Meat, Milk, Eggs, Fish Not on Deflation Diet
INDIA - Food inflation has remained in negative territory for a third week, though the rate of decline has slowed quite a bit in the first week of 2012. Though prices of most articles continued to fall,...

ILRI Pig Production Project in Nagaland
NAGALAND, INDIA - A new set of training manuals for pig farmers is now available. The manuals inform poor rural pig farmers in developing countries how to ‘intensify’ their production, using lessons...

Pigs from Indore May Have Carried JE Virus
NEW DELHI, INDIA - Pigs brought to New Delhi from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, could be behind the spread of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the city.

Biomin India: Strong Presence at Local Trade Shows
INDIA - Kicking off in November, the annual Hyderabad Poultry Show is becoming widely recognised as the major event for the Indian poultry industry.

Pigs to be Screened in New Delhi for JE Carrier
NEW DELHI, INDIA - To check spread of Japanese Encephalitis in the city, the government has ordered screening of pigs, which are primary reservoirs of the virus causing the disease.

Pigs May be Relocated; Govt to Curb Imports
INDIA - Stung by the disclosure that 20 per cent of pigs carry Japanese encephalitis, the government is in a firefighting mode.

MP Chalks Out Pig and Poultry Expansion Plans
KERALA, INDIA - The State-owned Meat Products of India (MPI) has chalked out various expansion initiatives, which includes setting up an automated poultry processing plant, a bio-waste disposal facility,...

Pig Menace Becoming Rampant in Colonies
ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA - The Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) officials, on and off, announce that they will shoot down or send the pigs out of the city limits in view of public health. The Corporation...

Pigs Blamed for Japanese Encephilitis Cases
INDIA - Pigs across New Dehli have been tested for Japanese encephalitis after seven people have been infected. It was thought the source was local pigs but all those tested so far have been negative....

Villagers Taken Ill After Consuming Pork
UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA - Fifty-six people were taken ill after consuming pork in Shahabganj area here, a medical officer said on Sunday.

Institute Develops Pig Vaccine to Fight CSF
KERALA, INDIA - The Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary Biologicals at Palode, in the state of Kerala, has developed a vaccine for classical swine fever, a viral disease that infects pigs resulting...

AI Import Ban of Livestock Products Extended
INDIA - The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries (DADF) in India, last month issued a Gazette notification extending its ongoing ban on imports of specified live animals and livestock...

Welfare Groups Want Modern Farming Banned
INDIA - Humane Society International and the Animal Welfare Board of India have asked the Commerce Minister to prohibit foreign direct investment that introduces intensive farming systems.

Burmese Pork Banned in Mizoram Due to PRRS
MIZORAM, INDIA - The Mizoram State government in India confirmed on Tuesday an order issued by the central government to suspend importing Burmese pork for two months to protect itself from a blue-ear...

Locals Seek Pig Farm Closure at Ayroor, Kerala
KERALA, INDIA - The local people led by people’s representatives have staged a march to a private pig farm at Mundaplackal near Ayroor, protesting against the environmental pollution due to flow of filth...

Call for Ban on Non-Therapeutic Use of Antibiotics
INDIA - The Humane Society International has called on the Indian government to impose a ban on the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in farm animals.

Meriden Continues to Grow in India
INDIA - Meriden Animal Health Ltd recently attended the India Poultry Expo in Raipur Chhattisgarh with its associate, Saife Vetmed Pvt. Ltd.

Dutch Input to Boost Meat Processing
INDIA - A new cooperation with the Netherlands is aimed at improving poultry and meat processing, particularly in terms of traceability, meat quality and breeding.

Developing Sorghum Crop Varieties Feed India
INDIA - New varieties of sorghum are bred to better meet the needs of India’s 208 million livestock farmers for animal feed, as well as to feed its growing human population, says the 2009 annual report...

Thai Poultry, Pork Processor Looks to India
INDIA - Thailand's Betagro sees demand for processed poultry products rising in a country where sales of live birds still predominate, as well as potential to expand into pork production there.

Pig Rearing Brings Handsome Returns
ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA - Rural Development Trust (RDT), an NGO founded by the late Father Vincent Ferror, has come up with a piggery scheme to help supplement their meagre daily income.

Shops Close Down Due to Illegal Sale of Pork, Beef
TAMIL NADU, INDIA - Corporation health officials yesterday closed down seven shops which were found selling beef and pork without obtaining any requisite license.

Work on Pig Rearing Centre on Hold for 11 Years
KARNATAKA, INDIA - Although the construction of a pig reproduction and rearing centre was started at Kallugodu in Kalasa 11 years ago, it has neither been completed nor been made functional so far. ...

Villagers Want Ban on Pig Rearing
TAMIL NADU, INDIA - The residents of Sadayamangalam Panchayat in Thuckalay Panchayat Union have urged the district administration to ban pig rearing in and around their village.

Saife Vet Med launch Orego-Stim® at Ildex show, India August 2008
The official launch of Orego-Stim® successfully took place at the Ildex Show, India 22-24th August 2008.

Pune Govt Prepares for Influenza
MAHARASHTRA, INDIA - The state government is planning to introduce a bill to regularise the poultry and pig industries ahead of any possible outbreak on H1N1 flu.

Fresh Guidelines for Surveillance of Pigs in Maharashtra
PUNE, INDIA - The government's animal husbandry department in Maharashtra state has asked all seven divisions working under it to keep a watchful eye on its pigs. This follows the outbreak of the H1N1...

Pig Breeders Feeling a Case of the Jitters
MUMBAI, INDIA - Pigs have always been outcasts. The hungry scavengers have been loathed by religions, sects and rulers for thousands of years. But none could prevent mankind from eating bacons and sausages...

H1N1 Flu Alert Hits Pork Traders in Kendrapada
ORISSA, INDIA - Paradeep port authorities have sounded a swine flu alert and heightened monitoring of ships coming from abroad.

Official Complaints to WTO over India's Import Ban
INDIA - The US and EU have complained to the World Trade Organization (WTO) about India's import ban on pigs and pork.