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The following are some of the publications and articles associated with the projects at NARI, NCL and UNE. Please click on the selected publication for a PDF file of the paper.

Journal papers    
     
  • Davis, G. H., Galloway, S. M., Ross, I. K., Gregan, S., Ward, J., Nimbkar, B. V., et al. (2002). DNA tests in prolific sheep from eight countries provide new evidence on origin of the Booroola (FecB) mutation. Biology of Reproduction, 66, 1869-1874.
 
  • Nimbkar, C., Ghalsasi, P. M., Swan, A., Walkden-Brown, S. W., & Kahn, L. P. (2003). Evaluation of growth rates and worm resistance of Deccani and Bannur lambs and their crosses with Garole. Animal Science, 76, 503-515.
 
  • Pardeshi, V. C., Sainani, M. N., Maddox, J. F., Ghalsasi, P. M., Nimbkar, C., & Gupta, V. S. (2005). Assessing the role of FecB mutation in productivity of Indian sheep. Current Science, 89(8), 887-890.
 
  • Pardeshi, V., Kadoo, N., Sainani, M., Meadows, J. R. S., Kijas, J. W., & Gupta, V. (2007). Mitochondrial haplotypes reveal a strong genetic structure for three Indian sheep breeds. Animal Genetics, 38, 460-466.
 
     
Theses    
     
  • Flanigan, R. J. (2004). Reproductive performance and production characteristics of merino ewes carrying the FecB mutation in a commercial flock. B. Rur. Sci. Honours thesis, University of New England, Armidale.
 
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  • Nimbkar, C. (2005). Genetic improvement of lamb production efficiency in Indian Deccani sheep. PhD thesis, University of New England, Armidale.
 
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Conference papers    
     
  • Ghalsasi, P. M., Nimbkar, C., Kahn, L. P., & Walkden-Brown, S. W. (2002). Effects of different levels of worm control on meat production of Deccani sheep in shepherds' flocks in Maharashtra, India. Abstracts of the Xth International Congress on Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies (AAAP), New Delhi, India., 152-153.
 
  • Nimbkar, C., Ghalsasi, P., Walkden-Brown, S. W., Kahn, L. P., & Gray, G. D. (2000). A comparison of the growth performance and worm resistance of lambs produced by diallel crossing of three Indian sheep breeds. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Science, 13 Supplement July 2000 B:, 72-75.
 
  • Nimbkar, C., Ghalsasi, P. M., Chavan, K. M., Nalawade, M. H., Walkden-Brown, S. W., Gupta, V. S., et al. (2006). Lamb production by FecB heterozygous carrier and non-carrier ewes in smallholder flocks in Maharashtra state of India. Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Brazil, 8.
 
  • Nimbkar, C., Ghalsasi, P. M., Maddox, J. F., Pardeshi, V. C., Sainani, M. N., Gupta, V. and Walkden-Brown, S. W. (2003). Expression of the FecB gene In Garole and crossbred ewes in Maharashtra, India. Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 15, 111-114.
 
  • Nimbkar, C., Ghalsasi, P. M., Nimbkar, B. V., Walkden-Brown, S. W., Maddox, J. F., Pardeshi, V. C., et al. (2007). Reproductive performance of Indian crossbred Deccani ewes carrying the FecB mutation Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 17, 430-433.
 
  • Nimbkar, C., Ghalsasi, P. M., Walkden-Brown, S. W., & Kahn, L. P. (2002). Breeding program for the genetic improvement of Deccani sheep of Maharashtra, India. Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Montpellier, France., 7, Communication no 25-11.
 
  • Nimbkar, C., Pardeshi, V.C. and Ghalsasi, P.M. 2005. Evaluation of the utility of the FecB gene to improve the productivity of Deccani sheep in Maharashtra, India. In Applications of gene-based technologies to improve animal production and health in developing countries. Ed. H.P.S. Makkar and G.J. Viljoen. FAO-IAEA. Springer. pp. 145-154. (Download Synopsis of paper).
 
  • Walkden-Brown, S. W., Wolfenden, D. H., Charles, R. J., & Maddox, J. F. (2007). Expression of reproductive and production traits in commercial merino ewes having 0, 1 or 2 copies of the FecB mutation. Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, 17, 426-429.
 
     
Popular articles    
     
  • Nimbkar, C. (2002). Gains from Garole - the 'wonder' sheep of West Bengal. Partners in Research for Development. ACIAR. 15:31-36.
 
  • Nimbkar, C. 2007 Harnessing genetics to increase sheep production on the Deccan plateau. ACIAR South Asia Newsletter July 2007, 1-3.