Deficient rain this monsoon has affected milk production, particularly in the northern states of the country, driving up procurement cost of companies such as Mother Dairy and Amul by 10-15 per cent. Consequently, prices of dairy products such as ghee and skimmed milk powder (SMP) have also firmed up.
The high court has asked the MCD to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to a woman, whose husband was killed when a stray bull had attacked him in 2005
In a recent order, Justice S. Ravindra Bhat directed the MCD to pay the compensation as the incident occurred due to the civic body
Three U.S. scientists are concern about the potential of people contracting Creutzfeldt Jakob disease -- the human form of "mad cow disease" -- from eating farmed fish who are fed byproducts rendered from cows.
The arrival of a weak monsoon in Jharkhand today is bringing with it additional problems for parched districts of Palamau where at least 135 cattle have apparently died due to a scarcity of drinking water.
Cattle Breeding Farm in Thanjavur facing staff shortage
THANJAVUR: Exotic Cattle Breeding Farm at Eachankottai in Thanjavur district is in the forefront of producing frozen semen straws for artificial insemination.
Farm sources here said that during 2008-2009, the farm produced nearly eleven lakh straws and this year also equal number of straws will be produced.
An experiment is on to determine whether a change in diet will help cows belch less gas.
Chewing her cud on a recent sunny morning, Libby, a 630-kg Holstein, paused to do her part in the battle against global warming, emitting a fragrant burp.
GANDHINAGAR: After 35 deaths of cattle due to anthrax, the state government has swung into action and decided to vaccinate all the cattle in the nearby villages of Dehgam.
AHMEDABAD: The cattle which were found to be infected with anthrax were from Saurashtra. This is not something unusual. It's a regular feature for Maldharis from Saurashtra and Kutch to migrate to central Gujarat and Ahmedabad in search of water.
Over 3,600 cattle administered preventive medicines in the district: Collector
THENI: A total of 20 cattle were dead at Kanniservaipatti village in Chinnamanur block owing to an unknown disease that was spreading rapidly. Two cattle died two days ago at Odaipatti.
