Animal Nutrition
Amelioration strategies to combat heat stress in Livestock
In order to overcome economic losses obtained due to heat stress some of the major amelioration strategies to combat heat stress in Indian conditions. >>>
Animal Diseases
Rumen manipulation: An important strategy to improve livestock productivity
Rumen manipulation is expected to improve helpful processes while it reduces, removes, and changes the processes, which are dangerous to the host >>>
Animal Nutrition
Nutritional Management for Horses during Summer Season
Summer season predisposes a horse to heat stress, sunburns and disturbance due to increased insect activity in the barn. These factors cause discomfort to horse >>>
Animal Nutrition
Nutritional Management of Heat Stress During Summer in Buffalo
Heat stress is temperature related stress, which induces thermoregulatory changes. During the extreme hot humid or hot dry weather, this thermoregulatory capability of buffalo to dissipate heat by sweating >>>
Animal Husbandry
Management of Livestock During Summer Stress
Climatic change is the natural condition, while summer means the heat stress occur from March to June. In humans, summer stress gives some seasonal holidays but what about the animal that to in rura >>>
Animal Nutrition
Feeding of Area Specific Mineral Mixture to Dairy Animals: Need of the Hour
There is an urgent need of development of area specific mineral mixture (ASMM) for different regions and states of the country in order to ensure supplementation >>>
Animal Husbandry
Heat stress and animal physiology
Heat stress has effects on physiological variables like rectal temperature, respiration rate, feed and water intake of animals. It changes the serum biochemical >>>
Animal Diseases
Heat Stress- Can be life threatening
Heat stress is a common condition in working equines, especially in the summer months. Excessive weight lifting and running releases sweat causing water and ionic loss. If it is hot and humid, the humidity decreases the amount of heat loss that can be achieved through evaporation, increasing the risk of heat stress. >>>
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 Diseases
Heat Stroke: A Coming Challenge to Save Large Animals during Summer Season
Assessing the level of heat stroke is important to prevent or reduce production losses due to heat stress or even prevent mortality in severe cases. >>>
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 >>>
Animal Husbandry
Nutritional Interventions to Ameliorate Heat Stress in Farm Animals
The Adverse Effect of Heat Stress on Animals: A reduction in dry matter intake, growth, feed conversion efficiency, reproduction, milk production and change in >>>
Animal Diseases
Nutritional Modulation Strategies to Mitigate Heat Stress in Poultry
During heat stress, the osmolarity of cell is affected, when there is excessive loss of water and electrolytes from the bird’s body. Thus, the cell integrity >>>
