Animal Genetics and Breeding, Jabalpur

Brief History

The Department of Animal Genetics & Breeding came into existence as an independent department, in the year 1964. Prior to this the department was a part of Animal Husbandry Department. The master Degree programme in the department started in the year 1964 while the Ph.D. programme started in 1974. The Department is imparting teaching to U.G students of B.V.Sc. & A.H. degree courses as per VCI Course curriculum and postgraduate degree courses as per ICAR. Till date 65 M.V.Sc & AH & 20 Ph.D. students have been awarded their degree under different disciplines like Population Genetics, Cytogenetics, Biochemical Genetics, Quantitative Genetics and Molecular Genetics. The Faculty members of the department have published more than 430 research papers in National and International Journals , 5 Books, 3 Bulletins and 6 Laboratory Manuals.

Mandate of the department:

  • To conduct undergraduate teaching.
  • To conduct post graduate teaching and research.
  • Transfer of technology to farmers, extension personals and organizations engaged in the enhancement of animal productivity through various extension programmes.

Thrust areas of the department

Basic

  • Survey, evaluation genotyping, polymorphic studies, molecular characterization using microsatellite DNA markers, PCR-RFLP studies of indigenous breeds of Madhya Pradesh.
Strategic
  • Conservation of native breeds of livestock and poultry of Madhya Pradesh using in-situ and ex-situ conservation methods. Cattle improvement in the field with a view to enhance the income of farmers through dairy farming. Use of Biotechnology for the improvement of productivity of livestock and poultry.
Applied
  • To improve the production potential of indigenous cattle breeds of M.P., such as Malvi, Nimari, Kenkatha and Gaolao and Bhadawari breed of buffalo through appropriate selection programme. The improvement of cattle will results in improving the milk production on the individual basis and in overall productivity and will help in raising the income of the farmers ultimately resulting in raising their social and economic status.

Education

Undergraduate- The department offers course for UG students under MSVE 2016 guideline in the second year of the B.V.Sc as below:-

S.No. Code of Course Name of Course Credit Hrs
1. AGB Animal Genetics and Breeding 3+1

Postgraduate
S.No. Code of Course Name of Course Credit Hrs Semester
1. AGB 601* Animal Cytogenetics and Immunogenetics I 2+1 I
2. AGB 602* Molecular Genetics I 2+1 I
3. AGB 603* Population and Quantitative Genetics 2+1 I
4. AGB 604* Selection Method and Breeding System 2+1 I
5. AGB 605* Biometrical Genetics I 2+1 II
6. AGB 606 Conservation of Animal Genetics Resources 2+0 II
7. AGB 607 Cattle and Buffalo Breeding 2+1 II
8. AGB 608 Sheep and Goat Breeding 2+0 I
9. AGB 609 Poultry Breeding 2+1 II
10. AGB 610* Laboratory Animal and Rabbit Breeding 2+0 II
11. AGB 611 Swine Breeding 1+0 II
12. AGB 612 Pet Animal Breeding (Dogs and Cats) 1+0 II
13. AGB 613 Wild Animal Genetics and Breeding 1+0 I
14. AGB 614 Equine Breeding 1+0 I
15. AGB 615 Camel Breeding 1+0 I
16. AGB 616 Yak and Mithun Breeding 1+0 I
17. AGB 617 Statistical Methods in Animal Breeding 2+1 II
18. AGB 691 Doctoral Seminar 1+0 I/II
19. AGB 699 Doctoral Research 30 I & II
*Core Courses
Ph.D.
S.No. Code of Course Name of Course Credit Hrs Semester
1. AGB 701* Molecular Genetics II 2+0 I
2. AGB 702* Trends in Animal Breeding 2+0 I
3. AGB 703* Biometrical Genetics II 2+1 II
4. AGB 704* Advances in Selection Methodology 2+1 II
5. AGB 705 Bioinformatics in Animal Breeding 1+1 I
6. AGB 706 Animal Cytogenetics and Immunogenetics II 2+0 I
7. AGB 707 Statistical Software in Animal Breeding 1+1 II
8. AGB 791 Doctoral Seminar I 1+0 I/II
9. VAN 792 Doctoral Seminar II 1+0 I/II
10. AGB 799 Doctoral Research 75 I & II
*Core Courses

Research

Projects Completed

S.No. Project Title PI/Co-PI Funding agency/ Budget Remark
1. Survey evaluation and conservation of Malvi breed of Madhya Pradesh Dr. P.N.Shrivastava, Dr. S.N.S. Parmar ICAR/21.82 Lakhs 1998-2001
2. Genetic evaluation and characterization of Nimari Cattle through survey of quantitative and qualitative traits and cytogenetic, immunogenetics and biochemical polymorphic markers in M.P. Dr. B.C. Sarkhel, Dr. S.N.S. Parmar ICAR/16.54 Lakhs 1998-2001
3. Systematic survey and genetic characterization of Kadaknath breed of poultry using specific microsatellite DNA markers Dr. S.N.S. Parmar, Dr. P.N.Shrivastava ICAR/27.8 Lakhs 2000-2001
4. Evaluation of draughtability and related physico-biochemical changes in Malvi and Nimari bullock of Madhya Pradesh Dr. J.S. Arora, Dr. B.C. Sarkhel, Dr. Shrikant Joshi ICAR/24.20 Lakhs 2005-2008
5. Genetic characterization of four indigenous cattle breeds found in Madhya Pradesh using molecular markers Dr. S.N.S. Parmar, Dr. C.G. Joshi, Dr. M.S. Thakur BDT/35.10 Lakhs 2005-2008
6. Association of IL-8 receptor gene polymorphism with sub clinical and clinical mastitis in dairy cattle Dr. M.S. Thakur,
Dr. J.S. Arora		 RKVY/15.00 Lakhs 2010-2013
7. Upgrading the local non descript goat population using Sirohi and Barbari breeds of goats in Jabalpur and Mandla districts of Madhya Pradesh Dr. S. N. Shukla - -
8. Relationship of MHC genes polymorphism with coccidial resistance in Chicken Dr. M.S. Thakur,
Dr. S.N.S. Parmar, Dr. G. Das		 MPBTC/12.33 Lakhs 2013-2015

Ongoing Projects

S.No. Project Title PI/Co-PI Funding agency/ Budget Remark
1. Screening of cattle and buffalo breeding bulls for A1/A2 variants of β-casein gene in Madhya Pradesh state of India Dr. M. S. Thakur (PI)
Dr. Shrikant Joshi (Co-PI)		 MPCST, Bhopal/8.60 Lakhs Ongoing since April 2018/td>
2. “Characterization of Cattle and Buffalo populations of Mahakaushal region of Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Chhatisgarh” Dr MS. Thakur, (CoPI) in collaboration with NBAGR NBAGR, Karnal Ongoing since April 2019
3. Quantification and physiological activity of functional dipeptide(s) from Kadaknath, desi and broiler chicken meats Dr MS. Thakur, (CoPI) in collaboration with NBAGR NBAGR, Karnal Ongoing since April 2019
4. “Survey, documentation of ITK and Phenotypic Characterization of Non-Descript Breed of Cattle in Narmadapuram Division of Madhya Pradesh” Dr. M. S. Thakur (PI) MPSBB, Bhopal/10.076 Lakhs Ongoing since April 2021

Faculty:


S.N. Name Designation Qualification
1. Dr. M.S. Thakur Professor & Head Ph.D.
2. Dr. Shrikant Joshi Professor Ph.D.
3. Dr. Satyendra Singh Tomar Professor Ph.D.
4. Dr. Vaishali Khare Associate Professor Ph.D.
5. Dr. Asit Jain Associate Professor Ph.D.
6. Dr. Akansha Singh Assistant Professor M.V.Sc.

Facilities available

  1. Establishment of  cytogenetics and molecular laboratory.
  2. ARIS cell had been established in the college with a view to assist the students and staff to access internet and update themselves with the latest developments in their area of specialization. There are 06 computers in the ARIS cell computer room. All these systems are provided with broad band internet through LAN. Students of the first year B.V.Sc. & A.H. class are taught the basics of computer Application.
  3. Laboratory for UG and PG students- having adequate number of microscopes, slides and various aids of demonstration are also available

Thrust Area Of Research

  • BASIC- Survey, evaluation and molecular characterization of indigenous breeds of Madhya Pradesh.
  • STRATEGIC- Conservation of native breeds of livestock and poultry of Madhya Pradesh using in-situ and ex-situ conservation methods.
  • APPLIED- To improve the production potential of indigenous livestock and poultry breeds of Madhya Pradesh through appropriate breeding strategies.  

Faculty

S.N. Name Designation Qualification Date of Joining in present post / Remark
1. Dr. A. Pandey Assistant Professor Ph.D. w.e.f. 29.04.2008
2. Dr. Z. A. Khan Teaching Associate M.V.Sc. w.e.f. 29.07.2019
3. Dr.S.K. Nagoriya Teaching Associate M.V.Sc. w.e.f. 05.08.2019

Publications

Research article published in 2019-20 

1.Pandey, A.,  Thakur, M.S. and Y. Pandey(2019). Polymorphism of beta (β) casein gene and their association with milk production traits in Sahiwal and HF crossbred cattle. Indian Journal of Animal Research, 53(7): 847- 851.   NAAS 6.64, Published     

2.Pandey, A.,  Thakur, M.S. and Y. Pandey 2019). Polymorphism of Beta (β) Casein Gene and their association with milk production traits in Malvi and Nimari Breeds of Cattle. Indian Journal of Animal Research, 53(5): 647-650. NAAS 6.64, Accepted

3.Pandey, A.,  Thakur, M.S. and Y. Pandey (2019). Association study of polymorphic varients of beta (β) casein gene with milk production traits in Malvi, Nimari, Sahiwal and H.F. cross breeds cow. Indian Journal of Animal Research, NAAS 6.64,  Accepted.

4.Pandey, A. and Y. Pandey. (2019). Role of DNA Vaccine for Cancer therapy in immunogenetics. Raksha Technical Review,Fab.  55-59. NAAS 2.90,

5.Pandey, A. and Y. Pandey. (2020). How Milk and Urine Of Indigenous Cow Breeds  are Usefu. Raksha Technical Review,Fab.  48-50. NAAS 2.90.

6.Pandey, A. and Y. Pandey. (2019). Intellectual property rights for animal genetic resources in India. International Journal of Agriculture Sciences, Accepted. NAAS 4.50.

7.Pandey, A. and Y. Pandey. (2019). Study the effect of genetic and non- genetic factors on the pre weaning mortality in Landrace, Desi and their cross bred Piglets. Journal of Entomology and Zoology, 7(3): 143-145. NAAS 5.53

8.Thakur, M.S., Jha, A.K. and Pandey, A. (2019). Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship of Kadaknath and other chicken breeds using exon-2 of MHC B-LB gene sequence. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 7(4): 279-282. NAAS 5.53

9.Thakur, M.S., Jha, A.K. and Pandey, A. (2019). Differential expression of cytokine in Kadaknath and commercial chicken against coccidial challenge. India Journal of Animal Research, B-3851 (1-5).NAAS 6.64

10.Vandre,  R.K., Joshi, S., Thakur, M.S., Pandey, A., Khare, V., Singh, A.P. and Sharma, M. (2019). Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR): New Gene Editing Technique. Livestock Research International. 07(03): 201-207. NAAS 3.90

11.Thakur, M.S., Parmar, S.N.S., Jha, A.K., Das, G., Pandey, A. and Khare, V., Joshi, S.K., and Vandre, R.K. (2019). Genetic difference in susceptibility of Eimeria tenella infection in kadaknath,cob and cari-vishal birds of chicken. Animal Research Journal, 1(1): 10-12.

12.Zeeshan Ahmed Khan, Chinmoy Mishra and Tushar Jyotiranjan. 2020. In silico analysis of caprine superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) gene, Genomics, 112 (2020) 212–217. NAAS rating 9.16

13.Zeeshan Ahmed Khan, Chinmoy Mishra and Mahesh Dige (2019). Association of novel polymorphisms in caprine SOD3 gene with physiological and biochemical parameters Biological Rhythm Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/09291016.2019.1603693.NAAS rating 6.77

Abstract published / presented in conferences in 2020 

1.Pandey, A. and Thakur, M.S. (2020). Polymorphic variants of k-casein gene and their association with milk production traits in Malvi, Nimari, Sahiwal and HF crosbred cattle of Madhya Pradesh. XVII National symposium of SOCDAB2020 organized by Deptt. of AGB, CVSc&AH, Mhow on 10-11, February, 2020.pp. 240. 

2.Thakur, M.S., Jha, A.K., Parmar, S.N.S., Das, G., Joshi, S., Pandey, A. Khare, V. and Vandre, R.K. (2020). OPG output in chicken in response to induced Eimeria tenella infection. In: 29th National Conference of Veterinary Parasitology and National Symposium NCVP2020 organized by CVSc&AH, Jabalpur from 5-7 February, 2020.pp182. 

3.Padwar, P., Thakur, M.S., Khare, V., Pandey, A. and Vandre, R.K. (2020). Effect of neuropeptide gene (NPY) on growth and reproduction in Kadaknath XVII National symposium of SOCDAB2020 organized by Deptt. Of AGB, CVSc&AH, Mhow on 10-11, February, 2020.pp. 239. 

4.Padwar, P., Thakur, M.S., Khare, V., Pandey, A. and Vandre, R.K. (2020). Genetic polymorphism of melatonin and neuropeptide-Y genes in chicken. XVII National symposium of SOCDAB2020 organized by Deptt. Of AGB, CVSc&AH, Mhow on 10-11, February, 2020.pp. 239. 

5.Vandre, R.K., Joshi, S. K., Thakur, M. S., Khare, V., Pandey, A., Sharma, M. and Khan, A. (2020). Association of MHC genes with resistance to parasitic infection.  29th National conference of Veterinary Parasitology and National symposium“Challenges and innovations in controlling parasitic disease of livestock and poultry with changing climate” from 05-07 Feb. 2020 organized by college of Veterinary sc and AH., Jabalpur,p183.

6.Khare, V., Tomar, S. S., Thakur, M. S., Joshi, S. K., Vandre, R.K., Pandey, A., and Sharma, M. (2020). Study of factors affecting sex ration, twins and triplets in barbari goat in mahakaushal region. The XVII National Symposium on “Enhancement of Farmers' Income through Management of Animal Genetic Resources" going to be organized at COVSc & AH, Mhow on 10-11 February, 2020, p194.

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