NCDC survey on antibiotic use highlights need for properly monitoring critically important antimicrobials to mitigate AMR

A third of most commonly prescribed antibiotics were third generation cephalosporins, a class of critically important antimicrobials, …

Sitting duck

India’s decision to reduce import duties on frozen turkey and duck from the US has raised concerns among domestic poultry producers, who …

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Vulture restaurant: diclofenac-free meat on platter

Antimicrobial resistance: Use these ethnoveterinary medicines for Lumpy Skin Disease

Healthcare systems for livestock should be accessible, affordable and effective; ethnoveterinary medicine fulfils this criteria

African Swine Fever hits ICAR centre in Assam, state govt’s farm; 292 pigs culled

Exact cause of disease’s spread to both facilities not ascertained yet; losses to the tune of Rs 6-7 lakh incurred

Bullish turn: The return of the bullock to India’s farms

Post mechanisation, for the first time there is innovation in farm equipment to revive bullocks and aid small farmers

First case of Lumpy Skin Disease documented in Cambodian wild bovids: Study

A male banteng or wild cattle was discovered with signs of the disease in September 2021 and died soon after; case highlights danger to wild …

Shift in staple crops production put Africa’s food security at risk, says report

The continent will need to prepare for possible large losses in national production potentials, and production areas, of up to 15 per cent by 2050

How climate change threatens human rights in various sectors of Tanzania: Report

Right to food, health, education, access to clean and safe water, decent environment, privacy and family affected 

Losing a calf to wolves in Sweden hurts. But if lions take one in Uganda, a farming family’s income is gone

Earth’s most economically vulnerable people are key to conservation success for carnivores. Unfortunately, they are also the most at risk …

Animal husbandry’s share increases by 40% in Budget 2023-24

Agriculture credit target goes up to Rs 20 lakh crore; Focus on livestock health and disease control programme in allocation

Ethiopia releases atlas to map livestock disease caused by the tsetse fly

African animal trypanosomosisis, caused by tsetse fly, is a huge problem for African livestock farmers

Climate change in India: Mountains play hocus-focus in Himachal Pradesh

Climate change has reduced grass cover, forcing nomadic communities in the state to alter their age-old tour patterns and profession

Raising superbugs

Poultry farms are reservoirs of multi-drug resistant bacteria and play a major role in their spread, shows the latest CSE study

Two-thirds poultry farms in India use antibiotics for growth promotion

These farms were also nearly three times more likely to report multidrug resistant bacteria than those that did not use antibiotics for growth …

Transformation in agriculture needed to cope with climate change

A FAO report points out that a “business as usual” scenario can increase the number of poor by between 35 and 122 million by 2030 …

Bacteria resistant to ‘last resort’ antibiotic found in US sewage

Environmental spread of resistant bacteria is a global health concern, but there are no policies to address it

What the blazes!

Is it the hand of God, or the soiled hand of man? The buck is being passed even as flames stretching hundreds and hundreds of kilometres …

Guiding growth

When nothing seemed to stop the desertification of the Banni grasslands, a government institution stepped in and showed the people how they …

'Open forests for livestock grazing'

Otaram Dewasi, Rajasthan's Minister of Dairy, Devasthan and Gaupalan department and India’s first cow minister, tells Down To Earth how the …

Huge disparity found in livestock census and NSSO data

This has happened in past surveys also, say experts

Pastoral community in Kenya at high risk from climate change

Lack of livelihood options makes herders more vulnerable