Animal Nutrition
Azolla-As Livestock Feed
Azolla is a aquatic floating fern which resembles as algae. The fern appears as a green mat over water. Normally azolla is grown in paddy fields or shallow >>>
Animal Diseases
Successful treatment of Gossypol poisoning in a pregnant cow
Cotton production is one of the major production crops around the World. India has the largest area under cotton cultivation in the World and India is the World’s first biggest producer of cotton. Cotton seed contain principal pigment and potent toxin name as Gossypol. >>>
Animal Nutrition
Phytobiotics for Improving Livestock Production
Phytobiotics are the plant derived products added to the feed in order to improve performance of agricultural livestock. This addresses mainly the purpose of use in terms of a feed additive to healthy animals under common practical conditions of production of food of animal origin rather than the veterinary use for prophylaxis and therapy of diagnosed health problems. >>>
Animal Husbandry News
Dr Raghavendra Bhatta Conferred with ICAR prestigious Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award
The 92nd foundation day and award ceremony of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research was >>>
Dairy Husbandry
Manipulations of Rumen Fermentation for Improving Production in Animals
Rumen is a natural fermentative anaerobic system which should be manipulated essentially by altering the composition of rumen microflora. There is ample scope to manipulate the rumen by feeding local plants or tree leaves or agro industrial byproducts to defaunate the animals for improving its productivity. >>>
Animal Husbandry News
Startup’s Low-Cost Hydroponic Innovation ‘Kambala’ with ICAR-NIANP, Bangalore address green fodder crisis
Designed by Bengaluru-based agritech startup Hydrogreens, Kambala is helping solve the acute fodder crisis across >>>
Animal Husbandry News
ICAR- NIANP, Bangalore bags Indian patent: Tamarind seed husk for methane amelioration in ruminants
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) and it represents approximately 30% of the global >>>
Animal Nutrition
Milk phospholipid and its significant role in health
Phospholipid (PL) is ubiquitous and is essential for the lipid bilayer of cells. Phospholipids are lipids containing phosphorus, a polar potion, and non-polar potion in their structures. >>>
Animal Nutrition
Conservation of Green Fodder: an effective tool during scarcity period
India is an agrarian country, agriculture has 4% share in GDP of India out of that about 29% have contributed by livestock sector. The rural, as well as urban people, are directly linked with agriculture and livestock. They produce cash crops and fodder for their own livestock and also for commercial purposes. Cropping system mainly depends on landholding of the farmers. >>>
Animal Nutrition
Strategies for improving animal nutrition in Kandi area of Punjab
Punjab is primarily an agricultural State where the main stay of rural masses is agriculture and allied enterprises including animal husbandry. Kandi area of Punjab traverses along its north-eastern border. It is totally different from rest of the state. >>>
Animal Nutrition
Total Mixed Ration (TMR) Feeding for Dairy Cows
A total mixed ration (TMR) feeding allows a dairy cow to achieve optimum efficiency.It has been the most commonly accepted system since its introduction in the 1950s for feeding indoor, high-producing, dairy cows worldwide. >>>
Dairy Husbandry
Nutritional Management of Thermal Stress in Dairy Cattle
Heat or thermal stress can be defined as the point where the cow cannot dissipate an adequate quantity of heat to maintain body thermal balance. Temperature stress is a phenomenon that can impart physical and economical losses to livestock production in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. >>>
Animal Nutrition
Newer feed resources for safe usage in livestock feeding
Several newer feed resources have been evaluated and found useful for livestock feeding. There is a need to upscale these technologies for wider application. Of late certain local feed resources like azolla, areca sheath, maize kadbi, fruit residues, ayurvedic residues, brewery and residues have been found useful and farmers have started using some of them in the livestock ration. >>>
Animal Nutrition
Mineral status in different agro-eco zones of India, implications and amelioration in livestock
Minerals are required in small quantities, making them apparently less significant in comparison to macronutrients. However, their role in regulating metabolism >>>
