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Monday, February 13, 2012
New Scheme to Boost Pig Farming in KolarKARNATAKA, INDIA - Pig farming will be a profitable venture soon as the department of Animal Husbandry will give subsidies to piggeries under the Krishi Vikas Yojana.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Meat, Milk, Eggs, Fish Not on Deflation DietINDIA - 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,...
Thursday, January 19, 2012
ILRI Pig Production Project in NagalandNAGALAND, 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...
Thursday, January 05, 2012
Pigs from Indore May Have Carried JE VirusNEW DELHI, INDIA - Pigs brought to New Delhi from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, could be behind the spread of Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in the city.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Biomin India: Strong Presence at Local Trade ShowsINDIA - Kicking off in November, the annual Hyderabad Poultry Show is becoming widely recognised as the major event for the Indian poultry industry.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Pigs to be Screened in New Delhi for JE CarrierNEW 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.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Pigs May be Relocated; Govt to Curb ImportsINDIA - Stung by the disclosure that 20 per cent of pigs carry Japanese encephalitis, the government is in a firefighting mode.
Friday, November 18, 2011
MP Chalks Out Pig and Poultry Expansion PlansKERALA, 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,...
Friday, November 11, 2011
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...
Monday, October 31, 2011
Pigs Blamed for Japanese Encephilitis CasesINDIA - 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....
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Villagers Taken Ill After Consuming PorkUTTAR PRADESH, INDIA - Fifty-six people were taken ill after consuming pork in Shahabganj area here, a medical officer said on Sunday.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
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...
Monday, August 08, 2011
AI Import Ban of Livestock Products ExtendedINDIA - 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...
Thursday, July 28, 2011
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.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Burmese Pork Banned in Mizoram Due to PRRSMIZORAM, 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...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Locals Seek Pig Farm Closure at Ayroor, KeralaKERALA, 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...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Call for Ban on Non-Therapeutic Use of AntibioticsINDIA - The Humane Society International has called on the Indian government to impose a ban on the non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in farm animals.
Friday, May 06, 2011
Meriden Continues to Grow in IndiaINDIA - Meriden Animal Health Ltd recently attended the India Poultry Expo in Raipur Chhattisgarh with its associate, Saife Vetmed Pvt. Ltd.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
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.
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Developing Sorghum Crop Varieties Feed IndiaINDIA - 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...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Thai Poultry, Pork Processor Looks to IndiaINDIA - 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.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Pig Rearing Brings Handsome ReturnsANDHRA 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.
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Shops Close Down Due to Illegal Sale of Pork, BeefTAMIL NADU, INDIA - Corporation health officials yesterday closed down seven shops which were found selling beef and pork without obtaining any requisite license.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Work on Pig Rearing Centre on Hold for 11 YearsKARNATAKA, 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. ...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Villagers Want Ban on Pig RearingTAMIL 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.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Saife Vet Med launch Orego-Stim® at Ildex show, India August 2008The official launch of Orego-Stim® successfully took place at the Ildex Show, India 22-24th August 2008.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Pune Govt Prepares for InfluenzaMAHARASHTRA, 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.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Fresh Guidelines for Surveillance of Pigs in MaharashtraPUNE, 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...
Friday, August 14, 2009
Pig Breeders Feeling a Case of the JittersMUMBAI, 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...
Monday, August 10, 2009
H1N1 Flu Alert Hits Pork Traders in KendrapadaORISSA, INDIA - Paradeep port authorities have sounded a swine flu alert and heightened monitoring of ships coming from abroad.
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