Breed apart
Animal conservation practices should be rethought
Animal conservation practices should be rethought
The tax liability of New Zealand s farmers is set to rise because their bovine assets hold your breath belch and break wind!
Vaccines and tight controls on livestock movement would be used by Zimbabwe to combat an outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease. "Instead of slaughtering the cattle, we will set up a taskforce
following an outbreak of the foot-and-mouth (fmd) disease and the authorities' incapability to handle the situation, the Indian meat exports have declined dramatically
In a bid to protect its beef exportsthe Argentine government concealed an outbreak of the foot-and-mouth disease for monthsaccording to media reports. This disclosure was followed by an immediate ban
The food and mouth disease spreads panic across the world and raises several questions about livestock culling
The first clone of an endangered animal dies of a common infection
The whole world is at risk of the mad cow disease, says WHO
the World's largest animal rights organisation, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (peta), has warned that it would launch "a potentially devastating campaign against Indian
Scientists have developed a new way of tackling global warming by feeding cattle a daily dose of bacteria to stop them belching out methane as they graze. Cows, and to a lesser extent sheep, are
The gathering is a strange mix of cultures, a capsular representation of India's cultural and biological diversity. It is January 26, 2000, and the National Livestock and Poultry Show is underway on
It is a sabbatical for cattle. A few days after the Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan, just before the harvest of the rabi crop, hal chhatt is observed. Bullocks are rested completely, cows are not
The government views goats as the greatest enemy of the environment
First birthday of two cloned heifers celebrated in Japan
more than a hundred cows have died in a span of four months in Rajasthan's Sar region, 23 km from Jodhpur. Though authorities have refused to give any reason for the deaths, it is said that the
cloning continues to be in news. Now, two calves have been cloned from cells present in cow's milk in northern Japan recently. The clones at the Snow Brand dairy company's research
India has a huge variety of grasses. But the wealth is being destroyed
Overgrazing is just the tip of the iceberg.The real culprit is mismanagement
India may be the largest producer of milk in the world, but at an incredible cost. In achieving this distinction, the country s vast cattle population has been allowed to mow down its verdant grasslands. Development projects like the colossal Indira Gandh
APPLYING the same technique used for cloning Dolly, the first adult animal clone, scientists in Japan have cloned 15 calves since July 15. Out of the 15 cloned calves, nine have survived. "Our