Giving an all-clean signal to the poultry industry in Uttar Pradesh Government said in Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday that no trace of anti-biotics were found in the chicken sold in the open market of the

Around 2 lakh ducks to be killed in the Kuttanad area

(Reuters) - Bird flu was found on a duck farm in England on Monday days after it was discovered in Dutch chickens, forcing authorities to destroy poultry and restrict exports, although it was not a

There are 7.5 million poultry birds, including layers, broilers and breeder, spread over in the three cyclone-hit districts

Poultry farmers can now afford to count their profits before their chickens hatch -and they are big, weighing on average twice as much as they did 50 years ago.The broiler chicken of today ,a produ

Livestock operations are known to harbor elevated levels of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) that may pose a threat to public health. Broiler feedlots may represent an important source of ARGs in the environment. However, the prevalence and dissemination mechanisms of various types of ARGs in the environment of broiler feedlots have not previously been identified.

Only about 10 percent of the antibiotics used in chicken are actually used in humans, says the National Chicken Council.

In an attempt to boost capital infusion in agricultural sector the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has decided to provide refinance facility with a repayment period of

India's cattle population declined by 3.33 per cent to 512.05 million in 2012, compared to 2007, owing to a fall in goat and sheep population, according to the Livestock Census data released on Wed

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