Pigs are found and raised all over the world and provide valuable products to humans, which include pork, lard, leather, glue, fertilizers, medicines, etc. Besides providing products of immeasurable worth, pigs can also transmit diseases to humans and contrariwise is also true, known as Zoonotic diseases. What is Zoonotic Disease? A Zoonotic disease is one that can spread between animals and humans. Many people interact with animals in their daily lives, both at home and away from home. … Continue Reading →
Blood Transfusion in Canines
The first transfusion history dates back in 1665 in dog India is a hub of growing elite pet owners and urbane animal lovers. Due to the absence of the established blood banks and the proper blood group repository across various cities in India, there is an absolute necessity of a need based transfusion in dogs in case of anaemia due to Haemoprotozoan infections which accounts for 31.86 per cent (Baidya et al., 2015) or suffering from a trauma. This is called transfusion trigger. Component … Continue Reading →
Fighting climate change through food justice
“We should be good guests on earth, neither too demanding nor disturbing its delicate balance. We should allow it to renew itself for those who are to follow.” - Indira Gandhi, Former Prime Minister, 1983. What is climate change? Climate change is a global threat presently faced by mankind. Global climate change involves relatively abrupt change in weather patterns around the world including rising temperature, irregular and unpredictable wind and rainfall. Though natural change in climate … Continue Reading →
Principles of Organic Poultry Farming
Organic farming is a system of farming which aims to promote animal health and environmental sustainability through holistic management for positive health based on a biologically active soil. To be certified as organic egg, the hen should have been fed with organic feed, which is produced without synthetic pesticides, drugs, antibiotics or Genetically Modified Crops Hens used to produce organic eggs should not be fed rations containing meat by-products, such as meat and bone meal … Continue Reading →
All About Rumen Microbiology
Grazing animals like cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat have four-chambered stomach called as rumen. It contains a complex bionetwork, where all types of microbes including bacteria, fungi, bacteriophages, archaea and protozoa exist in close proximity. Some of these microbes interact with each other in a synergistic relationship to extract energy by breaking lignocellulosic bond with help of lignocellulolytic enzymes like cellulose to support digestion of the host. This yields volatile fatty acids … Continue Reading →
An Overview of Nutrient Requirement in Pigs
The pig is one of the oldest domesticated animals. Pigs are omnivores and are highly social and intelligent animals. Majority of the breeds we now know are descended from the Eurasian Wild Boar (Sus scrofa). A typical pig has a large head with a long snout which is strengthened by a special prenasal bone and by a disk of cartilage at the tip. Domesticated pigs, called swine, are raised commercially for meat (generally called pork, hams, gammon or bacon), as well as for leather. Pork is one of … Continue Reading →
सिंथेटिक दूध (नकली दूध) : मानव स्वास्थ्य के लिए एक चुनौती
भारत लगभग 165 मिलियन टन दूध का वार्षिक उत्पादन कर विश्व में शीर्ष दूध उत्पादक देश है। लेकिन देश में सिंथेटिक दूध के पकडे आने की घटनाये भारत की इस उपलब्धि को बेकार बना देती है । तरल दूध शिशुओं तथा वृद्धो के लिए एक अनिवार्य पोषण आहार है । प्राकृतिक दूध के स्थान पर रासायनिक रूप से संश्लेषित दूधिया तरल (सिंथेटिक दूध) गंभीर चिंता का विषय है, डेयरी उद्योग विभिन्न प्रकार से दूध का परीक्षण करता है,जैसे कि दूध में वसा तथा दूध के अन्य घटक जैसे प्रोटीन, लाक्टोस आदि का निर्धारण करना पर ये परीक्षण किसी भी … Continue Reading →
कीटनाशकों का अंधाधुंध प्रयोग मानव स्वास्थ्य के लिए एक चुनौती
कीटनाशक, किसानो के लिए कीट और रोगों के खिलाफ लड़ाई में अतिआवश्यक हैं। विश्व में लगभग 45% फसल कीट और रोगों द्वारा नष्ट हो जाती है। अतः विश्व में भोजन की मांग को पूरा करने के लिए यह आवश्यक है, कि फसलों के विकास, भंडारण और परिवहन के दौरान रक्षा के लिए कीटनाशकों का उपयोग किया जाये । लेकिन कीटनाशकों के अंधाधुंध और विवेकहीन उपयोग से इन तत्वो के अवशेष खाद्य श्रृंखला तथा पर्यावरण में समाहित हो रहे हैं, जोकि पूरे पारिस्थितिकी तंत्र के व्यापक संदूषण के लिए जिम्मेदार है। कीटनाशक तथा इसके अवशेष वसा में … Continue Reading →
