Animal Husbandry News
Union Minister Shri Giriraj Singh presents awards to the winners of Startup India-Animal Husbandry Grand Challenge
Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Giriraj Singh, was the chief guest >>>
Animal Diseases
Pseudo-pregnancy in Goats
Goat farming is one of the principal livelihoods of livestock farmers in Kandi area of Punjab and beetle is the major breed available in the area. These goats are seasonal breeders. Most of the goats are ready for breeding only during winter months when the nights are longer. >>>
Animal Husbandry
Animal Welfare Practices Followed During Summer Season
Animal welfare is undertaking micro animal husbandry practices on the livestock at the farm, and is directly related to health, reproduction & production of animals under comfortable as well as animal friendly environment. Animal welfare practices have a positive effect on production and reproduction performance of dairy animals. >>>
Animal Diseases
Assam CM Sonowal takes stock of swine fever situation
When people of Assam are fighting against novel coronavirus, another pestilence has hit the state, >>>
Animal Husbandry News
Ambassador Dairy Entrepreneur Sh. Ranjit Singh Rohlen- Successful Extension Linkage of Veterinary University
One of the mandates of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana is to uplift the livestock sector in the state of Punjab with latest scientific practices through education and skill training of the unemployed youth, farmers and women about profitable livestock farming viz. Dairy, Poultry, Piggery, Goatry, Fisheries etc. >>>
Animal Husbandry News
Dr Chirantan Kadian elected to serve as Councilor World Veterinary Association
On 7th April 2020, the new-elected World Veterinary Association (WVA) Council began its 2-year mandate >>>
Animal Diseases
Voluntary Soil Eating in Cattle
While visiting dairy farms in Punjab, we noticed on many occasions the unnatural behaviour of cows eating soil. According to the concerned farmers, cattle usually eat soil when they are transferred from one compartment to the other or when they are brought to the milking parlour. >>>
Animal Diseases
African Swine Fever (ASF) Disease
African swine fever (ASF) is a highly contagious hemorrhagic viral disease of domestic and wild >>>
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. >>>
Poultry Farming
Backyard Poultry: A boon for the rural youths
Village Dharali is a heaven of its kind in Distt. Uttarkashi which entraps the serene of mind from the incessantly flowing devine river Ganges. It is situated at an altitude of 648 metres above the sea level, around 80 kms from Uttarkashi and 6 kms from Harsil. >>>
Dairy Husbandry
Road Map of Rural Development in Uttarakhand The Badri Cow Model
Modern agriculture witnessed the green revolution through the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides and hybrid seeds of different cereals, pulses etc. in order to have sufficient food for our ever-increasing population. We are number one in the world in milk production, which is achieved through importation of exotic animals, crossbreeding with indigenous cows and buffaloes. >>>
Animal Diseases
Mycotoxins and its Impact on animal health and production
Mycotoxin is derived from Greek word mykes- mushroom, toxin- poison. Mycotoxins are naturally occurring toxins produced by certain moulds (fungi) >>>
Animal Husbandry
Indigenous cow urine upregulates the immunity
Cowpathy is just like any other system of therapy such as Homeopathy, Allopathy or Naturopathy. In this, the human or animal ailments are treated with products of cow also known as Panchgavya means five things derived from cows i.e. milk, ghee, dahi, urine and dung. >>>
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 >>>
