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- ItemAge, growth and mortality of karut croaker Johnius carutta Bloch, 1794 off Visakhapatnam, south-east coast of India(Indian Council of Agricultural Research, 2015) Swamy Kumar, M.; Rajeswari, G.; Kishore, B.Age, growth and mortality parameters of karut croaker Johnius carutta were studied using the length data of 3,406 specimens ranging in length from 11 to 24.5 cm, collected from Visakhapatnam coast during January 2008 to December 2009. The von Bertalanffy growth parameters estimated were L∞ = 26.7 cm, annual K= 0.67 y-1, to= -0.1366 and T max (longevity) = 4.3 years. Length attained by the end of the first, second, third and fourth years were estimated as 14.2, 20.3, 23.4 and 25.0 cm respectively. Natural mortality (M) was estimated as 1.10, Total mortality (Z) 2.24 and fishing mortality (F) as 1.14. Exploitation rate (E) was 0.51. The growth performance index (Φ) for J. carutta (sexes pooled) was estimated as 2.679. The fishery was largely (91%) supported by first and second year age groups which are within the length groups from 13.5 to 18.9 cm.
- ItemImpact of immunocompetence index based selection on health conditions in broiler chicken(Agricultural Research Communication Centre, 2015) Sivaraman, G.K.; Sanjeev, K.Present investigation was carried out to assess the impact of immunocompetence index based selection on the survivability of Synthetic Dam Line of broiler chicken. The base population (G0) was screened for various immunocompetence traits, which were then combined in to an index, called immunocompetence (IC) index and two generations (G1 and G2) were obtained after selection for high and low IC index values. Significant differences in percent mortality patterns were noticed in the base population (P< 0.05) and G1 generation (P<0.01), whereas, in G2 generation, high index line had comparatively higher per cent mortality (2.07) as compared to the low index lines (1.29). However, the overall mortality rate was reduced substantially over the two generations of divergent IC index based selection in broiler chicken. The present investigation revealed that selective breeding for better immunocompetence status using IC index could lead to better health status in terms of reduced mortality in broiler chicken.