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 →
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 →
General Information Related to Broilers
Meat type birds Scientific name is Gallus Domesticus For broiler breeders Number of settable eggs per dam housed = 170 eggs Breeding period = 25 to 66 weeks Fertility percentage = 90% Hatchability (% of total eggs set) = 80 % Number of sale-able chicks per dam = 130 straight run chicks Mortality (maximum); 0 to 8 weeks = 3 %, 9 to 20 weeks = 4 %, More than 20 weeks = 18 % Body weight; 20th week; Males = 2.6 kg, Females = 2.0 kg Body weight; 40th week; Males … 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 →
Marek’s Disease in Poultry
Etiology or causative agent Marek's Disease Virus (MDV), a highly infectious and easily transmitted herpesvirus, is one of the most common viral infections worldwide and is capable of causing tumours and immunosuppression in broiler breeders. It also leads to nerve paralysis and tumour formation in chicks. Transmission The disease is highly contagious and readily transmitted among chickens. The virus matures into a fully infective, enveloped form in the epithelium of the feather … Continue Reading →
पशुओं की आंत में पाये जाने वाले परजीवी एवं उनका उपचार
आंत में पाए जाने परजीवी अथवा अन्तः परजीवी पशुओं के शरीर के अन्दर पाये जाते हैं एवं परजीवी कृमि भौतिक संरचना के आधार पर दो प्रकार के होते हैं प्रथम चपटे व पत्ती के आकार के जिन्हें हम पर्ण कृमि एवं फीता कृमि कहते हैं दूसरे गोल कृमि जो आकार में लम्बे गोल बेलनाकार होते हैं। पर्ण कृमि यह परजीवी पत्ती के आकार की संरचना लिए होने के कारण पर्ण कृमि कहलाते हैं। इस वर्ग मे फैशियोला, एम्फीस्टोम एवं सिस्टोसोम पशुओं को हानि पहुँचाने वाली मुख्य प्रजातियां हैं। यह पशुओं के उप्तपादन को कम करने के … Continue Reading →
मधुमक्खियों, मकड़ियों और अन्य कीड़ो के काटने पर पशुओं का इलाज
गर्मी के मौसम के आते ही सभी कीटों की संख्या बढ़ जाती है I मनुष्य अपनी सहूलियत के हिसाब से अपने लिए तो समाधान जुटा लेता है लेकिन पशुओं को नज़रंदाज़ कर दिया जाता है I इन्ही कीड़ों के काटने पर पशुओं को ना सिर्फ दर्द का सामना करना पड़ता है बल्कि यही कीड़े पशुओं में अन्य परजीवी बिमारियों के जनक भी होते हैं I कीड़ों के काटने के लक्षण काटने या डंक से सूजन, लालिमा, और खुजली हो सकती है। कुछ जानवरों को एक स्टिंग या काटने के लिए एलर्जी की प्रतिक्रिया हो सकती है जिसके परिणामस्वरूप हल्के पित्ती, चेहरे की … Continue Reading →
Rearing ducks for egg production
Introduction Duck farming is a very lucrative business. Ducks are highly valuable birds around the world, reared for egg and meat production. Ducks occupy an important position next to chicken farming in India. They form about 10% of the total poultry population and contribute about 6-7% of total eggs produced in the country.The duck, till recently, was practically reared only by the small and marginal farmers mostly in the Southern and Eastern coastal areas, North-eastern India and Jammu and … Continue Reading →
Meticulous approach to milking – A successful formula for economic animal rearing
Introduction Profitability of a dairy farm has a direct connection with the wellbeing of the animals. Adoption of an efficient and recommended milking technique is very important in any dairy farming enterprise. The continuous implementation of a proper milking routine results in higher good quality milk, fewer udder problems, longer productive life expectancy and reduced milking time. All the above mentioned factors contribute to a higher profit margin per cow. Good milking is actually a skill … Continue Reading →
Poultry products on our plate – food or antibiotic?
Introduction One of the major sources of protein in our diet still remains the animal protein, of which, poultry meat and eggs form a major part. However, in the present context, the ultimate question to ponder remains whether it is a plate of food or a mine of antibiotic residual food. The poultry food, from farms where a huge amount of antibiotics are used, is more likely to produce food with antibiotic residues than the farm produce where no or minimal antibiotics are used. Poultry … Continue Reading →
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