Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
The administration and the Animal Husbandry Department today breathed a sigh of relief as all 17 samples of dead and alive broilers sent to a Jalandhar-based laboratory tested negative for bird flu. The samples were sent for testing after about 352 broilers supplied from Haryana, which arrived at a Shimla …
GURGAON: The discovery of bird flu's highly infectious H5N1 virus strain in one of the samples taken from dead geese at Chandigarh's Sukhna lake has affected footfall at the Sultanpur National Park, with several bird watching and photography groups cancelling their trips because of the scare. An official at the …
Panic gripped the local meat market as about 300 broilers, supplied from Haryana, were found dead as the supply arrived at Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC)-run slaughter house early today. As a precaution in view of the bird flu scare in adjoining states of Haryana and Punjab, the remaining lot of …
The bird flu scare in the city has caused a loss of over Rs 20 crore to the poultry industry in Punjab and Haryana in the past six days. Although no poultry death has been reported in the region, the bird flu scare has hit the poultry industry hard. Those …
One of several samples taken from dozens of domestic geese that died in Chandigarh's Sukhna lake has tested positive for the dreaded avian flu, triggering alarm across Punjab, which is a big supplier of chicken and poultry products to many parts of north India. As many as 35 geese have …
The High Court on Thursday asked the State government to spell out its stand on the ban imposed on Kambala (buffalo race) as there were conflicting statements given by different ministers in the Assembly. The counsel representing the government said that they did not have any explanation on the statements …
Intensive checking was conducted on Thursday in Theni and Kanyakumari districts, the entry points for vehicles coming to Tamil Nadu from Kerala, in view of the outbreak of bird flu in the neighbouring state. Theni district collector Dr K S Palanichamy inspected the checkpost at Lower Camp. He urged people …
Around 2 lakh ducks to be killed in the Kuttanad area Following the detection of bird flu virus in broiler chicken at a farm in Kumarakom, near Kottayam, a red alert has been sounded in Kerala’s Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta and Kottayam districts to restrict the movement of poultry and allied products. …
With the death of ducks being reported from the district, a team of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) visited Kuttanad on Tuesday to take stock of the situation. Led by IMA research cell convener Mohammed Shafi and Ratheesh of the Department of Community Medicine at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College, the …
(Reuters) - Bird flu was found on a duck farm in England on Monday days after it was discovered in Dutch chickens, forcing authorities to destroy poultry and restrict exports, although it was not a strain known to be deadly to humans. Health officials said the outbreak may have been …
The cumulative population of sheep and goat in Chhattisgarh stood at 33.91 lakh as per the 18th cattle census which is 17 per cent more than the previous year, Animal Husbandry Department officials here informed. The State Government’s Animal Husbandry Development Department conducted a state-wide vaccination drive last month to …
The governor of California on Tuesday vetoed a first-in-the-nation state law to reduce the use of antibiotics in livestock production and said lawmakers should look for “new and effective ways” to prevent antibiotic overuse. The bill would have outlawed the use of antibiotics for growth in animals and required all …
Only about 10 percent of the antibiotics used in chicken are actually used in humans, says the National Chicken Council. Its statement comes on the heels of a controversial report by Reuters indicating increasing proof that the prophylactic medications used in chickens are fueling antibiotic resistance not just in fowl, …
Odisha has witnessed a 5.59 per cent decline in the total cattle population, according to the 19th Livestock Census. Odisha constitutes 6.09 per cent of the total cattle population in the country and it has declined by 5.59 per cent during the inter-Census period from 2007 to 2012, the report …
India's cattle population declined by 3.33 per cent to 512.05 million in 2012, compared to 2007, owing to a fall in goat and sheep population, according to the Livestock Census data released on Wednesday. The census, the most comprehensive survey of India's animal population, is done every five years. The …
BEIJING - Northeast China's Heilongjiang province has reported an outbreak of the H5N6 bird flu virus in poultry, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) announced Monday. Over 20,000 geese at a farm in Harbin, the provincial capital, showed symptoms of avian flu and almost 18,000 died last month, according to the …
Swiss corporate giant Nestle pledged broad new animal welfare standards for its worldwide suppliers Thursday, becoming the latest major food company looking to limit some of the harmful effects of its global footprint. The move — described by animal rights groups as the most sweeping food company action to date …
Australian cosmetics could finally become free from animal testing with a new public consultation being launched to figure out how to enact laws that will completely ban the practice. Stopping animal testing on cosmetics has been hampered by Australian rules that in some cases demand the tests, as well as …
The Committee on Petitions of Rajya Sabha under the Chairmanship of Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari, MP, presented its Hundred and Fifty-first Report to the Rajya Sabha on 13th February, 2014 on the petition praying for review of Meat Export Policy.
New research suggests that the spread of TB in cattle can only be controlled if more radical measures are adopted. Culling of entire herds, more testing and cattle vaccination are needed to reverse the spread of the disease. The lead researcher has told BBC News that the study also confirms …
