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EUROPEAN Community (EC) experts are to report shortly whether the bovine somatotropin (BST) drug can be marketed freely. In making their recommendation, EC experts will not worry about safety
EUROPEAN Community (EC) experts are to report shortly whether the bovine somatotropin (BST) drug can be marketed freely. In making their recommendation, EC experts will not worry about safety
Eminent immunologist G p Talwar , firing the latest salvo in the bovine somatotropin (BST) controversy, asserts there are no harmful side-effects to the artificial growth hormone whose use
In a ruling that may have far-reaching implications, a Delhi sessions court has banned slaughter of buffalo calves, export of live animals for meat and slaughter of livestock for export as meat.
Cattle fed with subabul biscuits can produce up to 20 per cent more milk. The fast growing tree also produces useful timber.
A growth hormone that the National Dairy Development Board seeks to import because it can increase milk yield by as much as 30 per cent, has run into trouble. The Indian Council for Agricultural Research, emulating the European Commission, insists it must
A black countdown in West Bengal, India
SHILLONG, July 20
High inflation and the absence of certified feed mills in Pakistan's Sindh province is forcing dairy farmers to use stale bread
SUDHIR K. SINGH Head of the RSS' cow care cell Om Prakash said during a symposium on the subject at the party that it is `our duty to save the remainder' : Cow care is a sensitive issue in most BJP regimes, Madhya Pradesh being no exception. Ex-CM Uma Bharti had made it a point to disembark from her car to feed the holy animal whenever she encountered one during her daily travels.
The extensive use of pesticides in almost all cereals, vegetables and crops field has been proved harmful to human health. Pesticides are used in pumpkin, guava, blackberry, ladies finger, palk, calery, water melon, pulse, brinjal, chilli, bitter gourd, beans, potato, tomato, cauliflower,, cabbage, jackfruits and many other vegetables.
As global prices escalate, Argentina plans to quintuple production of soyabean diesel by 2010. It will dramatically change agriculture and the environment.
Can this tribal community in the Nilgiris survive the concrete trappings of civilisation? <b>Tarun Chhabra</b> on the eco friendly Todas
Switzerland's agriculture ministry has warned the country's farmers that it will prosecute them unless they stop feeding their cattle cannabis. The move follows several recent advertisements
it is showdown time once again in Europe as uk channelises efforts towards reneging its promise of culling more than 125,000 cattle heads, touted as the only measure to reduce the risk of
Conditions are ripe for an upturn in India's dairy sector. The government has lifted its ban on the export of milk powder at a time when increasing demand is sending prices of dairy products
The leaves of groundnut plants are ideal forage for cattle
A drawn out court case raises questions about India s animal quarantine managers
Antibiotics in meat make disease causing bacteria resistant to cures
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With the help of a thriving bovine genetics business, Brazil is on the way to become the world's largest cattle exporter. The country recently witnessed the Opera and Bilara Auction, an event of