The novel infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) isolate BGE14/ABT1/MVC/India is a very virulent IBDV that was isolated from broiler flocks in southern parts of India during 2014. Here, we report, for the first time in India, the complete genome sequence of BGE14/ABT1/MVC/India, a reassortment strain with segments A and B derived from a very virulent IBDV strain and an attenuated IBDV, respectively. The findings from this study provide additional insight into the genetic exchange between attenuated and very virulent strains of IBDV circulating in the field.

The study was conducted to access the effect of early post-hatch nutrition regimens on the productive performance of 384 number of commercial broiler chicken (Cobb 400). Different nutrient regimens include glucose and probiotic alone in hatcher tray and first day in pen and a high and very high density diet of 25 and 27 per cent dietary crude protein respectively and 3100 kcal ME/kg diet in hatcher tray and subsequent three days in pen along with glucose and probiotic alone in hatcher tray and first day in pen was provided. Later, all broiler chicks were switched over to the recommended commercial Cobb broiler diet up to 42 days. Body weight, feed efficiency and breast muscle fibre diameter were significantly higher in treatment groups. No significant difference existed between different treatment groups for hatchability, livability percent, carcass characteristics and cut up parts. Trimmable fat per cent was significantly higher (P less than 0.01) in control birds. It may be concluded that early post hatch nutrition with high nutrient dense diet resulted in better production performance in commercial broiler chicken.

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Development of new technologies in thermal food treatments are showing promise for industrial and scientific processing of foods with minimum nutrient loss. Fruits and their products have gained considerable importance by contributing significantly to the economy of India, the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world. Food quality preservation through ohmic heating processing (OHP) technology is useful for the treatment of protein rich perishable foods like fruits which tends to denature and coagulate when thermally processed. Microbial inactivation in relation to ohmic heating is primarily thermal in nature, much like conventional heating. At low frequencies (50-60 Hz) and high field strengths, charges were built upon the porous cell walls of the microorganism. The thermal pasteurization and OHP exhibited in the present study significant reduction in microbial load and prolonged shelf-life of mango juice. The study results obtained support the use of OHP to improve the quality of mango juice along with safety standards as an alternative to thermal pasteurization.

The present work was undertaken to explore the hepatoprotective activity of Ethanolic Leaf Extract (ELE) of Cassia fistula in diethylnitrosamine (DEN) induced liver damage in Wistarrats. Ninety six male Wistar albino rats were randomly divided into four groups of 24 rats each. DEN (0.01%) was given in drinking water ad libitum and C. fistula (500mg/kg BW) was administered orally either alone or in combination for 120 days. Three rats from each group were sacrificed fortnightly and the liver samples were subjected to immunohistochemistry for expression of tumour growth markers p53, Ki-67, Bax and Bcl-2. Results showed that with progression of tumour, mild to moderate cytoplasmic staining of hepatocytes was noticed for p53. For ki-67, cytoplasmic reactivity was weak to intense in all cases. Baxoncoprotein was found to be expressed in the cytoplasm and plasma membrane of hepatocytes, biliary epithelial cells and lymphocytes. Bcl-2 expression was noticed in proliferating bile ducts and oval cells. Up to 90 percent of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) cells were positively immunostained for Bcl-2 protein. It was concluded that leaf extract of C. fistulawas mildly protective against the carcinogenic effectof DEN in rats.