Intrinsic antibiotic resistance has been a fact of bacterium life since long before humans discovered the use of antibiotic drugs. However, the introduction of pharmaceutical antibiotics in the 1940s and explosion in use ever since dramatically accelerated the spread of antibiotic-resistance genes.
Beneficial and cost effective, says cooperative that introduced feed a milk cooperative in Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, has bagged a patent on one of its products that cuts the cost of calf rearing by half. The cooperative, popularly called Gokul, after its brand of milk products, has launched two calf-rearing products: milk-replacer and calf starter. The group, Kolhapur Zilla Sahakari
An experience sharing meeting on Australian origin hybrid Sweet Jumbo grass farming for farmers was held in remote char village of Bozra Diarkhata under Chilmari upazila in Kurigram on Sunday.
Planned green grass plantation on roadsides, embankments and fallow lands can meet much of the fodder requirement that is vital to boost milk and meat production in the country, agricultural experts said yesterday.
Mumbai Following the post mortem report, pinning the death of Shakti, the five-year-old hippopotamus in the Byculla zoo, to renal failure and cardiac arrest, the doctors of the Bombay Veterinary College have said that there may be a need to analyse the water and fodder provided to animals in the enclosure.
He said that maize is not one of our traditional food items but still Sri Lanka has been able to grow maize and become self-sufficient within one year.
The total production had been used to produce Thriposha and animal food.
This is a great achievement for the country as the belief earlier was that Sri Lanka cannot produce maize.
KOCHI: Fish feed wastage and its impact on water-bodies are a major source of worry for the fisheries industry. The accumulation of waste leads to toxicity in farmed species.
High quality protein is essential for shrimps to grow fast. They require 45 percent quality protein in the supplementary feed. This makes shrimp feed costly and accounts for more than 55 percent of the operational cost.
Rameswaram,
A LARGE number of birds, including crows and vultures, were found dead in the casuarina grove behind the Nambunayaki Amman temple in Rameswaram on Sunday.
Devotees celebrate festivals in the temple with non-vegetarian food and the left overs are dumped among the trees, which attract stray dogs.
Methane is an important greenhouse gas which significantly contributes to global warming. Livestock is a major anthropogenic source of methane emission from agriculture. India possesses the world
Adding various components on to a farm and integrating them has helped small farmers in Tamil Nadu reap rich harvests. The bio intensive farm models promoted by the Department of Science and Technology and based on agro-ecosystem principles, have resulted in a sustainable farm production and livelihoods.
