et al., 2012, Abd El Raouf, 2017). They are difficult to repair due to the fact that such dogs are recumbent and need early rehabilitation to establish speedy recovery. The closeness of the abdominal wall to the proximal femur and surrounding heavy muscles limits the use of coaptation and external skeletal fixation for femoral fractures.
Animasi 3D Alur Proses Pembuatan Sabun Transparan Dari Minyak Kelapa Sawit Menggunakan Metode Multimedia Development Life Cycle
Authors: Nofiar Andri , Nasari Fina , Pribadi Antoni 
Published: March 2023

Animasi merupakan gambar yang bergerak dan memiliki cerita dalam bentuk 2D atau 3D. Animasi 2D menghasilkan video 2 Dimensi, sedangkan animasi 3D mampu menghasilkan vedio dari gambar 3D, sehingga sangat cocok digunakan sebagai media promosi kepada masyarakat dalam penyebaran informasi. Saat ini banyak bermunculan industri rumah tangga yang membuat sabun secara mandiri. Oleh karena itu pembuatan sabun menjadi salah satu matakuliah pada program studi Teknik Pengolahan Kelapa Sawit(TPS). Pemanfaatan animasi dalam simulasi pembuatan sabun, menjadi salah satu solusi media informasi dan pembelajaran bagi masyarakat khususnya mahasiswa TPS dalam pemanfaatan minyak kelapa sawit untuk pembuatan sabun. Metode Multimedia Development Life Cycle (MDLC) yang terdiri dari concept, design, material collecting, assembly, testing, distribution biasanya digunakan dalam pembuatan Animasi. Pembuatan animasi menggunakan perangkat lunak Blender versi 2.80 dan Adobe Premiere CC 2017. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menghasilkan animasi 3D pembuatan Sabun. Hasil penelitian berupa Animasi 3D proses pembuatan sabun yang telah dipublis melalui media penyebaran informasi youtube. Hasil respon pengguna 92.40% menyatakan animasi mudah dimengerti, 93.20% menyatakan penggunaan bahasa mudah difahami, 87.14% menyatakan kualitas animasi sangat interaktif, berdasarkan respon pengguna hasil animasi sangat membantu dalam pembuatan sabun secara mandiri.
Kombinasi Case-Based Reasoning dan Rule-Based Reasoning Pada Sistem Pakar Deteksi Awal Covid-19
Authors: Maukar  , Sutanty Ety , Astuti Dina Kusuma 
Published: March 2023

Deteksi terhadap Covid-19 merupakan tahapan penting dalam mengenali secara dini pasien terduga Covid-19 sehingga dapat dilakukan langkah preventif. Gejala umum yang ditimbulkan penyakit Covid-19 memiliki gejala yang hampir sama dengan beberapa penyakit lainnya. Penelitian ini membentuk Sistem Pakar untuk deteksi awal Covid-19 dengan mengkombinasikan metode Case Based Reasoning dan Rule Based Reasoning dalam bentuk Website. Website Sistem Pakar pada penelitian ini akan menghitung kemungkinan user yang mengalami Covid-19 berdasarkan nilai atau bobot dari gejala yang dipilih user dengan mencari kesamaan dari gejala yang telah dialami pasien Covid-19 sebelumnya. Gejala Covid-19 yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini didapat dari dataset Kemunculan Gejala Covid-19 bersumber dari Kaggle Dataset. Masukan berupa gejala pasien yang telah terjadi sebelumnya digunakan dalam membentuk aturan yang telah diberikan bobot melalui proses wawancara seorang pakar. Penelitian ini menggunakan 14 variabel gejala dengan metode hybrid case based dimana kesamaan gejala akan dihitung menggunakan cosine similarity. Hasil Penelitian diharapkan dapat membantu masyarakat dalam melakukan diagnosis mandiri dan tim medis untuk melakukan diagnosis awal kepada pasien sebagai langkah awal penanganan Covid-19.
THE DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STOCK MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH IN A RETROSPECTIVELY-TENDED-ECONOMY
Authors: Bernhard O. ISHIORO, Ph.D  
Published: March 2023

The purpose and main focus of this paper is to inquire into the dynamic nature of stock market and inclusive growth series in a retrospectively-tended-economy like Nigeria. Lags of the previous periods of the indicators were confirmed to be very fundamental building blocks to understanding the current behaviour of the phenomenal growth of the two indicators and their metrics. We reviewed the nature and types of lag models and innovatively interpreted them in a spectacular manner that unveiled the uniqueness of the impacts of such past periods on current behaviour of both stock market and inclusive growth. Applying the autoregressive distributed lag model for the period 1980 to 2020, our findings show that current performance of the market and inclusive growth are somewhat inter-period growth-persistence-averse, and stock market size is ephemeral and susceptible to shadow and cosmetic largeness. We recommend that Lags should be considered as important and indispensable inputs into the policy and stock market and inclusive growth modelling processes and procedures in Nigeria.
Keywords: Stock Market Development; Inclusive Growth; Dynamic Effects; Retrospectively- Tended-Economy.