Awards (if any)

• Best Ph.D Student Award of Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) in 1996

Publications

Research papers 

Swain, B. K. ,Johri, T. S., Shrivastav, A. K. and Majumdar, S. 1996. Performance of broilers fed on high or low fibre diets supplemented with digestive enzymes. J. Appl. Anim. Res., 10:95-102.

Swain, B. K. and Johri, T. S.1999. Effect of in vitro digestion on the chemical composition of broiler feed incorporated with enzymes. Indian J. Poultry Science, 34:187-191.

Swain, B. K. and Johri, T. S. 1999. Cost benefit analysis of broilers on diet incorporated with autoclaved high fibre ingredients and enzyme feed supplement. Indian J. Poultry Science, 34:400-402.

Swain, B. K. and Johri, T. S. 2000. Effect of supplemental methionine, choline and their combinations on the performance and immune response of broilers. British Poultry Science, 41(1):83-88.

Swain, B. K. and  Sundaram, R. N. S. 2000. Effect of different types of litter on rearing broilers. British Poultry Science ,41(3):261-262.

Swain, B. K. and Johri, T. S. 2000. Effect of supplementation of combinations of different levels of selenium and vitamin E on relative weight of some organs and serum enzyme level in broilers. Indian J. Poultry Science,35(1):66-69.

Swain, B. K. ,Johri, T. S and Majumdar, S. 2000. Effect of supplementation of vitamin E, Selenium and their different combinations on the performance and immune response of broilers, British Poultry Science, 41(3): 287-292.

Swain, B. K. ,Johri, T. S and Majumdar, S. 2000. Effect of supplementation of different combinations of vitamin A and zinc on the performance and immune response of broilers, J. Appl. Anim. Res, 17:273-278.

Swain, B. K. ,Johri, T. S., Swain, P. and Shrivastav, A. K. 2000. Effect of supplementation of different combinations of some selected nutrients  on the performance and immune response of broilers. Indian J. Poultry Science, 35(3):247-251.

Swain, B. K. ,Johri, T. S., Majumdar, S. and Shrivastav, A. K. 2000. Influence of dietary vitamin A on some biochemical parameters and organ weights of broiler chickens. Indian J. Anim. Nutr. 17 (2):137-140.

Swain, B. K., Sundaram, R. N. S. , Nirmale, A. V. and Barbuddhe, S. B. 2001. Effect of rearing broilers using different types of litter materials on slaughter characteristics and biochemical parameters. Indian J. Vety. Res.  10(2): 41-43.

Swain, B. K.,  Sundaram, R. N. S., Barbuddhe, S. B. and Nirmale, A. V.  2000. Influence of cage and deep litter rearing system on the performance of broilers. Indian Vety J. 79:467-469.

J.Verma ,T.S.Johri  and B.K.Swain. 2003.Effect of varying levels of aflatoxin, chratoxin and their combinations on the performance and egg quality characteristics in laying hens. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences , 16:1015-1019.

J.Verma, B.K.Swain, T.S.Johri and Seema Ameena. 2007. Effect of  aflatoxin, ochratoxin and their combination on the protein and energy utilization in laying hens. Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture 87 (5): 760-764.

J.Verma, B.K.Swain, T.S.Johri and Seema Ameena. 2001. Effect of  aflatoxin, ochratoxin and their combination on the protein and energy utilization in  broilers. Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture 82 (12): 1412-1417

Barbuddhe, S.B.; Swain, B.K.; Chakurkar, E.B.; Sundaram, R.N.S.2003. Microbiological quality of poultry meat with special reference to Listeria monocytogenes. Indian Journal of Poultry Science, 38:305-307.

Verma, J,  T.S. Johri, B. K. Swain and Seema Ameena,2004 Effect of Graded Levels of Aflatoxin, Ochratoxin and their Combinatons on the Performance and Immune Response of Broilers, British Poultry Science, 45:512-518.

Swain, B.K., R.N.S. Sundaram and S.B. Barbuddhe 2005 Effect of Feeding Brewery Dried Grain (BDG) with Enzyme Supplement on the Performance of Broilers, Indian Journal of Poultry Science , 40: 26-31.

Swain, B. K., R.N.S.Sundaram and E.B.Chakurkar 2005 Effect of feeding different sources of calcium on the performance of Rhode Island Red laying hens, Indian Journal of Poultry Science ,40:79-82.

S.B. Barbuddhe, S.Isloor, E.B. Chakurkar, B.K. Swain, D. Burman and M. Rajasekhar ,2004. Prevalence of Brucella Antibodies in Bulk Milk Samples in Goa Region. Journal of Veterinary Public Health, 1(2): 173-175.

Swain, B. K.,  Sundaram, R.N.S.,Chakurkar, E.B.and Barbuddhe, S. B. 2005 Effect of feeding rice kani on the performance of chicks in coastal climate. Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition, 22 (1): 64-66.

Parit Paresh and Swain, B. K. 2005. Incidence of gout in Poultry in Goa . Indian J. Poultry Science , 40:311-312.

Swain, B. K., R.N.S.Sundaram , E.B.Chakurkar and S. B. Barbuddhe 2006 Feeding value of broken rice for Japanese quail layers. Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition,23 :193-195.

Swain, B. K. ,Johri, T. S. and Dash, B. B. 2007. Effect of   methionine and choline supplementation on  biochemical parameters and organ weights in broilers. Indian J. Anim. Nutr ., 23:119-121.

Swain,B.K., Sundaram R.N.S. and Barbuddhe, S. B. 2007 Effect of feeding cashew apple waste replacing maize on the performance of broilers. Indian Journal of Poultry Science, 42: 208-210. 

Swain, B. K. and Barbuddhe, S.B. 2007. Effect of feeding cashew apple waste and cashew nut shell on the performance of Japanese quail layers. Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition, 24: 92-94.

Swain, B.K. and Chakurkar, E.B. 2010. Effect of replacing soyabean meal by fish meal in   growing Vanaraja  chickens. Indian Veterinary Journal (Accepted)

Swain, B. K., Barbuddhe, S.B. and Chakurkar, E.B.2007.Effect of different vegetable protein sources on the performance and immunity of growing chicken. Indian Journal of Poultry Science ,42:313-315.

Swain, B.K. and Chakurkar, E.B. 2009 Assessment of  Problend Supplementation on the performance, and economics of   production  of  Vanaraja chickens. Journal of Applied Animal Research 36:203-206.

Swain, B. K., Jangam, A. K., Parit, P. and Korikanthimath, V. S. 2009 Constraint analysis of commercial poultry farming in Goa. Indian Journal of Poultry Science , 44(1): 137-138.

Swain, B. K. and Chakurkar, E. B. 2010. Effect of maxigro supplementation of sunflower based diets on production performance of Vanaraja laying hens. Indian Veterinary Journal (Accepted).

Papers published in proceedings of Symposium/Conference

R. N. S.Sundaram, Bhatt, D. J.  and  Swain, B. K. (2000) Utilisation of agro waste as feed resource for sustainable animal production. Proceedings of the International Conference on Managing Natural Resources in the 21st century, 14-18 Feb, New Delhi., Extended Summary Vol. 3:1282-1283.

Barbuddhe, S.B., Swain, B.K., Chakurkar, E.B. and Sundaram, R.N.S. 2001. Occurrence of Listeria species in poultry and poultry products: a pilot study. Proceedings of the 1st SAARC Regional Poultry Conference held at PUNE, India 24-26th Sept., 2001 No.88 iii.

Nirmale, A.V., Maliikarjunappa, S., Sundaram, R.N.S. and Swain, B.K. 2001. Nutritional evaluation of Shrimp waste meal as a substitute for Fish  meal in broiler production. Proceedings of 1st SAARC Regional Poultry Conference held at PUNE, INDIA 24-26th Sept., 2001

Barbuddhe, S. B., Swain, B. K., Chakurkar, E. B. and Sundaram, R. N. S. 2000. Studies on microflora of pork and pork products in Goa. Proceedings of the 88th Indian Science Congress , Section1pp31-32.

Barbuddhe, S.B., Sundaram, R.N.S., Malviya, H.M., Chakurkar, E.B. and Swain, B.K. 2001 Status of production of livestock products and potential of processing in Goa Region. Proceedings of Symposium on post-harvest Technologies for Agricultural Produce and Prospects for the Food processing Industries in Konkan Region held at International Centre, Dona Paula, Goa, 23-24th Nov.pp34-37.

Sundaram, R.N.S., Swain, B.K., Chakurkar, E.B.and Barbuddhe, S.B.2002. Scope of sustainable livestock production under coastal ecosystem. Proceedings of IAAVR Conference and Indian veterinary Congress held at Nagpur from 4-5th Feb., 2002.

Sundaram, R.N.S., Chakurkar, E.B., Barbuddhe, S.B. and Swain, B.K. 2002 Technologies identified for improving livestock production under the agroclimatic conditions of Goa, Extended summaries, National Conference on Coastal Agricultural Research held at Goa on 6-7th April, 2002 pp179-181.

Swain, B.K, Sundaram, R.N.S., Manohar, V.K., Barbuddhe, S.B. and Chakurkar, E.B.2002 Scope of poultry farming under coastal ecosystem. Extended summaries, National Conference on Coastal Agricultural Research held at Goa on 6-7th April, 2002 pp192-193.

Barbuddhe, S.B., Sundaram, R.N.S., Chakurkar, E.B. and Swain, B.K 2002. Health status of agro livestock ecosystem in coastal region. Extended summaries, National Conference on Coastal Agricultural Research held at Goa on 6-7th April, 2002 pp193-194.

Sundaram, R.N.S., Nirmale, A.V., Swain, B.K. and Chakurkar, E.B. 2002. Agro by-products as animal feed ingredients for sustainable livestock production in Coastal region. Extended summaries, National Conference on Coastal Agricultural Research held at Goa on 6-7th April, 2002 pp195-196.

Sundaram, R.N.S., Chakurkar, E.B., Barbuddhe, S.B. and Swain, B.K. 2002. Effect of feeding agrowastes on the growth performance of crossbred pigs. Extended summaries, National Conference on Coastal Agricultural Research held at Goa on 6-7th April, 2002 pp198-199.

Swain, B. K., R.N.S.Sundaram , S. B. Barbuddhe and E.B.Chakurkar 2005 Organic Poultry farming, standards, Global scenario and future thrust in India . Proceedings of the seminar on Agro-eco tourism organized by Association for coastal Agricultural Research, ICAR Research Complex for Goa, Ela, Old Goa, 19-20 January, 2005.pp141-144.

S. B. Barbuddhe, Sundaram, R.N.S., Swain, B. K. and Chakurkar, E.B.2005 Animal Health and welfare in organic farming. Proceedings of the seminar on Agro-eco tourism organized by Association for coastal Agricultural Research, ICAR Research Complex for Goa, Ela, Old Goa, 19-20 January, 2005.pp136-140.

Swain, B. K. and Sundaram, R. N. S. 2005 Problems of mycotoxins in livestock feed, their prevention and control, Proceedings of the Seminar On Strategies for improving dairy animal production and productivity in Goa, held on 22nd feb., at ICAR Research Complex for Goa, Ela, Old Goa.pp29-35.

Sundaram, R. N. S., Barbuddhe, S. B., Chakurkar, E.B. and Swain, B. K.2005 Role of  Nutrition in Mastitis Proceedings of the Seminar On Strategies for improving dairy animal production and productivity in Goa, held on 22nd feb., at ICAR Research Complex for Goa, Ela, Old Goa.pp68-69.

Swain, B. K., Korikanthimath, V.S. and Chakurkar, E. B. 2008 Backyard Poultry (Vanaraja) Farming in Coastal Ecosystem of Goa. Souvenir of Seminar on Sustainable Poultry Production: Rural and Commercial Approach, organized by Project Directorate on Poultry, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-30 on 3rd March, 2008 pp52-55.

Swain, B. K., Chakurkar, E. B. and Barbuddhe, S. B. 2009. Effect of replacement of maize with Bajra (Pennisetum typhoides) or Ragi (Eleusine coracana) on the performance of laying hens. Proceedings of Animal Nutrition Association World Conference, 14-17 Feb., 2009 pp243.

Chakurkar, E. B. , Swain, B. K. and Barbuddhe, S. B. 2009. Feeding of poultry hatchery waste for better growth and production in growing pigs. Proceedings of Animal Nutrition Association World Conference, 14-17 Feb., 2009 pp110.

Popular articles

Swain, B. K., Sundaram, R. N. S. and Nirmale, A. V. 1999. Care and management of poultry birds during Summer. Indian Farmers’ Digest. 32(6):29-30.

Swain, B. K., Nirmale, A. V. and Sundaram, R. N. S. 1999. A note on potential use of Poultry deep litter as feed and manure. Poultry Punch, 16: 25-28.

Swain, B. K. and Johri, T. S. 2000. Role of calcium and phosphorus in chicken nutrition. Poultry Flame, 11(24) :2.

Swain, B. K. and  Sundaram, R. N. S.2000. Influence of dietary nutrients on the egg quality of laying chickens. Poultry Punch,16(6):37-41.

Swain, B. K. and  Sundaram, R. N. S.2000.Influence of nutrition on the meat quality of chickens. Poultry Punch,16(12):69-74.

Swain, B. K. and  Sundaram, R. N. S.2000. Use of animal protein feed sources in poultry feeding. Poultry Line , 1(3): 4-8.

Swain, B.K., Sundaram, R.N.S. and Barbuddhe, S.B. 2001. Impact of ammonia on the health and production of poultry and remedial measures. Poultry Line  :8-16.

Barbuddhe, S.B., Swain, B.K. and Sundaram, R.N.S. 2001. Poultry meat born diseases and their control. Poultry Punch ,18(1):46-55.

Swain, B.K.2001 Poultry production and management, Souvenir of Goa Veterinary Association.

Swain, B.K., Sundaram, R.N.S., Barbuddhe, S.B. and Barman, D., 2004 Role of antinutritional factors in the feedstuffs of poultry. Poultry Punch,20(9):10-49.

Swain, B. K. and Sundaram, R.N.S. 2005 Value of Designer eggs in Human Health. Poultry Line, 5 (6):17-20.

Swain, B. K. and Sundaram, R. N. S. 2006 Use of unconventional feed resources of plant origin for poultry production. Poultry Line, 6(2):31-34.

Swain, B. K. 2006 Preservation of shelled eggs. Poultry Line, 6(9):15-16.

Swain, B. K. 2007 Value addition of Poultry Meat. Poultry Line, 7(12):21-26.

Swain, B. K. 2008. Effect of Heat Stress on Poultry production and methods to alleviate its Effect . Poultry Line 8:41-43.

Swain, B. K. 2009. Role of Amino acid and Vitamin Nutrition in the immunity of Poultry. Poultry Line 9 (12):9-12.

Review Articles

Swain, B. K., Johri, T. S. and  Sundaram, R. N. S.1999. The importance of enzyme supplements in the improvement of productive value of  Poultry feed-A review. Agricultural Reviews, 20: 229-232

Swain, B. K. and Johri, T. S. 2000. Importance of methionine and choline supplementation of diets on the performance of  broilers. Poultry Adviser , 33 (4):21-25.

Swain, B. K. and Sundaram, R. N. S. 2001. Role of biotechnology in poultry nutrition. Poultry punch,17 (9):31-45.

Technical Bulletin

Swain, B. K. and Nirmale, A.V. 2005 Vanaraja, a dual purpose bird for backyard farming edited by R. N.S. Sundaram and published by V. S. Korikanthimath.

Swain, B. K. and Barbuddhe, S. B. 2008  Use of agro-industrial by-products to economise feed cost in Poultry Production, Technical Bulletin No: 13, ICAR Research Complex for Goa (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Ela, Old Goa-403 402, Goa, India.

Barbuddhe, S. B. and  Swain, B. K. 2008  Quality control of  milk and milk products, Technical Bulletin No: 12, ICAR Research Complex for Goa (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Ela, Old Goa-403 402, Goa, India.