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New awards for livestock farmers instituted
Ludhiana: With the aim to give an impetus to the livestock sector in Punjab by strengthening the varsity’s extension programmes, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana, has instituted separate awards in dairy, poultry and fishery. Earlier, it was giving only one award to innovative farmers in animal husbandry by holding competitions in the state.
- Date:
- 08/01/2010
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- Tribune (New Delhi)
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Project on breeding of Beetal goats reviewed
Beetal is the only recognised goat breed in Punjab. Due to indiscriminate slaughter, breeding and movement to other states, this breed was on the verge of extinction from its home tract.
- Date:
- 24/12/2009
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- Tribune (New Delhi)
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Training on goat management
A three-day training programme on ‘Scientific management of goats’ for the youths of Nagaland was organised by the Goat Research Station, Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Burnihat recently, stated a press release.
- Date:
- 10/11/2009
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- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Semi-intensive goat farming projects opened in Darrang dist
For economic sustenance and to encourage goat farming in a scientific manner in rural areas, the first two ‘semi-intensive goat farming’ projects to be maintained by Saraswati Diamond SHG and Sanchita Diamond SHG under Rashtriya Krishi Vikash Yojana (RKVY) in Darrang district were formally inaugurated by the SDO (Sadar), Darrang Gitanjali Dutta at Dakshin Chuburi and Satgharia village under
- Date:
- 02/11/2009
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- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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India to clone pashmina goat
New Delhi: After successfully cloning buffalo, National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) is all set to embark on a project to clone endangered species, including pashmina goats that are found in Kashmir and are famous for fine quality wool.
"We hope to start the project to clone a pashmina goat in next two months," NDRI Director A K Srivastava told PTI.
- Date:
- 16/10/2009
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- Shillong Times (Shillong)
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India to clone pashmina goat
New Delhi: After successfully cloning buffalo, National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) is all set to embark on a project to clone endangered species, including pashmina goats that are found in Kashmir and are famous for fine quality wool.
"We hope to start the project to clone a pashmina goat in next two months," NDRI Director A K Srivastava told PTI.
- Date:
- 16/10/2009
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- Shillong Times (Shillong)
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After buffalo, NDRI set to clone pashmina goats
Encouraged by the second successful experiment of the cloned buffalo Garima on June 6, the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) is set to go ahead with another experiment of cloning Changthangi or pashmina goat in Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh in next two months.
- Date:
- 15/10/2009
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- Pioneer (New Delhi)
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Tadolangso goat farm expected to lift villagers out of penury
DIPHU, Aug 19 – At a time when unabated encroachment by the people of Meghalaya near Khanduli in Karbi Anglong district bordering Assam and Meghalaya has increased due to nonexistence of any development work of various departments of the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) a venture undertaken by the Animal Husbandry and Veterinary department at Tadolangso near Khanduli has set up an exam
- Date:
- 20/08/2009
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- Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Russia Investigates Helicopter Hunt For Rare Goats
Russian prosecutors initiated a criminal investigation Tuesday into the use of helicopters to hunt endangered goats by senior officials, a case that has revealed the playtime pleasures of Russia's elite.
Seven people died in a helicopter crash in January, including Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's personal envoy to parliament and a top regional wildlife protection official.
- Date:
- 06/05/2009
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- Planet Ark (Australia)
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Milk from ‘super goats’ new weapon to fight gut bugs
Davis, California: University of California scientists say they have found a way to combat intestinal diseases in the developing world through a type of enhanced goat milk.
A decade ago, UC Davis researchers discovered a way to transfer a human gene into goats so they would produce a high concentration of an enzyme that fights diarrhea causing bacteria.
- Date:
- 09/04/2009
- Source:
- Times Of India (New Delhi)
