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 Department of Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development (READ) would like to confirm that parts of the Bokone Bophirima province has been hit by an outbreak of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) commonly known as Bird Flu. Two of the outbreaks are in Madibeng (in Bojanala Platinum District) and one …
NEW DELHI: The Centre has finally scrapped its controversial notification on a ban on sale of animals for slaughter in livestock markets and come out with new draft rules doing away with the clause on “restrictions on sale of cattle”. This means cattle, including cows, can be sold in animal …
Lubango - The number of bovine cattle that often died due to diseases in the southern Huila province reduced significantly from 2,116 in 2016 to 998 deaths in 2017 thanks to a full coverage in vaccination campaigns. The number of bovine vaccinated in 2017 surpassed the figures in 2016 of …
The Union environment ministry has brought out these draft rules and and has completely done away with the clause that banned both, the buyer and the seller, from trading cattle for slaughter. The Centre has rolled back last year’s controversial decision banning the sale of cattle, including buffaloes, for slaughter. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gauri Maulekhi Vs. State of J&K & Others dated 22/03/2018 regarding issues relating to mule owners and handlers operating between Katra and Vaishno Devi shrine, Jammu & Kashmir. NGT makes it clear that the rehabilitation scheme is for providing for …
Order of the Delhi High Court in the matter of Dhiraj Bidhuri Vs South Delhi Municipal Corporation & Others dated 14/03/2018 regarding sterilisation of stray dogs. SDMC shall place before this court the possibility of video recording the sterilisations so as to verify the correctness of claims made by the …
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya is on its way to start using genetically modified (GM) animals in research, an official said Wednesday. Dorington Ogoyi, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Authority (NBA), said the organization is currently finalizing the development of a draft guideline on contained use of transgenic …
Dehradun: An Italian veterinary sciences professor at the University of Torino in Italy has said that the disease which is rendering Himalayan blue sheep blind in Gangotri National Park (GNP) and has so far eluded explanation may be keratoconjunctivitis, an infection observed in ungulates in Europe that is associated with …
Researchers are looking to develop a super vaccine against four diseases that affect small ruminants to reduce cost and ensure efficiency in their control. Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation scientist Hezron Wesonga on Friday said they were already collecting data on the diseases. “We want to ensure that common …
Bengaluru: The animal husbandry and health and family welfare departments will continue the sanitation and disinfection drive at Dasarahalli, Yelahanka, wherein a stray incidence of avian influenza with H5 virus strain was confirmed a few days ago. About 1km radius of the epicentre was notified as 'infected zone' and 1-10km …
Health officials in Nanded, Sangli, Osmanabad, Latur, Kolhapur and Solapur, have been asked to raise awareness in poultry farms and look for possible infected cases in bordering villages. The Maharashtra government has issued an advisory to six districts to monitor the health situation after suspected cases of bird flu were …
People around the world, especially poor farmers in developing Asian countries, will benefit through the use of nuclear techniques in combatting diseases affecting farm animals and improve water management practices, the United Nations atomic energy agency has said. “Improved farming practices, healthier animals and – ultimately – increased food security …
The promotion of cooperatives is widely viewed as the most important institutional arrangement for spurring dairy development in India and much of the success of the White Revolution in India is attributed to the cooperative framework of the country's dairy development strategies. However, empirical evidences on impact of dairy cooperatives …
Kenyan researchers will next month start testing Africa's first livestock vaccine against cattle lung disease. The vaccines can be stored at room temperature. Dr Hezron Wesonga from the Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organisation yesterday said the respiratory disease is highly contagious. Wesonga is also the principal investigator for the CPBB …
OVER 1,000 pigs have died in Luapula province from the African swine fever, provincial veterinary officer Mofya Musalwa has disclosed. In an interview with ZANIS in Mansa today, Dr Musalwa says the disease which broke out in October this year has mainly affected Samfya and Mwense districts. He explained that …
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Authorities in Indonesia’s West Java province have called a halt to contests pitting dogs against wild boars, following media coverage of the bloody spectacle and pressure by animal rights activists, the provincial governor’s spokesman said on Tuesday. Last month, Reuters reported that cash prizes of up to …
Kimberley - The Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform has confirmed outbreaks of swine flu and botulism in the Northern Cape, where livestock has been placed at risk. DA spokesperson for Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform Ismail Obaray added that a recent outbreak of African swine flu …
Since the first case of HPAI was confirmed in a broiler breeder operation near Villiers, Mpumalanga in June 2017, a number of other poultry and ostrich operations, as well as wild bird species, hobby birds and backyard chickens have subsequently been infected with HPAI. To date, a total of ninety …
A document on `characterization, waste management practices & best available pollution control technologies in slaughter houses’ has been prepared by CPCB in consultation with Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai.
This past two years has witnessed farmers across India demonstrating for their livelihoods: a hike in milk procurement prices has featured as a key demand. Their demand reflects a grave crisis underway in the Indian milk market, which is threatening to undermine the multifunctional role of livestock and the way …
