National action plan on antimicrobial resistance urges multi-sectoral initiative

Antimicrobial resistance, including antibiotic resistance, is a global public health threat, as antibiotics and antimicrobials are becoming …

Utterly bovine

UK researchers claim the Mad Cow disease is caused by Indian animal feed imports; India rubbishes hypothesis

What exactly are cattle fed?

In Punjab, too much limestone powder and urea: adulteration hardly a bother for feed-makers

Bird flu hits West Bengal again

The phoenix act

Indian vulture populations stabilise after six years of ban on diclofenac; scientists still wary

An urge to act

Will the new animal welfare Act balance interests of animals and humans?

Unsafe or secure?

Amid the gloom surrounding RJF data, an experiment in Haryana gives some hope

Birds of a feather

Is the RJF extinct in the wild?

Treated like cattle

A drawn out court case raises questions about India's animal quarantine managers

Poultry business too serious to be left to industry

Buffalo protein against cattle diseases

Why save the rooster?

In 1996, about 14,000 million tonnes of meat came from the chicken alone. Rare indigenous breeds are extremely hardy and provide more protein and …

Climate change causes species to change habitats

A warmer climate is playing havoc with both flora and fauna

Endangered gharials die mysterious death

Red roving fowl

India, which gave the red jungle fowl, the mother of all poultry to the rest of the world, is now importing poultry from outside and destroying …

Culling the captive

‘Insatiable demand from the East, greed & lack of political will is enabling poaching across Africa’

Wildlife veterinarian Dave Cooper talks about poaching, effect of climate change and his experience with conservation 

Herbs to heal cattle

In the absence of veterinary services, traditional medical practices for treating livestock remain popular in tribal villages

Salmon in trouble

Culling dilemma

Deep defence

Why avian flu is rare in human beings

South Asia

Clues from the Nile

May help with diseases like avian flu and SARS

Droopy dead

New findings suggest the vulture might be falling prey to an infectious disease. The scientific community is not yet certain if the vulture's …

Clucking in alarm

poultry farms across north India are facing a mysterious viral disease. As many as two million birds have fallen prey to the illness and the …