Animal Care

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding mule dung waste management, Vaishno Devi Shrine, Jammu & Kashmir, 26/11/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board Vs Gauri Maulekhi & Others dated 26/11/2018 regarding disposal of dung of mules carrying pilgrims from Katra to Bhavan.

Judgement Date: 
26/11/2018
Tags:
Mules, Religious Places, Supreme Court, Animal Dung, Animal Cruelty, Animal Care, Jammu & Kashmir
Animal Care

World livestock: transforming the livestock sector through the Sustainable Development Goals

A new FAO report highlights the multiple contributions made by the global livestock sector — especially to the lives of millions of poor, animal-dependent small-scale producers in developing countries — but also says that changes in policies and practices are needed in order to optimize those contributions.

Publication Date: 
17/10/2018
FAO
Tags:
Livestock, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), India, Global
Animal Care

Farmers risk losing livestock as outbreak of lumpy skin disease bites

Two cows have been reported dead in Murarandia, Kahuro sub-county after they contracted the viral disease.

Publication Date: 
12/10/2018
Standard Media (Kenya)
Tags:
Animal Care, Livestock, Animal Diseases, Farmers, Kenya, Africa
Animal Care

Milk proteins, health issues and its implications on National Livestock Breeding Policy of India

Increasing evidence supporting the correlation between bovine beta-casein and disorders in milk consumers has led to the development and popularity of A2 milk and milk products worldwide. The indigenous cattle population of India harbours the preferred A2 allele of beta casein; however, genetic improvement of this c

Publication Date: 
10/10/2018
Ashish Kumar, Bakul Rao, Arun Kumar De
Current Science
115
7
1393-1398
Tags:
Livestock, Animal Breeding, Nutrition, Milk
Animal Care

Rapid, widespread African swine fever in China believed to be through pork

Tracking meat and meat products from pigs infected with African swine fever is key to fight the spread of the highly viral disease as it can survive in processed food, the Deputy head of the World

Publication Date: 
11/09/2018
Tags:
Animal Care, Livestock, Animal Diseases, China, Pigs, Swine Flu, Diseases
Animal Care

Japan culls 546 hogs after detecting first swine fever outbreak in 26 years

TOKYO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Following Japan's first outbreak of swine fever in 26 years, a local government said on Tuesday it had culled 546 hogs in the centre of Honshu, the country's largest and

Publication Date: 
11/09/2018
Tags:
Animal Care, Swine Flu, Influenza, Japan, Livestock, Pigs, China, Animal Diseases
Animal Care

What is the safe operating space for EU livestock?

Europe’s animal farming sector has exceeded safe bounds for greenhouse gas emissions, nutrient flows and biodiversity loss, and urgently needs to be scaled back, according to a major report.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2018
Allan Buckwell, Elisabet Nadeu
The RISE Foundation
Tags:
Livestock, Animal Products, European Union (EU), Green House Gases
Environment

A year on, NGT ban on Chinese manjha in Delhi up in air

NEW DELHI: A year after the National Green Tribunal banned the use of any synthetic thread coated with glass or other abrasives for flying kites, the so-called Chinese manjha continues to be surrep

Publication Date: 
07/08/2018
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Delhi, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Birds, Animal Care, Environmental Health, China, Environment
Health

Monitoring global progress on addressing antimicrobial resistance: analysis report of the second round of results of AMR country self-assessment survey 2018

Countries are making significant steps in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR), but serious gaps remain and require urgent action, according to a report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

Publication Date: 
18/07/2018
FAO
Tags:
Antibiotics, Health Effects, Animal Care, India, Global
Animal Care

Zimbabwe Faces Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak in South, East

Zimbabwe's veterinary department has placed two districts under quarantine and stopped the movement of all cattle in or out after ...

Publication Date: 
12/07/2018
Bloomberg
Tags:
Animal Care, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD), Animal Diseases, Livestock, Zimbabwe, Africa

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