Livestock Census is a regular quinquennial exercise of Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying (DAHD). The first Livestock Census was conducted in the year 1919 and last census i.e. 20th Livestock Census was conducted in 2019. The 21st Livestock Census exercise has been launched across the country on 25th October, …
lapodia is a small village of some 189 families in the Dudu block of Jaipur district in Rajasthan. Located in a semi-arid area, the residents of Lapodia are primarily agro-pastoralists, and their livestock subsists on the pastures in the neighbouring areas. In the past four-five years, the people of this …
Effect of anthropogenic disturbance on habitat occupancy by tiger prey species was studied in Panna National Park (PNP), Madhya Pradesh. The study was conducted between November 1998 and April 1999. Line-transect method and pellet-count technique were used to estimate prey species abundance. Abundance estimates were used as a measure for …
SCENE I: 5 am in the morning, a household in any part of India. The milkman rings the doorbell. The sleepy-eyed customer takes the daily quota of the white fluid and prepares for the day ahead. There are more than 900 million people in the country. The demand for milk …
Simply put, grasslands are for grazing. With India's economy dependent heavily on agriculture, and farmers, in turn, relying significantly on cattle rearing, grasslands are very crucial to the health of India's rural economy. About 90 per cent of the cattle population in the country subsists on natural grasslands or pastures. …
Scientists complain that overgrazing does not give the grasslands a chance to recover. Consequently, perennial grasses are replaced by seasonal varieties that have a low nutritional value. "Overgrazed rangelands also get infested by a variety of exotic weeds, many of which have spread at a really alarming rate over the …
india has about 450 million livestock and only 10 million hectares (ha) of pastureland. This has resulted in overgrazing as well as pressure on forest lands for grazing. "The farmer breeds more cattle as a cash-reserve. But due to the unavailability of fodder or grain, farmers let their cattle graze …
Imagine how irritating it must be for the cows, to be milked when they least expect it. So in a move that brings compassion and technology together, Silsoe Research Institute, an agricultural and scientific research institute based in Bedfordshire, UK, has developed a robot milkmaid with laser-assisted vision system that …
For the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two drugs intended to help behavioural problems in pets. Clomipramine can now be used to treat canines suffering from separation anxiety
Belgian park exported to the UK could contain traces of banned drugs used to tranquillise pigs on their way to the battoir. The chemicals could be placing UK consumers at risk claims a division of the British Veterinary Association. The Pig Veterinary Society said it was 'deeply canceracd' that consumer …
So you always wanted to talk to your pet dog, but did not know how. Cheer up for now there is a way. Experts say some animals prick up their ears to get messages across. Taking a cue from them, Karala Baumann of Dussledorf, Germany, thinks that humans could communicate …
IF ONLY governance was all about crying over spilt milk. India's administrators have more tears than all the proverbial waters of Neptune. And spilt milk it is when one of the country's most priceless animals, the Vechur cow, is at the sacrificial altar of bureaucratic impotence. An application for a …
Beware of the dog, particularly if it is a puppy. Never mind how cute it might be for it could make you seriously ill. That is the message of caution from Clement Ng and his team at the Milwaukee Health Department, USA, who have found potentially deadly parasites lurking hi …
charred black smouldering ground has replaced the lush dense rain forests of Roraima, Brazil's northernmost province where flames lit half a year ago have devastated nearly 25 per cent of the province. But it was the power of nature in the form of rains, which finally stopped the fires. In …
A prize-winning invention by Orian Brunavs, a student of the Townsendl High School in Bulawayo Zimbabwe, could help breed chickens aided by the sun's heat. This innovative application of solar power in livestock management includes a solar-heated chicken breeding house. A black concrete collecting slab transfers the solar heat to …
METHANE is the second most important contributor to global warming after chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), with a 100-year global warming potential (GWP) of 24.5. And domesticated ruminants (cattle and camels), contribute about 20-25 per cent of global methane production annually. Of this, 85 per cent is added to the atmosphere when the …
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