medicinal plants have traditionally been used as part of animal feed to enhance nutrition and treat digestive disorders. In a recent experiment it was found that drumsticks (Moringa oleifera)

www.pastoralists.orgChange in land-use patterns, increasing competition for land and other resources, shifting global markets, climate change

it is believed that buffaloes are more tolerant to tropical infections than cattle. A new study says Indian water buffalo harbours a protein which can yield antibiotics to cure diseases in cattle.

there is debate over whether villages, within the Desert National Park in Rajasthan, should be relocated. Park officials stress on relocation, politicians are against it and scientists say while

A question that quizzes the minds of senior and field officials of Wildlife Wing of Madhya Pradesh as well as those of the knowledgeable visitors to the Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary is to why tigers are mere occasional transients and are not establishing even as a small poulation to start with, given the high habitat productivity, the excellent availability of thermal and breeding shelters and the abundant prey base. July 2007

methane emission from livestock in India has been found to be much lower than the estimates of the International Panel for Climate Change (ipcc)

  Livestock production has become a major envioronmental management challenge. When its full commodity chain is included, the sector contributes to global warming, causes

The high cost of embryo transfer (et) technology is a major constraint in its wider application in India, say a galaxy of experts working in the field of cattle development. The need of the hour, says Dr. Narayan G. Hegde, president of the Pune-based baif Development Research Foundation, is to develop genetically superior bulls so that small and marginal farmers all over the country can benefit.

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Gujarat Vs Mirzapur Moti Kureshi Kassab Jamat & Others dated 26/10/2005 regarding prohibiting the slaughter of cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle, Gujarat.

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