Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now recognized as a major global public health problem which has been aggravated by the irrational use of antimicrobial agents in human and animal health as well as the presence of these agents in the environment. AMR in animal pathogens makes disease treatments ineffective, increases the …
SHILLONG: With bird flu spreading to at least nine districts of Assam and parts of Bangladesh bordering Meghalaya, the State Government has banned import of poultry and poultry products from that state and the neighbouring country. In view of the gravity of the flu situation, the Centre has rushed Animal …
The dreaded bird flu has spread to several new areas in the State. According to official sources here, the virus of the disease has been found in the poultry populations of Municipal Ward Number 6 of Dibrugarh, Jalah village of Bejera area in Kamrup district, Khanapara Central Seed Rearing Farm …
SHILLONG, Dec 9: Following the outbreak of avian flu in Asom, the Meghalaya Government has banned the import of chicken and other poultry products from outside the State. Director of the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department Dr D Khonglah said the import of poultry products are banned only in the …
AGARTALA, Dec 8: With the spread of bird flu in Assam and Mizoram, Tripura Animal Resource Development Department (ARDD) has urged poultry growers to keep a close vigil on birds in the state and report any unnatural deaths. ARDD officials also put forest, wildlife and panchayat people on alert following …
Guwahati: With bird flu spreading to at least three districts since it was first detected in a village in Hajo block in Kamrup (Rural) district in November, authorities in Assam have imposed a ban on inter-district transportation of poultry.
In the backdrop of outbreak of avian influenza in Assam, the district administration of Papum Pare in Arunachal Pradesh has put a blanket ban on import of pigs, poultry and other poultry products from the neighbouring State. The order, issued on Friday, however, said that selling of chicken, ducks, pigs …
Nine days after bird flu was first reported from Hajo in Kamrup (rural) district of Lower Assam, the authorities on Friday confirmed that the killer avian disease had spread to Nalbari and Barpeta districts too, with Rapid Reaction Teams fanning out to the new areas to carry out culling operations. …
The avian flu virus has now been detected in the diseased poultry populations in pockets of Barpeta and Nalbari districts too. Earlier, the virus was detected among the diseased poultry populations in three pockets of Kamrup and Kamrup (Metro) districts. Significantly, the detection of the virus among the poultry populations …
JOYSAGAR, Dec 4: The Sivasagar district administration has banned the entry of poultry to Sivasagar district to prevent the spread of bird flue in Sivasagar district. The precautionary step was taken at a meeting held at the at the conference hall of the deputy commissioner
Dreaded bird flu disease has spread to new places as Bhopal- based High Security Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (HSADL) has confirmed presence of the virus of the dreaded bird flu among the diseased backyard fowls of Sarpara and Patgaon villages of Kamrup district. This the second case of outbreak of …
The Bhopal-based High Security Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (HSADL) has confirmed the outbreak of bird flu among the domesticated fowls of Thakuria Chuba of Rajabazar village under Hajo Revenue Circle of Kamrup district. Reports of unusual death of fowls have also been come from parts of Sarpara village of Palasbari of …
Surinder Sud / New Delhi December 01, 2008, 22:49 IST Fresh outbreak of the dreaded bird flu disease of poultry at Hajo in Kamrup (Rural) district of Assam is expected to hit export of poultry products though it may not have much impact on the domestic market, feel poultry experts. …
GUWAHATI, Dec 1: As a precautionary measure, sale and movement of poultry birds have been banned in Kamrup district from today, as bird flu is suspected to have spread over new areas, including Sarpara (near Mirza), Rangamati and Bongra Kachuniapara villages in the district, said Kamrup Deputy Commissioner RC Jain. …
This paper uses a supply response function to measure the importance of different types of private technology and of public investments on poultry productivity. The findings confirm that imported private technology was important to the growth of the poultry industry but also emphasize the importance of complementary government investments such …
Eliminating, or even alleviating, global poverty is an enormous task. Poverty can only be truly addressed if certain conditions are met. For a long time there has been an attempt to develop rural poultry. The developmental agencies tried hard to teach the rural farmers how to take care of birds …
Over 100 poultry farms have faced closure in Sadar and Hatibandha upazilas of Lalmonirhat in the last few months. The businessmen who once became solvent through running the business are now passing days with anxiety of how to recover their extensive losses. Increased maintenance cost due to soaring price of …
Lucknow: Bird flu and the scare generated by it is being met head-on by the state animal husbandry department. The department has undertaken an exhaustive drive to train veterinarian, para-veterinarian and the staff of other associated departments on the technical know-how of the disease and how best it can be …
