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P. K. Ramam ¹, T. V. Viswanathan ¹

Affiliations
1 Geological Survey of India, Southern Region, Hyderabad, IN

Abstract

The carbonate rocks near Borra, hitherto considered as crystalline limestones forming part of the khondalite group of metasediments of the Eastern Ghats mobile belt, have been identified as carbonatites. Genetically associated rocks include pyroxenite and syenite, characteristic of alkalic carbonatite complexes. Phlogopitization, local domingup and other features characterstic of forceful intrusion of carbonatites have been noticed. Characteristic rare-earths include Ce and La. The rare earth mineral identified is bastnaesite. The typical zirconium mineral is badleyite. Relative rarity of magnetite and pyrochlore makes the complex' atypical'. The Borra carbonatite is the oldest known occurrence in the country; the K-Ar dating of the phlogopite has given an age of 1490± 50 million years. It is surmised that the apatite-magnetite veins associated with a possible carbonatite at Kasipatnam and the Borra carbonatite are localised along a deep seated NW-SE fault system in the Eastern Ghats mobile belt.

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N. Kunjikutty ¹, Annamma Kurian ¹, T. V. Viswanathan ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Trichur, IN

Abstract

Providing a properly balanced starter feed to kids from a very young age leads to a faster weight gain in kids and at the same time sparing a large proportion of goat milk for human consumption. Animal protein sources such as milk products and fish meal play an important role in balancing feed mixtures in regard to protein quality for young ruminants. Since milk products ore exorbitantly costly for use in animal feeding, fish meat or dried fish has been the ingredient of choice for this purpose.

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T. V. Viswanathan ¹, C. R. Ananthasubramaniam ¹, Maggie Menachery ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Nutrition, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, IN

Abstract

In a country like India where there is a shortage of concentrate and fodder for livestock, exploitation of the several available agricultural by-products can make a substantial contribution towards economic feeding of livestock and poultry. Rubber seed cake (RSC) - a by-product of oil industry is one among them.

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