Practical Handbook on Ostrich Husbandry By P Tensing Gnanaraj

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Publisher ‏: Daya Publishing House
Author : P Tensing Gnanaraj, S T Selvan
Language ‏: English
Edition : Latest By Publishers
Book Cover : Hard Back
ISBN : 9789352220649

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Dr. P. Tensingh Gnanaraj is the Registrar of the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University. Being born in the southernmost district Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) he pursued his under graduation and post-graduation from Veterinary College and Research Institute Namakkal. He did his Ph.D. research work in Madras Veterinary College. He has more than 24 years of research experience in the field of Livestock Production and Management. Dr. Tensingh Gnanaraj also holds a Diploma in Livestock: Technology and Farm Management from Galilee International Management Institute Israel. For more than six years he acted as Principal Investigator of Ostrich Research Unit Livestock Research Station Kattupakkam. During which he established Ostrich Breeding Unit first of its kind in the country. He also improvised an inverted cycle handle bar to control aggressive birds. He also designeda hood from black cloth to restrain the Ostrich at the time of handling. He standardized package of practices for rearing Ostrich Chicks. A low-cost Ostrich egg Candler was improvised using low cost materials for effective Ostrich egg incubation. He has handled more than 36 research projects and guided more than 10 MVSc M.Phil and Ph.D students. He organized more than 25 training programmes for the farmers and has more than 75 publications in International and National Journals of repute. He was instrumental in establishing University innovation and Instrumentation Center in which many farmer friendly instruments are fabricated. He has visited many countries like Israel Australia Brazil China Hong Kong Thailand and Sri Lanka to share and gain knowledge in the Field of Livestock Production and Management. Dr. S. T. Selvan was born in the year 1966 in the cosmopolitan city of Bangalore in the state of Karnataka a southern state of India. He graduated in the year 1988 and did his Masters (1991) and later his Ph.D in Poultry Science (1999) from the Veterinary College and Research Institute Namakkal TANUVAS. He joined as faculty of Poultry Science in the year 1993 and has been elevated to the current position of Professor in the year 2009. He is currently the Professor and Head Department of Poultry Science at Madras Veterinary College. He has more than 27 years of service in the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University a premier University in this country. He has spent more than 20 years in various capacities at the various Research Farms of the University. He has been associated with the Ostrich Research Unit at the Post Graduate Research Institute in Animal Sciences Kattupakkam from 2003 to 2019. During his tenure SOP for the ostriches in the field of nutrition breeding reproduction chick grower and adult management were standardized. This intense and passionate research resulted in highest egg production fertility hatchability and chick livability during the subsequent years. This paved way in guiding and providing research facilities in ostriches for 10 postgraduates and 1 doctorate student. More than 28 research papers and 21 research abstracts on ostriches are published and presented in various national and International forums. The thirst for Ostrich welfare and research resulted in visiting Australia (Melbourne and Brisbane) and China (Qingdao and Hangzhou) twice and once to South Korea Hong Kong and Italy. He has visited one of the biggest Ostrich facilities in the outskirts of Melbourne Australia during 2000.