Vet Helpline India Pvt. Ltd. 31/32, Milanpur, Chandmari, Guwahati-781021, Assam, INDIA Current Issue: Volume XII ( 2024 )

Food Safety and Public Health

  • Antimicrobial Resistance...

    The veterinarian, veterinary paraprofessionals, and animal owners have an essential role to play in confronting antimicrobial resistance. We are dedicating this webpage to articles of Indian authors related to this emerging issue. The page will also contain links to relevant global and India focused...

Disease Control strategies

Veterinary Service Delivery and Practice Management

  • Comment and suggestions on 'Draft M...

    We have prepared the following comments/suggestions on the 'Draft Minimum Standards of Veterinary Practice Regulations, 2016' proposed by the Veterinary Council of India. The publication aims at supporting more extensive consultation. Please help us to improve the communication. You may like to p...

Animal welfare, Disaster and Emerging issues

  • The need for an urban veterinary re...

    With a municipal area of 219.06 km² and a population of 9.57 lakh (2011), Guwahati is one of the fastest-growing cities in India. Under the 'Smart City Mission,' Ministry of Urban Development, the city is also a 'Smart City.' [caption id="attachment_2720" align="aligncenter" width="1440"] Sr...

Farming and Enterprise Management

  • Two cases of awarding psedo-superio...

    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 sister with such a person. The farmers’ response was a firm ‘No’ and the reason expressed was:...

Veterinary Profession, Workforce development and Continuing Education

  • Ensuring optimum veterinary workfor...

    As per the data indicated by the Secretary of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD), India needs 65000 Veterinarians and should produce 2500 additional veterinary graduates annually for the ...

Feed and Pharmaceuticals

  • Excise regulation of molasses...

    Excise regulation of molasses--- Safeguarding the interest of dairy farmers, cooperatives and local feed millers A developing policy note compiled by Dr. Miftahul Islam Barbaruah for Vet Helpline India Pvt Ltd  in the context of Assam, India  ( We are looking for m...

Innovation, Technology and Food processing

  • ‘Micro’ or ‘Tiny’ abattoirs...

    ‘Abattoir,’ the synonym of a slaughterhouse, is a place where animals are slaughtered for food. Abattoirs play a crucial link in the meat industry, allowing the meat business operators (MBOs) to address animal welfare and food safety aspects during the process of the slaughter of animals. ...

Livestock Development Stories

  • Livestock Sector Development in Ass...

    Dr.Miftahul Islam Barbaruah

    The Sector at a glance: Livestock is the integral part of the mixed-farming system that characterizes agriculture in Assam. Besides contributing to food and crop production, livestock and poultry are as important as savings. For ma...

Livestock Policy, Planning and Projects