Dairy Producers Milking an Opportunity
Entrenched business interests in dairy milk and its value-added products are trying to usurp the commonly used word ’milk’ by asserting that milk should be mandated to mean ‘animal-derived milk’...
Dr. Abdul Samad
Is Silage a Complete Feed for Medium Milk-yielding Cows?
In recent months making and feeding of silage to dairy animals has picked pace of adoption which is a good sign. Silage offers several advantages: (a) the field can be...
Energy Requirements In Dairy Cows
(The Standard Values have been Obtained From: Feeding Dairy Cows, A Manual for use in the Target Nutrition Program, Edited by Jacobs and Ann Hargreaves, 3rd Edition) The feed is...
Preventing Sub-clinical Hypocalcaemia in Recently Calved Cows
Hypocalcaemia is a major problem in high yielding dairy cows, especially crossbreds and buffaloes. Although the clinical cases of hypocalcaemia, commonly terms Milk Fever, occurs in around 5% cows but...
For the First Time, Farm Sector Set to Grow even as GDP sees a Contraction
NEW DELHI- April-June may be the first time that India’s economy would contract year-on-year since the government started coming out with quarterly estimates of GDP from 1996-97. But the data...
Dinesh Shahra Foundation Intensifies its ‘Gau Shakti Abhiyan’ during Pandemic
The Dinesh Shahra Foundation (DSF) has strengthened its Gau Shakti Abhiyan (programme for wellbeing of cows) during the pandemic which also affected the cattle population adversely due to shortage of fodder...
Rajasthan Received over Rs 1,200 cr From Cow Protection Surcharge in 2 years
Cow Protection Surcharge The Rajasthan government received more than Rs 1,200 crore from taxes levied for cow protection surcharge in the last two years, according to data provided by the...
Lumpy Skin Disease: An Emerging Disease In India And The Sub-Continent
Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) was first identified in 1929 in Zambia after which it became endemic in many African countries. Of late the disease has been recorded and confirmed even...
One Health for Sustainable and Secure Future
ONE HEALTH is a multi-sectoral approach that recognizes the interconnectedness between humans, animals, and the environment and an effective response mechanism to prevent emerging infections. Originating in December 2019, the...