Lack of livestock health infrastructure worrying, says parliamentary panel

India still lacks basic testing and treatment facilities for veterinary diseases, which is worrying, given the increase in zoonotic diseases  

Goats, sheep drive India’s livestock numbers

The number of camels, pigs, donkeys, horses, mules, ponies and indigenous cattle breeds has drastically declined

Will India's camels amble forever into the sunset?

Decreasing use of camels in agriculture and transportation, diminishing pasturelands and an erroneous legislation by the Rajasthan government is …

Over half of India’s cattle, goats, sheep and swine are non-descript: Government

New government report finds fewer indigenous individuals among these species, although experts blame non-registration of breeds as a reason

Agriculture becomes casualty of Syrian war, incurs losses worth US$18 billion

Agriculture is a crucial safety net in the rural areas, and its loss may increase internal and external migration

One agricultural labourer died by suicide every two hours in 2021

29% increase in suicides by farm labourers from 2019 

Livestock farming is a crucible for zoonotic disease; here is how

Artificial oceans of pigs and poultry in the hinterlands become mixing vessels for viruses from humans, livestock and wildlife, while other …

Lumpy skin disease epidemic in Saurashtra; 39 animals dead: Govt

Government takes measures to control epidemic spread in animals; over 25,000 cattle vaccinated across affected areas   

Cross-breeding, herd management key strategy to maximise India’s milk production: Study

New British-Australian study lays emphasis on cross-breeding to increase milk yield in India without neglecting indigenous animals

She sells cow dung products but not milk to save India’s desi cows

Meet Aparna Rajagopal, a lawyer-turned-organic farmer who has created a business from the dung of native Indian cow breeds

Tongue tried cure

Live stock of vaccines

Silkworms to help combat livestock diseases

Ruminating livestock

So kind

Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Kerala case study shows how ethnoveterinary practices can curb AMR in livestock

Ethnoveterinary practices are more cost-effective than allopathic treatment; it also allows farmers to monitor the process

Production of milk, meat and eggs increased in 2016 rainy season

The production of wool decreased during the same period of July 1 to October 31, 2016

Climate change is making livestock susceptible to diseases; here is how

There is also growing evidence that changes in rainfall pattern, frequent floods and droughts and intense heatwaves have substantial effects on …

India's cow crisis: The full coverage

All that you need to know about what's wrong with India's cow laws and the problems they are leading to in a five-part series

Deforestation, change in crop pattern, direct fallout of China’s pork push

The globe’s largest pork market and industry is changing itself and others in its mission to produce huge amounts of the meat

Ultrasound grading

Hide and seek

Like a bull at the gate

The ducks are coming

Beastspeak

Bovine invention