Te Journal of Bombay Veterinary College (An Ofcial Orgaon of Bombay Veterinary College Alumni Association) VOL. 20 2013 NO. 2 CONTENTS Microsatellite Polymorphism in Indigenous Chicken Ecotypes of Karnataka 1-7 Rudresh B.H., Murthy, H.N.N., Jayashankar, M.R., Nagaraj, C.S., Kotresh, A.M and Byeregowda, S.M. Detection of Complex Vertebral Malformation in Holstein Friesian Crossbred 8-10 Cattle by PCR-RFLP Method Khade, S.B., Khade, A.S., Jagadale, S.D. Pawar, V.D., Doiphode, A.Y., Sawane, M.P. and Umrikar, U.D Studies on certain Two Dimensional Echocardiographic parameters in 11-17 Dilated Cardiomyopathy of dog R.D. Velhankar, D.V. Keskar, R.V. Gaikwad and A. Samad Efect of Diferent Housing Systems on Physiological Responses in Bufaloes 18-21 Garkal R. A., Kekan P. M., Kharde S. D. and Narladkar B. W. Study and Importance of Genetic Amniocentesis in Prenatal Diagnosis for 22-26 High Risk Pregnancies Kumavat Shailesh Acute toxicity study of aqueous and ethenolic extracts of Costus pictus D. Don 27-33 and Enicostema littorale Blum in rats. Meshram, P.V., Moregaonkar, S.D., Gatne, M.M., Gaikwad, R.V., Zende, R.J., Ingole, S. D. and Vanage G.R. Genotyping of the Holstein Frisian Crossbred Cattle for Identifying a Mutant 34-36 UMPS Gene Using PCR-RFLP Kad S.D., Khade A.S., Khade S.B., Pawar V.D., Umrikar U.D., Sawane M.P., Doiphode A.Y. and Jagadale S.D. Microbial Risk Assessment and Shelf Life Evaluation of Commercial Table Eggs 37-42 A.V. Deshmukh, A.M. Paturkar, R.J. Zende, V.M. Vaidya and Nagappa S.K. Biometrical studies on ventricles of heart in sheep (Ovis aries) 43-49 Kolekar V. P., Patil A. D., Dhande P. L., Shankhapal V. D, Aware N. N. and Jadhav P. M. Polymorphism of β-defensin gene in Dangi and Gir cattle 50-53 Padave S. G., Khade A. S., Khade S. B., Umrikar U. D., Sawane M. P., Pawar V. D., Doiphode A. Y. and Jagadale S. D. Efect of diferent oocyte recovery techniques on culturable quality of oocyte from 54-56 slaughtered bufalo ovaries R. J. Chaudhari, S. U. Gulavane., S. R. Chinchkar and R. S. Jawale Efect of Terapeutic Management on certain Two Dimensional Echocardiographic 57-60 parameters in Dilated Cardiomyopathy of dog R.D. Velhankar, D.V. Keskar , R.V. Gaikwad and A. Samad