Coronavirus is a single stranded, enveloped RNA virus. The virus derive its name from Latin word ‘corona’ meaning ‘crown‘ as it has club shaped peplomers, which project outside its envelope giving an appearance of crown. The average size of virus particle is 100 nm. The multiplication of the virus occurs in cytoplasm of the cell. The earliest coronaviruses were discovered were an infectious bronchitis virus in chickens and two in human patients with the common cold (later named human … Continue Reading →
20th Livestock Census – 2019: Key Highlights
About the census First livestock census in India was conducted as Dairy Cattle Census in 1919. First Livestock Census released by newly created Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying. The 20th Livestock Census was launched during the month of October, 2018. 80,000 field staff including para-veterinarians and veterinarians were deployed for smooth conduct of 20th Livestock Census. The 20th Livestock Census was carried out in about 6 lakh villages and … Continue Reading →
Livestock Production Statistics of India – 2018
Click to Read, Livestock Production Statistics of India – 2019 (Updated till 09/2019) Beneficial for competitive exams conducted by ICAR and other organizations India has emerged as the largest producer of milk with 20.17 percent share in total milk production in the world. India accounts for about 5.65 percent of the global egg production and also the largest population of milch animals in the world, with 110 million buffaloes, 133 million goats and 63 million sheep. India’s … 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 →
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 →
Solution to Crop Residue Burning – Agricultural Mechanization
Burning of crop residues is being practiced by most of the farmers in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh which cause serious health and environmental problems. After much research and efforts by Government of India and Agricultural Universities, the following machines for management of crop residues have been developed which can provide sustainable benefit to both farmers and environment. Machines for In-Situ Management of Crop Residues Name and Function Cost (Approx.) Subsidy … Continue Reading →
Guidelines for maintaining biosecurity in poultry farms
What is Biosecurity Biosecurity is an integrated approach encompassing policy and regulatory frameworks to analyze and manage risks in the areas of animal health and food safety, including associated environmental risk. An integrated biosecurity programme is an application on logical and sound principles specific to an enterprise, monitoring of disease status, evaluation of ongoing poultry farm operations on continuous basis with an objective to … Continue Reading →
ONE HEALTH CONCEPT: TIME TO IMPLIMENT & ACT
From the times immemorial humans and animals have lived in companionship with each other and with the environment surrounding them. Humans fulfilled almost all of their needs from animals, lived with them, earned from them, used them as source of protection and what not. The early humans along with the animals and the environment lived as one family. But with modernization and industrialization man prefer to be in places isolated from animals and the natural environment tagging himself to be … Continue Reading →
Electricity Generation from Poultry Litter
What we consider waste is 'not actually a waste'. Rural households better understand the use of this waste for fertilizing their vegetables and crops but they are still unaware about most of the more potent and profitable uses of the waste. Whole world is suffering from the menace of global warming and we cannot neglect the contribution of greenhouse gases into it. The methane emission from the livestock industry along with agriculture is the second largest contributor to the greenhouse gases in … Continue Reading →
Livestock Production Statistics of India – 2017
Click to read, Livestock Production Statistics of India – 2019 (Updated till 12/2017) Beneficial for different competitive exams conducted by ICAR and other organizations Standings of India in the world Ranking Sector 1st Total Livestock Population, Milk Production, Cattle Population, Buffalo Population, Carabeef Production, Goat Milk Production, Total Bovine Population 2nd Goat Population, Bristle Production (a pig industry by-product), Fish Production 3rd Sheep … Continue Reading →
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