National Seminar on Restructuring and Strengthening of Veterinary Service Delivery System in the Nation

Posted on June 30, 2019 by admin

The Indian Veterinary Association (IVA) organized a national seminar titled “Restructuring and Strengthening of Veterinary Service Delivery System in the Nation” on 28th June 2019 at Officer Training Institute (OTI), Khanapara, Guwahati, Assam, India. The seminar was attended mostly by…

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Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (IBR): A silent problem causing infertility in cross-bred cattle

Posted on May 24, 2019 by admin

India has a huge livestock population supporting the socio-economics of the majority of the population. The country with a geographic area of 3,287,240 sq.km supports 300 million bovines, 65.07 million sheep, 135.2 million goats, and about 10.3 million pigs as…

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Diagnostic and prophylactic measures of Diaphragmatic hernia in Buffaloes

Posted on January 20, 2019 by admin

Introduction Diseases of the digestive tract in ruminants comprise major clinical problems and sometimes, these either remain undiagnosed or fail to respond to medicinal treatment which ultimately results in major economic loss for the farmers. One of the commonly seen…

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National technical seminar on re-orienting para veterinary services

Posted on January 6, 2019 by admin

Vet Helpline India Pvt Ltd provided knowledge and institutional support to the All Assam Veterinary Field Assistant Association (AAVFAA) to organize a national technical seminar titled “Reorienting para-veterinary services” on 5th January 2019 at Amolapatty Natya Mandir, Nagaon, Assam, India.…

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Dairy Development in North East India

Posted on December 1, 2018 by admin

Popularity of milk in the plains of N E India is at par with other parts of the country. There is also a positive trend in milk consumption by hill tribes. Unlike in 70’s, dairy farming is now an important…

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Posted in Livestock Policy, Planning and Projects

National Occupational Standards (NOS) and Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Sector in India

Posted on April 29, 2018 by admin

  National Occupational Standard (NOS) describes what individuals need to do, know and understand to carry out a job role or function.   A set of such standards, aligned to a job role, is called Qualification Pack (QP). Agriculture Skill…

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Streamlining private sector driven vaccination of livestock in forest fringe villages of India

Posted on April 6, 2018 by admin

Streamlining private sector driven vaccination of livestock in forest fringe villages of India Mass vaccination of livestock in forest fringe villages is an important and relatively common activity in Indian context to address the threat of disease transmission between domesticated…

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Management of the Mis-mating and Medical Termination of Pregnancy in bitches

Posted on April 5, 2018 by admin

  The effervescent, affectionate and friendly attitude of female than the male dogs has made them most likable to pet owners. But even though the owners have a preference for female dogs as pets, they are averse to the idea…

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Transition Mismanagement Compromises Production Potential of Dairy Animals.

Posted on October 28, 2017 by admin

  Transition period and its importance Transition period is defined as the four weeks prior and post calving, and is most crucial period in productive cycle of dairy cows, characterized by greatly disturbing the homeostasis and manifests in increased risk…

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Scope for private veterinarians in India

Posted on April 4, 2017 by admin

Dr Miftahul Islam Barbaruah Director, Vet Helpline India Pvt Ltd.  I had a recent opportunity to prepare a report on the global veterinary workforce. Some very interesting statistics attracted my attention. In 2015, the USA reported to World Organization for…

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Postmortem diagnosis and field veterinarians in India

Posted on July 12, 2016 by admin

There is a saying that “Postmortem examination is an art of disease diagnosis and the information we get is the message from the dead to the living”. Examination of the dead body by systemic dissection, recording of gross pathological lesions,…

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Two cases of awarding psedo-superior breeding buffalo bulls

Posted on April 20, 2016 by admin

While delivering a lecture to a batch of educated dairy farmers I showed them a picture of a man, who was 8 feet tall and weighed 350 kg, and asked them if they would agree to marry their daughter or…

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