Animal Genetics and Breeding, Rewa

Brief History

The Department of Animal Genetics & Breeding started in 2007 with the inception of the college. The master and doctoral degree programme has been initiated from 2017 and 2020, respectively. The Masters and Ph.D. degree programee of the department offers facilities for specialization either in quantitative genetics and molecular genetics.

Objectives of the Department

  • The mandate of the department is to conduct teaching, research and extension in the field of Animal Genetics and Breeding.

Facilities Available

Facilities are available in the department for various histological and histochemical studies on tissue sections.


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

Salient Achievements
Completed Research Projects: NA
Ongoing Research Projects: NA

Extension Education

Department actively take up extension activities in adopted village of the college. Extension activities like Breed sensitization, importance of native animal genetic resources, importance of breeding policy of state etc. are under taken regularly to help enhance the knowledge of farmers.

Publications

  • Amit Kumar Jha, M.S. Thakur, B.C. Sarkhel, S.N.S.Parmar, and S.S.Tomar (2017). Molecular characterization of B-Lβ II family alleles in Jabalpur Dual Coloured type chicken by PCR-SSP. Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences & Biotechnology, 12(3): 132-137.
  • Amit Kumar Jha, M.S. Thakur, B.C. Sarkhel, S.N.S.Parmar, S.S.Tomar and G. Das (2016). Polymorphism at MHC B-Lβ II family alleles using PCR-SSP in Hubbard chicken.J. Interacad., 20(2): 232-236.
  • Bhalavi, D., Thakur, M.S., Khare, V., Joshi, S.K., Jain, A., Sharma, M., Khan, A. and Vandre, R.K. (2021). Genetic polymorphism of BMPR1B and BMP15 genes and their association with reproductive and growth traits in Barbari, Sirohi and black Bengal goats. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 9(2): 373-378
  • Chourasia, R., Jawre, S., Singh R., Verma, Y., Gupta, N., Shahi, A., Das, B. and Vandre, R.K. (2019). Comparative evaluation of acrylic and polypropylene bars for external skeleton in bovines. Ruminant Science, 8(2): 251-256. NAAS=5.00
  • Gupta, V.K., Aulakh, R.S. and Tomar S.S. (2019). Novel Method for the Determining of Preservative (Formaldehyde) in Bovine Milk through Smart Phone-Based Colorimetric Technology. The Indian Journal of Veterinary Sciences and Biotechnology 15 (2): 30-33.
  • Gupta, V.K., Aulakh, R.S., Tomar S.S. and Gupta, P. (2019). Assessing Milk Safety Related Practices: Opinions, Attitude and Awareness Level among Dairy Farmers in Malwa Region of Madhya Pradesh (India). Journal of Veterinary & Marine Research 2 (1): 30-37.
  • Jaiswal, M., Shukla, P.C., Mishra, A., Upmanyu, G., Kumar, P., Nazeer, M., Vandre, R. and Sinha, R. (2019). Effect of Glutamine and Zinc containing Rehydration Electrolyte Solution on Serum Protein and Electrolytes in Cattle Calves having Acute Diarrhoea. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 8(2): 2165-2175. NAAS=5.38
  • Kumar, A.; Tomar, S. S.; Jain, Pankaj; Rajoriya, Ravi; Deshmukh, P; Kumar, D.; Ranjan, R.; Shrivastava, D.P. and Yadav, A.K.(2014). Animal Cloning: Concept, procedure and applications. J. Interacad., 18(3): 507-514.
  • Kumar, A.; Tomar, S. S.; Rajoriya, R. and Sharma, H. (2014). Effect of Inbreeding and some factors on age at puberty in Gir heifers. J. Interacad., 18(4): 584-588.
  • Kumar, A.; Tomar, S. S.; Rajoriya, R. and Sharma, H. (2014). Effect of Inbreeding and some other factors on Age at First Calving in Gir cows. Indian Journal of Animal Production and Management, 30(3-4):40-43.
  • Kumar, A.; Tomar, S. S.; Sharma, H. and Rajoriya, R. (2014). Effect of genetic and nongenetic source of variation on Calving Interval in Gir cows. Enviroment & Ecology, 33 (2A): 917-920.
  • Kumar, A.; Tomar, S. S.; Sharma,H. and Rajoriya, R. (2014). Effect of some genetic and non genetic source of variation on service period in Gir cows. The Indian J. Field Vet., 10 (2):54-57.
  • M.S. Thakur, A.K. Jha, S.N.S. Parmar and S.S. Tomar (2017). Effect of Coccidial Challenge in Kadaknath, Cobb and Caribro-Vishal Chicken. Journal of Safe Agriculture, 01(2): 100-102.

Thrust Areas of Research

  • Characterization of Animal Genetic resources of Madhya Pradesh and in particular Vindhya region of Madhya Pradesh, etc.

Services Offered

  • Teaching, Research, Extension

Faculty:


S.N. Name Designation Qualification
1. Dr. A.P. Singh Professor  Ph.D.
2. Dr. R.K. Vandre Associate Professor Ph.D.
3. Dr. Amit Kumar Jha Assistant Professor Ph.D.
4. Dr. Sulochana Sen Assistant Professor Ph.D.
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