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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the cultural rights of labour in maritime employment a conceptual understanding. Design/methodology/approach The paper is qualitative in nature which deals the maritime employment policies, rules and regulations related to cultural rights in India. Findings This conceptual research paper gives an introductory framework of the cultural rights of labour in maritime employment in India. Research limitations/implications This research paper would be helpful to the maritime entities and researchers to looking the issue of cultural rights aspects of labour in maritime employment. Originality/value This paper is one of the cultural rights approaches with respect to labour in maritime employment in India.

Dystocia is the most common sequelae of foetal monstrosities in bovines. Fetal anomalies and monstrosities of various kind causing dystocia in cattle (Arthur et al., 1989; Patel et al., 2015) and buffaloes (Kumaresan et al., 2003 and Shukla et al., 2006) have been documented. The present paper describes about management of dystocia due to ankylosed foetal monster through fetotomy in a Murrah buffalo.

The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of seasonal variations on various seminal attributes and freezability of Hariana bull semen. The study was conducted over a period of four months and divided into two peak seasons as winter (December-January) and summer (May-June). Twenty-four ejaculates were collected from 4 bulls in each season. The physico-morphological characteristics of semen, viz., volume (ml), mass activity (0-5 scale), pH, sperm concentration (million/ ml), progressive motility (%), sperm livability (%), HOST (%), total morphological sperm abnormality (%) and acrosomal integrity (%) were estimated at different stages of cryopreservation in different seasons. During summer season the ejaculate volume and seminal pH were found non-significantly higher than in winter, whereas the percentage of morphologically abnormal spermatozoa was significantly (p Lass Than 0.05) higher in summer. Post- thaw percentage of progressively motile spermatozoa was significantly (p Lass Than 0.05) higher in winter than summer season. Live sperm per cent were significantly (p Lass Than 0.05) higher in winter than summer season both at fresh and pre-freeze stage. HOST positive sperm and acrosomal integrity were significantly (p Lass Than 0.01) higher in winter season than summer at all three stages. The study generated basic information that the summer season adversely affects the various physico-morphological characteristics of Hariana bull semen altering its freezability.