Animal Welfare and its scope with special reference to North East India Dr.Miftahul Islam Barbaruah As per world organization of Animal Health (OIE), animal welfare means 1)Refer chapter 1.1.1 and Appendix 3.7.1 of Terrestrial Animal Health Code. how an animal…
A problem tree provides an overview of all the known causes and effect to an identified problem. The following diagram was prepared in the context of veterinary service delivery in India. This is a living document and will be updated…
( This is an updated version dated 17th April’2016 with answer to some questions from esteemed readers. ) What is the controversy around A1 and A2 β -casein in milk? β- Casein is one of the major proteins in milk of…
Introduction: Goat farming has been age old practice in our country. People of Indus Valley civilization (3300–1300 BC) were familiar with goats in addition to other domestic and wild animals of today. In Rigveda goats were mentioned and kept…
Following is the detail guideline from leading Indian institutes:
Consultants from Vet Helpline India were invited to participate in a policy workshop organized by GALVmed (Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines) in Nairobi, Kenya from June 12-13, 2014. GALVmed is a not-for-profit product development and adoption partnership that seeks…
A team of Vet Helpline India represented by Dr.M.Islam Barbaruah and Dr.Abdul Samad visited ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute) Nairobi, Kenya campus on 17th June’2014 for a discussion on potential partnership opportunities. A series of one to one meetings with…
( By Dr.M.Hazarika, Professor, Department of Livestock Product Technology, Assam Agricultural University) The people of North East India (NER) have strong preference for foods of animal origin. (Please refer Percapita_Meat_Consumption_NER and Av_Expenditure_perperson_on_Meat ) The ethnic and tribal groups are confined to their traditional…
Dr Miftahul Islam Barbaruah Transboundary animal diseases (TAD), significance of which often transcends national boundaries can be a cause of national emergencies. Research indicates that 75 percent of infectious agents known to be emerging in human populations are deemed zoonotic.…
A two member team of Vet Helpline India was invited by FAO’s Regional Support Unit for Highly Pathogenic and Emerging Diseases (HPED) for SAARC countries to attend a workshop on cross-border and in-country livestock value chains for control of transboundary…
Dr. Miftahul Islam Barbaruah The framing of National Livestock policy has been under consideration of the Government of India since 1993 with the constitution of a High Powered Group under the Chairmanship of Dr. S.Z. Quasim, the then Member, Planning Commission. …
Executive Summary and Major Recommendations: India’s livestock sector is one of the largest in the world. It has 56.7% of world’s buffaloes, 12.5% cattle, 20.4% small ruminants, 2.4% camel, 1.4% equine, 1.5% pigs and 3.1% poultry. In 2010-11, livestock generated…
