TAMILNADU JOURNAL OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES
(Formerly CHEIRON)

Vol. 4, No. 6 November - December, 2008

1. Sheep production system in southern and northeastern zones of Tamil Nadu N. Kumaravelu, Ra. Murallidharan, R. Kumararaj, T. Sivakumar and K.N. Selvakumar 205 2. Confirmatory diagnosis of contagious ecthyma by amplification of the GIF/IL-2 gene by PCR A. Ramesh, V.S. Vadivoo, S. Suresh Babu and K. Saravanabava 208 3. Carcass characteristics of crossbred large white yorkshire pigs under different feeding regimens K. Chinnamani, T. Sivakumar, P. Tensingh Gnanaraj and M. Murugan 211 4. Observation on the maintenance of in vitro primary and secondary lamb kidney cells R. Govindarajan, S. Manoharan, V. Purushothaman, N.D.J. Chandran and T.G. Prabhakar 215 5. Non-starch polysaccharides and phytate phosphorus content of commonly available poultry feed ingredients A. Bharathidhasan, D. Chandrasekaran, A. Natarajan, R. Ravi, K. Viswanathan and S. Ezhilvalavan 219 Short Communication 5. Effect of supplementation of selenium and vitamin E on the reproductive performance of Large White Yorkshire Pigs B.S.M. Ronald, T. Sivakumar and S. Senthilkumar 224 6. A study on egg quality traits in Japanese Quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) B. Punya Kumari, B. Ramesh Gupta, M. Gnana Prakash and A. Rajasekhar Reddy 227 7. Scanning electron microscopy of infective larvae of Haemonchus contortus of domestic ruminants N. Jeya Thilakan and V. Sathianesan 232 8. Effect of age at weaning on growth performance of Large White Yorkshire Rita Narayanan, B.S.M. Ronald, S. Began and R. Prabakaran 237 9. Ivermectin therapy in the management of notoedric mange in cats K. Senthil Kumar, P. Selvaraj, S. Vairamuthu, S.R. Srinivasan and D. Kathiresan 240 10. Concurrent Diphyllobothrium latum infection and Isospora felis infection in a cat C. Balachandran, K. Kulasekar, N. Pazhanivel and C. Sreekumar 242 11. Karyological studies in spotted deer (Axis axis) G. Shanthi, D. Balasubramanyam, P. Thangaraju and R. Srinivasan 244