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Etiology

The disease is caused by Pasturella multocida type-I organism. It is a gram negative coccoid, short rod organism. The organism were typed as Robert’s type-I, type-II, and type-IV.T

Susceptible Hosts

Cattle and Buffaloes are the most susceptible species. Young growing cattle and buffaloes within the age group of month to 2 years are most often affected. Sheep, goat, and pig may also suffer.

Mode of Transmission

• The disease is transmitted through contact with the infected animals.
• Carrier animals may harbour the infective organism in their nasopharynx and thus help in spreading the disease in susceptible population through droplets inhalation or ingestion. 
• Through droplets inhalation or ingestion of sick animals.
• Through infected utensils, water, and attendants.

Clinical Symptoms

Septicaemic pasturellosis flares up as an outbreak during the environmental stress.The organism which remains in the tonsilles and nasopharyngeal mucosae assume the pathogenic role and there by set up clinical disease. The incubation period is 2 – 5 days. There is high rise in temperature 104 – 107 F with concurrent shivering followed by profuse salivation, lacrymation and nasal discharge. The affected animal exibit sign of abdominal pain,sever diarrhea. Rapid respiration. In less acute cases, there is rise in body temperature and localization of oedema in subcutaneous pockets of the head, neck, duwlop and brisket region. The oedema produce sever dyspnoea due to obstruction of respiratory passage. Death usually occur within 20-24 hours.

Control

The effective control lies with institution of adequate management, rational execution of vaccines and care in transportation of animal.

• An effective prophylactic vaccination of all susceptible animals of the enzootic areas should be made.
• Extreme stress on animals should be avoided.
• In hot and humid season a comfortable environment should be provided to the animals.

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Etiology

The brucellosis is caused by Brucella abortus, B.melitensis, B. suis, B. ovis and B.canis. The Brucella species are non-motile, non-sporing, small gram negative rods or coccobacilli. B. abortus is the common organism that causes disease in cattle and buffalo.Goat, sheep and cattle infected with B. melitensis poses a public health problem.

Susceptible Hosts

Though all the species of Brucella are relatively specific for individual species of animals but they can produce infection in other species of animals and man. The buffalo, goat, sheep, horse, dog cat etc.

Mode of Transmission

Brucella infection is spread through ingestion of food and water contaminated with discharges of aborted foetus or foetal membranes. Through creaks in the skin. Occasionally through inhalation. Some time, the organism may pierce the intact skin or conjnctiva.

Clinical Symptoms

Brucellosis is the most common cause of abortion in cattle. Abortion usually takes place from 6 month onwards i.e. last trimester of pregnancy. There is grayish white mucoid or muco purulent discharges from the vagina . Prior to parturition cow may show clinical pattern of normal parturition.There is retention of placenta/foetal membrane, necrotic changes in cotyledons. This may lead to chronic endometeritis.

In bulls the genital organs are affected leading to obvious manifestation of epididymitis and orchitis.

Control

• Vaccination should be done in all female calves.
• Where it is desire to eradicate the disease, test and slaughter method will be the most rational approach.
• All abortion should be suspected to be due to brucellosis, unless otherwise proved.
• Very strict hygienic procedure should be maintained.
• Contaminated premises must be disinfect properly.
• All newly purchased animals should be tested.
• The calving should be attended with all hygienic precaution.
• It is necessary to test the animals those have aborted, 3 weeks following abortion and reactor should be eliminated.

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In order to assist Goan farmers procure dairy equipment and boost the industry, the government has launched a new dairy equipment scheme. Implemented by the department of animal husbandry and veterinary services (AVHS), the scheme also aims to reduce the practical difficulties farmers face while purchasing important equipment needed for dairy farming. This week we look at various steps involved in gaining benefits from this new scheme.

Eligibility criteria

• This scheme applies to Goan farmers who are members of dairy societies registered with AHVS
• The applicant must be a resident of Goa, domiciled for a minimum period of 15 years
• The applicant must own cattle shed/s along with milch animals
• Milk contributed to the dairy society must be produced at the applicant's dairy farm and not procured from other means

Documents required

• Application forms for the scheme are available free of charge from AHVS
• Residence certificate from mamlatdar or a certificate from the chairman of dairy society, verified and attested by the veterinary officer or assistant director in charge of the area, stating that the applicant is a member of the society
• Ownership papers of the land or NOC from owner of land in case of tenanted land
• Certificate of being schedule caste/schedule tribe issued by the competent authority (if applicable)
• Certified copy of applicant's ration card
• Quotations of the items to be purchased under the scheme
• One passport-size photograph of the applicant

Procedure for application

Farmers interested in availing the scheme need to apply in the prescribed application form through the local veterinary officer or assistant director

The concerned officer scrutinizes the application and forwards it to the directorate for further scrutiny

On approval of application, the applicant needs to submit the original purchase receipts from the authorized dealer/supplier within 30 days to the local veterinary officer/assistant director, for onward transmission to the directorate

The department officials, if satisfied with the authenticity of the submitted documents, sanction the subsidy amount

Points to remember

Subsidy under this scheme is available for new equipment/implements for a new dairy unit provided the farmer has not claimed the subsidy for the items purchased earlier under any other scheme

The beneficiary must sign a bond with the department before the release of subsidy

Subsidy on the total implements is limited to 1.5 lakh only

Subsidy will be released only if the farmer has received the approval of the directorate for...

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Source: TOI

NEW DELHI: A Parliamentary panel today urged the government to take adequate steps for protecting the interest of domestic dairy sector under the proposed India-EU bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).

"The Committee desire that the interest of dairy producers in the country which is paramount be protected from monopolistic, discriminatory and lopsided trade practices," the Committee on Agriculture said in the latest report tabled in Parliament.

It also urged the government "not only to ensure a level-playing field (to the local industry) but also prevail upon the EU to accord concessions for their domestic dairy producers."

The panel, which discussed the issue related to India-EU FTA while examining the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries' demands for grants for 2013-14 fiscal, hoped that the government would take adequate action.

India and the 27-nation bloc have been negotiating on the Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA) since June 2007 and have missed several deadlines to conclude the talks due to differences on the level of opening up of the markets. The next ministerial meeting is scheduled for June.

When the committee sought to know about the proposed FTA with EU and the government's stand on dairy issue, it was informed that "India oppose any tariff concessions to EU for their dairy produce and the same has been conveyed to the Department of Commerce. The matter is under negotiation," the report said.

The Committee was told that EU is not permitting the import of dairy products from India citing sanitary and phystosanitary clause and alleged that Indian milch animals were not being maintained as per EU norms and Indian dairy products are "unfit for consumption in Europe".

The Committee was also informed that the EU on the contrary continued to export and sell its dairy products in India seeking protection under Geographical Indication (GI), while Indian products like 'lassi'(butter milk) and paneer (cottage cheese) were freely sold in Europe without giving any protection to India.

GI, among other things, helps in preventing unauthorised use of products. The European Union (EU) has protection for products like Gouda, Feta and Emmenthal under GI.

According to the report, the Department of Animal Husbandry has informed the Committee that procuring GI for Indian products like lassi and paneer "may not be feasible" since these products are generic products and their production is not limited to any particular geographical location.

So far, India has...

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Dr. Verghese Kurien (26 November 1921 – 9 September 2012)

Dr Verghese Kurien, who came to be known as the Milkman of India, began his career as a mechanical engineer. But later he turned to dairy engineering and became the architect of the world’s largest dairy development programme, Operation Flood.

He dedicated his life to the welfare of Gujarat’s cattle owners and turned the state’s dairy co-operative sector into one of the most successful cooperative models in the world. Dr Kurien’s strategy for the sector ensured that private multinational dairy companies, such as Nestle, could never capture a big share of the Indian market. The defeat of dairy multinationals at the hands of a little-known cooperative of Gujarat woke up the world which began studying Kurien’s experiment with the aim of replicating it.
Born on November 26, 1921 at Kozhikode in Kerala, Dr Kurien graduated with a degree in physics from Loyola College, Madras in 1940. He also did his bachelors in mechanical engineering from Madras University.

For a brief period, he worked at Tata Iron and Steel Company in Jamshedpur. Then he got the Indian government’s scholarship to study dairy engineering.

After receiving specialised training in dairy engineering at the Imperial Institute of Animal Husbandry and Dairying in Bangalore, Dr Kurien went to the US where he earned a Masters degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University in 1948. For his Masters degree too, he had taken dairy engineering as a minor subject.

On his return to India from the US in 1948, Dr Kurien joined the Indian government’s dairy department. In May 1949, he was appointed dairy engineer at Government Research Creamery, a milk powder factory, in Anand.

Today private dairies are in awe of Amul’s name but in the 1950s, the newly-formed cooperative dairy, Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited, was struggling for survival against Polson Dairy, a giant in the sector.

Kurien took Kaira milk union’s struggle as a challenge and left his secure government job. He joined hands with Tribhuvandas Patel, the then chairman of Kaira union to set up a processing plant. Together, they created the Anand Milk Union Ltd (Amul).

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NABARD Chief General Manager Krishan Jindal said the scheme will especially benefit small and medium size dairy farmers.

To boost dairy sector in Punjab, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) today launched a comprehensive area-based scheme on dairy development.

With this scheme, the credit flow to dairy will be increased to Rs 300 crore this year, an official said here.

Nalin K Rai, Deputy District Manager, NABARD, said last year Rs 60 crore of loans were provided to the dairy farmers.

"This year we are expecting this figure to touch Rs 300 crore, as with the launch of the scheme farmers without pledging their properties will be getting loans.

"Ludhiana has become the first district to get this scheme and it will be launched soon in the districts of Jalandhar and Roopnagar," he added.

"We are going to provide loans upto four lakhs without any collateral security to them and for ensuring that banks get their money back, joint liability groups will be formed. These will be acting as social pressure groups if anyone attempts to default," Rai said.

The scheme, which attempts to take all stakeholders from dairy farmers, milk plants, self help groups, research institutes, private sector to administration on board, was launched at the Central Institute of Post Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET).

Announcing launch of the scheme, NABARD Chief General Manager Krishan Jindal said the scheme will especially benefit small and medium size dairy farmers.

For ensuring the success of the scheme, a committee headed by principal secretary with members from department of animal husbandry, dairy development and fisheries would be monitoring the scheme at the state level.

Source: Business Standard

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We have all read or heard how, in the past, India was a land flowing with milk and honey.

The country, after all, had some of the best breeds, both of cattle (Sahiwal, Red Sindhi, Gir, Kankrej, Tharparkar and Ongole) and buffalo (Murrah, Nili-Ravi, Jaffarabadi, Mehsana and Banni), besides also the best cattle breeders in the world.

Moreover, we had tropical weather, reasonably good monsoon, and both rainfed as well as perennial rivers flowing through fertile land mass — all conducive for dairy farming.

Yet, when we became independent in 1947, milk was scarce and beyond our means. What went wrong? For an answer, we need to look at history in a different light, going back to the advent of the British era. That was when a trend of urbanisation around major sea ports such as Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and also the national capital of Delhi gathered momentum.

Destroying genetic wealth

The ever increasing population in these centres generated rising demand for milk, resulting in the setting up of tabelas and khattals — enclosures where cows and buffaloes were reared for milk. Even today, one can, while taking a local train from the north to south of Mumbai, spot a large number of these enclosures alongside the tracks.

The tabela owners, always keen to maximise short-term profits, would bring the best of the high yielding animals from the hinterlands along with their young calves. Once the milk flow was established — which is all that interested them — they would wean away the calf within a week or so and send it for slaughtering.

The animals in-milk, too, would be reared for a few lactation cycles, before being disposed of to the slaughter house as well. The empty slots in the tabela would, then, be filled with the next lot of cattle from the hinterland.

But each time the tabela owners sent the calves for slaughtering, they were also destroying our best genetic stock without appreciating that the ‘calf’ is a future cow. This process went on, unchecked for more than a century and not just in Mumbai but in all metros. Over...

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VADODARA: Ramilaben Govindbhai Patel hasn't been to college. But at 43, she earns what some CEOs take home. Nothing fancy here. She milks cows every day and supplies milk to a dairy co-operative. She milked Rs 1.10 crore - Rs 1,10,17,675 - net profit in 2011-12, to be precise!

At Pentarpura village in Sabarkantha district, Ramilaben's dairy farm churns out 5.55 lakh litres of milk per annum. What had started as a backyard business in 2000 is now a full-fledged family business. She is an outstanding success story of the change the White Revolution has brought about in Amul capital.

Twelve years ago, Ramilaben registered herself as a primary milk producer at Pentarpura's dudh mandali (village level milk society) and took a bank loan for five cross-bred cows. Today, she runs 'Jai Ranchod Dudh Utpadan Kendra', which is a five-acre home to 280 cattle where 40 workers get employment, even though the farm has four automatic milking machines.

She and her husband Govindbhai visited Israel last year to finalise plans to set up a calf-rearing farm alongside a fully computerized 'tabela'.

"Our farm has 24-hour water, cooling system, fodder chaffing machines and other things but we now want to adopt Israeli technology where rotary units will milk cows automatically and also indicate the fat content," says Ramilaben. The modernization will cost Rs 1 crore.

Ramilaben is an inspiration to other women in Gujarat who are the backbone of the dairy industry. Out of the total 16,117 milk societies, 2,124 are run by women. Of the 31.8 lakh members in 15 district unions, 8.2 lakh are women.

"A quarter of our total members are women but their contribution to the productivity of the dairy sector is much more," says R S Sodhi, managing director of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) that markets the brand Amul.

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Sahara India Pariwar today announced its decision to make a foray into dairy business from next year.

"We are going to make a foray into dairy business by opening the world's biggest dairy on April 1, 2013. We plan to produce 50 lakh tonnes of milk -- the largest in the country," Managing Worker and Chairman Sahara India Pariwar told reporters here.

He said pure milk would be made available to the public from his dairy and for this 9,000 acres would be acquired near Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh besides land in Madhya Pradesh.

Asked why the company is not entering West Bengal in infrastructure business, Roy said there were a lot of political problems there.

"We faced a lot of legal hurdles in acquiring 175 acres of land in Kolkata", he said adding that in Siliguri and Kharagpur the company is likely to launch its projects soon.

About the group's experience in Uttar Pradesh in past five years of BSP rule, Roy said the company was in "back gear".

On problems being faced for development of townships, he said 47-48 government sanctions were needed for a project. "Besides, environmental clearance is necessary. It takes about two years," he said and added that group had the biggest land bank in the country and expected three-four other companies to come up.

About plans to enter Delhi, Roy said it was planning a project near Dwarka and also in Greater Noida and Ghaziabad.

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Source: The Hindu Business Line

Kozhikode, March 18:

The World Bank has approved a $ 352-million credit for the National Dairy Support Project.

The project will cover over 40,000 villages across 14 major dairying states in the country, benefitting an estimated 1.7 million rural households. The States included in the project, such as Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, account for more than 90 per cent of the national milk production, according to a World Bank report.

The project will support the implementation of the first phase of the National Dairy Plan (NDP) of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), which aims at increasing the animal productivity, expanding infrastructure for milk procurement at the village level and enhancing milk processing capacity and marketing, among other things.

It is pointed out that while the dairy sector in India had seen significant growth over the decades, the growth rate of milk production has slowed down in recent years. From an average 4.3 per cent per annum in 1990s, the growth rate came down to 3.8 per cent in 2000s.

On the other hand, the demand for milk is expected to increase as the economy grows and the income levels rise. According to the Union Government\'s estimates, the demand for milk is projected to grow to around 180 million tonnes by 2021-22. This will require milk production to grow by 5.5 per cent per annum over the next decade to meet the anticipated demand.

At the same time, a major concern in the country\'s dairy sector is low animal productivity. The average milk yield of Indian cows is only about 3.4 kilograms per day as against a world average of 6.3 kg. The productivity is low mainly for reasons such as poor nutrition, health and low genetic potential for milk production.

In the circumstances, the primary focus of the dairy project is on increasing milk production by genetic improvement of the cows and buffalos and optimal use of feed and fodder. The project will support long-term investments in animal breeding, extensive training to dairy farmers and doorstep delivery of artificial insemination and advisory services on balancing animal feed and nutrition.

Source: The Hindu Business Line (http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/article3009445.ece?ref=wl_industry-and-economy)

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MANCHAR, India — Bhagyalaxmi Dairy Farm lies tucked away up a rutted country track, among the patchwork of dusty brown scrub and lush green parcels of farmland to the northeast of the Indian city of Pune.

With a herd of more than 3,000 cows, a state-of-the-art milking parlour and on-site bottling plant using French technology, it\'s a world away from traditional Indian village farming.

The 10.5-hectare (26-acre) farm, owned by Parag Milk Foods Ltd, provides milk for its Pride of Cows brand, which at 75 rupees ($1.4) a litre is about three times more expensive than other milk on the market.

The product is currently sold directly to just 1,500 well-heeled people in south Mumbai, effectively making a staple commodity a luxury that most Indians cannot afford.

But the company sees it differently, hoping the six-month-old venture will drive up standards...

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Source: FNBNews (Akshay Kalbag, Mumbai)

Tirumala Milk Products Pvt. Ltd (TMPPL), the second-largest private dairy player in south India, is gearing up to set up the country\'s largest integrated dairy plant at an investment of about Rs 6,000 crore near Vinukonda in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. It is expected to start operations five years from now.

“The proposed dairy farm will accommodate over 20,000 cows and buffaloes, whose milk will be immediately used to produce value-added products. We will not only produce it, but will also take care of the marketing aspect,” E N Rao, executive director, TMPPL, told FnB News over the telephone.

“The plant will have a milk processing unit, units catering to the production of milk powder and milk products such as yoghurt (which is a very popular product in these parts) and a two-megawatt captive power project,” he said.

Carlyle, the global private equity giant, is backing the project and has taken a stake of 20 per cent by investing Rs 110 crore in June this year. “It has also expressed its willingness to invest in TMPPL\'s expansion plans,” he revealed.

When asked if any banks and financial institutions are also coming forward to fund the project, Rao said, “Yes, we have had a number of banks expressing their interest in this project.”

Incidentally, at the time of speaking, TMPPL had already procured over 2,900 acres of land and Rao said it would have a capacity of about 10 lakh litre of organic milk processing a day. This chemical-free milk be produced on organic farms, and no animal will be injected. In fact, the feed fed to each and every cow and buffalo will be 100 per cent organic.

“In fact, there was a meeting in Hyderabad on Wednesday to launch milk in Tetra Pak packages,” he informed. TMPPL is Rs 1, 200 crore rural-based organisation, which has been growing at a rate of about 30 per cent per year.

“This growth rate is amazing and could not have been possible without being aggressive. TMPPL was, indeed: it added about half the capacities in terms of the procurement of milk, its processing and marketing. The company now aims to reach Rs 2,000 crore in terms of annual sales for the next years, and ploughing back profits is a part of the plan,” he added.

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AHMEDABAD: Way back in 1949, a US-trained metallurgical engineer - a nephew of the then finance minister John Mathai --decided to quit government job to join a nascent dairy cooperative at a third of salary. Milk procurement of the cooperative has grown from a few hundred litre a day in early 1950s to over 90 lakh litre a day now under one of India\'s most popular brands \'Amul\'.

Today, the turnover of Amul-led cooperatives stands at Rs 10,000 crore as against less than Rs 1,000 crore in early 1990s. The Amul group now consists of 15 district unions with 30 lakh farmer members in close to 16,000 villages of Gujarat producing over 90 lakh litre milk a day. A majority of its farmer members are women.

These dairy cooperatives produce and process a range of products such as liquid milk, cheese, curd, milk powder, milk drink, sweets, ice cream, chocolates and butter among others.

Verghese Kurien, Amul founder and the father of White Revolution, turned 90 on Saturday. For the first time after 2006, the Kurien family witnessed a huge turnout of people at their residence \'Kurien Enclave\' as named by the civic body of Anand.

In 2006, Kurien was compelled to resign by his board members from the chairman\'s post of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), the apex milk marketing cooperative body of the group.

\"In early 1970s, the concept for selfsustenance in animal husbandry was believed could only be achieved by large ranches with hundreds of cattle. At that time, I used to tell people at FAO that we have this man (Kurien) who is getting marginal farmers with only one or two cattle together to make India largest milk producer. Kurien went against the tide and made Amul a very successful model,\" former Planning Commission member and union minister YK Alagh told ET.

He finds the Amul model even more relevant in present situation.

Now, the Amul model has been replicated in several states where brands like Verka, Nandini, Sudha, Mahananda and Saras are dominating the market. The World Bank has identified the Amul model as one of the key tools to fight poverty. GCMMF receives frequent requests from African countries to assist them in replicating the model. Kurien introduced some of the best international technology and practices in Amul that even rivals tried to copy.

\"Kurien got the industry moving and put the Indian dairy...

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Animal Health

Taking good care of animal health does not only mean treating an animal when it is sick. It also means helping the animal to avoid becoming ill.

It is very important to realize that, even though treatment may eliminate the cause of the disease efficiently, the disease has already hurt the body. The effects of the disease may take longer to heal (if they do at all) than the time needed to eliminate the disease itself. Consequently, production losses may continue to be suffered after the animal has seemingly recovered. Examples of such production losses are retarded growth in calves and reduced milk production of cows after illness.

Disease Prevention

The best is to discuss disease prevention measures with your district veterinary officer. He will give you advice that applies to your situation.

Most diseases can be prevented by the same measures that enhance production! General preventive measures are:

• Hygiene : Cleaning and disinfecting. Remember disinfection is useless with out cleaning thoroughly beforehand.
• Water : Always ensure free access to clean and fresh water.
• Good feed and regular feeding
• Shelter for protection against bad weather (rain, wind and cold, or intensive sunshine).
• Regular light exercise.
• A peaceful environment (avoid unrest and stress).

Another precaution to be taken is quarantine. This means isolating sick animals (during their illness) and newcomers (for about six weeks) from the rest of the herd. This measure is often hard to implement, but helps to avoid the spread of contagious diseases to other animals.

Other diseases require other specific measures. These can be either:

• Vaccinations : When an animal is vaccinated against a specific disease, the body of the animal will react to it, but the animal does not develop the disease. However, the animal’s body has then been prepared to withstand an attack by this specific disease in its real form. Sometimes a vaccination against a disease will protect the animal all its life against this disease, but most vaccinations have to be repeated after a certain amount of time to ensure protection.

NOTE: Vaccinations are not available for all diseases.

• Preventive treatment : Sometimes we know a certain disease always occurs at the same time of the year. In some cases it can be useful to treat animals with medicine before we actually see the sickness in them. This will prevent them from becoming weak and avoid...

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  Etiology

  FMD is a viral disease. The causal virus belongs to “picorrna” virus group. Different strains of this virus responsible for FMD were named as “O” strain, “A” strain, “C” strain, SAT -1 strain, SAT -2 strain, SAT -3 strain, Asia -1.

  Susceptible Hosts

  Cattle are more susceptible. A wide range of hosts like buffalo, sheep, goat, deer, hadge hog, pig and camel are susceptible to this infection. Dog, cat and man may occasionally be infected.

  Mode of Transmission

  Spread through direct contact with infected animal, contact with infected material, air ways.

  Clinical Symptoms

  Temp. 104 – 106 F. anorexia, drop in milk yield, followed by appearance of vesicles in oral mucosa, inter digital space, udder, profuse salivation, lameness. Drooling of foamy, ropy salivation and protrusion of tongue. Pregnant animal may abort. Young animals die without exhibiting clinical manifestation.

  Control

  • Vaccination must be done in all susceptible animals.
  • Restriction of animal movements.
  • Unvaccinated animals should not be allowed in cattle fairs.
  • Isolate the infected animals.
  • Utensils of infected animals should be separated.
  • Infected animals should not be allowed to graze in common grazing pasture.
  • Healthy animals should be attended first than attend sick animals.

  Pictures of FMD affected Cattles:

  

  

  

  

  

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  Hi All,

  I have just creaed a dairy farming financial calculator to calculate profitability and financial feasibility in setting up a medium scale dairy farm. I have tried to incorporate all possible aspects involved in dairy farming but due to application limitation few calculations can be expected in future version.

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  International Symposium on Future of Indian Poultry, Dairy & Livestock Industry

  Vision 2020

  1st-2nd December 2011

  NDRI, Karnal
  Haryana, INDIA

  VISION 2020 - INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FUTURE OF INDIAN POULTRY, DAIRY & LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY

  OBJECTIVE

  To create a bridge of information between the now and 2020 to help the Indian industry leaders identify the opportunities that the future beholds and seek solutions to

  the possible future threats.

  ADVISORY COMMITTEE

  • Dr. KML Pathak (Dy. Director General (Animal Sciences) ICAR, MOA, Govt. of India)
  • Dr. N.P. Singh (Advisor - MNRE, Govt. of India)
  • Mr. Henk Van Duijn (Agricultural Counsellor - Embassy of The Netherlands)
  • Mr. Jerome Desquiens (Agricultural Counsellor - Embassy of France)
  • Ms. Michelle Janezic (MD, Michele Janezic Agency Pvt. Ltd)
  • Mr. Jagbir Singh Dhull (MD - Skylark Group, Past President - PFI)
  • Mr. Kaushlesh Varshney (Processing Division, Tetra Pak India Pvt. Ltd.)
  • Mr. Vishal Rai Gupta (Chairman - PCSL)
  • Dr. R.C. Sikka (CEO - dr.sikka&associates)
  • Mr. Kuldeep Sharma (Director - Suruchi Consultant)
  • Mr. Sonu Bhatia (Director - Simran Feeds Pvt. Ltd.)
  • Mr. Ricky Thaper (Convenor (Seminar Vision 2020 - Poultry)
  • Dr. Chandrakiran N.Sant ( Dairy Advisor - Cattle Nutrition & Management)
  • Mr. Ramchandra Choudhary (Chairman, Ajmer Dairy)
  • Mr. JP Raturi (GM, IMV India Pvt. Ltd.)
  • Dr. Vaibhav Nagpal (Director - South Asia -Novus)

  SUBJECTS COVERED*

  • Farms of the future :- Farm Innovations & Automations
  • Breeds of the future & Genetics
  • Nutrition – 2020
  • Health & Animal performance perspective – 2020
  • Processing Innovations
  • R&D sector specific
  • Food Safety & Security
  • Quality Control
  • Logistics & Supply Chain
  • Organized retail revolution
  • Packaging & its role
  • Power of a “Brand” – 2020
  • Sources of funds to meet the future capital requirements.
  • Discussion on PPP (Public-Private-Partnership) model & govt. policies

  For conference details, please contact

  Organizer

  JP Bindal

  M: 09991705005

  jp.bindal@pcsl.co.in

   

  Shweta Baweja

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  iai@pcsl.co.in

   

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  visit: www.iaiexpo.co.in

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  Article Source: DNA (Mr. RN Bhaskar)

  In July this year, NDDB spoke to select media about its plan to create 900 super bulls in five years time. The idea was to cross-breed the best Indian strains of milch cows with the best yielding cows from overseas and create 900 super bulls to help transform India\'s milk production. To ensure that this super breed of offspring would produce more milk, high-grade feeding centres are also being planned. The idea is to double India\'s milk production in around 15 years\' time.

  What the news reports did not mention is that NDDB is trying to woo the World Bank to fund this bull of a project with an incredible Rs17,000 crore. No details about how this money is to be spent has been shared with the media. And the few cooperatives DNA has spoken to have also confirmed that none of them has seen the project report.

  However, just hours before going to press, NDDB\'s chairman, Dr Amrita Patel clarified that \"Rs17,000 crore required for 900 super bull centres is totally incorrect.\" She has clarified that the money is required for a variety of purposes (see table on project cost details)

  But the costs appear to be prohibitively high. True, NDDB did submit its plans to the Planning Commission, which, in December 2008, gave its \"in-principle approval\" to the preliminary project report (PPR) to what is now known as the National Dairy Plan (NDP). At the same time, a draft Bovine Breeding Bill is under the consideration of the central government aimed at ensuring production of quality disease-free semen and delivery of quality doorstep artificial insemination service. According to NDDB, \"Once this Bill is made into a law, it will have to be followed by all agencies and institutions involved in breeding activities.\"

  But it is also well known that Dr Verghese Kurien had already begun work in this direction before he relinquished charge in 1998 as the head of NDDB. By the time he stepped down, he had already set up more then 70 feed mills to ensure cattle feed is available for feeding and helped set up a large number of artificial insemination stations and bull mother farms for productivity enhancement. All this was achieved with an outlay of just around Rs2,000 crore (over a 25-year period). By 2003, India already had 123 lakh cross-bred milch cows (of over 2.5 years...

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  FROM: IBN LIVE - Express News Service, The New Indian Express

  HYDERABAD: The proposed IFFCO’s Kisan SEZ in Nellore district has hit a roadblock. The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has expressed serious concerns over possible violation of rules of the board.

  In response to a petition filed by Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations (FIAPO), AWBI chairman Dr R M Kharb wrote a letter to Paresh Chaudhry of Global Dairy Health India Ltd, raising questions regarding establishment of mega-dairies which are prone to several environmental and animal welfare risks. Global Dairy Health Limited, is an Indian company which is part of the IFFCO consortium.

  In the letter, AWBI sought details of the project in order to assess the animal welfare implications of the mega dairy. Kharb said he had come to know that the proposed project would be a corporate farm where animals would come under tremendous stress. The animals would be kept at high stocking densities which might result in them contracting diseases which could lead to an increased likelihood of emergence of novel zoonotic diseases.

  He said that genetically manipulated high yielding cows that are proposed to be in the farm have shortened life span, reduced fertility, greater propensity for diseases, physiological and development problems.

  Animals kept within an intensive system have a high likelihood of enduring injuries such as leg and foot lameness and mastitis. Imported cows have not adapted to the climate of Nellore and this will increase stress and reduce productivity. Calves may be removed from the mother before natural weaning.

  Cow slaughter and transportation for slaughter results in additional problems. The management of the amount of animal waste is also a key challenge and often results in degradation of local environment.

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  Source: FNB News

  The Indian dairy sector is the largest contributor to the agriculture Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In terms of output, milk is now the single largest agricultural commodity in India. Currently, around 46 per cent of the milk is consumed in the form of liquid milk, 47 per cent as traditional dairy products and 7per cent as Western dairy products. The value-added versions like ghee, butter, yogurt, paneer, cheese, along with a cornucopia of flavoured milks, ice creams, UHT processed milk and shredded and liquid cheese is making the sector an attractive for growth.
  
  The dairy industry in India is currently estimated to be about 130 million tons and is expected to grow at 4-5% per annum. The projected value of the industry is about Rs 500,000 crore, which includes Rs 160,000 crore from liquid milk, Rs 45,000 crore from ghee, Rs 50,000 crore from khoa / chhana / paneer, Rs 10,000 crore from milk powder, Rs 300 crore from table butter, Rs 8,000 crore from cheese / edible casein and the balance from other products.
  
  The other significant feature is that within the 30 per cent overall share of organised dairies, the major 20 per cent of that will be accounted for by the private sector. The cooperatives and government dairies will handle 10 per cent which will be lower than that of the organised private sector. The milk consumed by the rural population and the producer families remains in the unorganised sector and this anomaly will continue to show in India when compared to the other dairy advanced countries, according to Vijayabhasker Reddy, consultant, Fresh Ideas, Hyderabad.

  There are more than 550 plants in the country with about 175 in the north, about 50 in east about 120 in south and west, accounting for more than 200.
  
  The leading dairies in country are Gujarat Cooperative with Amul brand, Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) with Nandini brand, Mahanand Dairy (Mahanand), Tamil Nadu Co-operative Milk Producers\' Federation Limited with Aavin brand, Heritage, Nilgiri Dairy Farm Pvt Ltd, Hatsun with Arokya brand, Cavinkare Dairy, GRB Dairy, CreamLine Dairy and Parag Milk Foods, Tirumala Milk Products, Gokul and Sridevi Milk Products.
  
  Mulkanoor Women\'s Mutually Aided Milk Producers Cooperative Union is the first women\'s co-operative in the country and globally. It is located in Bheemdevarapally mandal in Karimnagar district.
  
  The Indian dairy sector is now in a phase...

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  Tobacco-to-hospitality conglomerate ITC Ltd has now firmed up its plans to enter the dairy sector. At the 100th annual general body meeting (AGM) of the company held at Kolkata recently, Y C Deveshwar, Chairman, ITC, said that plans were afoot to enter into the dairy business.
  
  \"With ITC Ltd in the umbrella of food business and with India as the largest milk producer in the world, there was every effort to capitalise on the opportunities generated from this sector. The company has set up the first project at Munger in Bihar where an animal husbandry programme has been launched” said Deveshwar. He informed that pasteurised milk, skimmed milk powder, cheese and chocolate were some of the items that were being explored for research and development. The company was also keen to consolidate its presence in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) space.

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  Methods of Tick Control

  As prepared by Dr. D. P. Bhoite (KVK Baramati - www.kvkbaramati.com)

  Tick infestation is one of the major constraint in tropical environment for dairy, Gaot, Sheep & other domestic animals. Tick also spread many parasitic diseases in animals & human beings. Including that it suck blood form animals, so animal may not able to produce well (Milk, Meat etc). It also produce skin diseases. There are major things to be cosidered while controlling ticks- Farmers used to chemical control against ticks but it is unidirectional means they spray insecticide on the body of animals, this will kill ticks or other ecto parasites but could not control ticks or other ectoparasite in hide surrounding/vicinity. Eg: ticks may hide in craks, Crevices in animals shed. It also hide under stone, Boulders, Dampened areas, Waste material places in & around animals shed.

  Ticks are very hardy against harsh climatic situations. It is assumed that one tick may lay 1500 eggs per cycle. So consider these things ,farmers should do following things:

  • Clean animals shed & surrounding prior to controlling animal ahed. Remove the stubble or waste material which may act as hiding ground for ticks.
  • Remove or plaster the craks & crevices of wall of animals shed.
  • Remove weeds & stubbles 15 to 20 feets around the animals shed.
  • If possibel burn the walls as wellas hiding grounds of ticks with flame gun with proper prwecaution.
  • Spray recommended insecticides under the supervision of veterinarian on animal body as well as animal shed on the same day.
  • If infestation of ticks is severe then do spaying at regular interwal kile 15 to 29 days up to the control of ticks. Then do these practices of control at regular 3-4 months interval. Specially prior to monsoon & afetr September month (Intiation of winter season).

  There are few chemical insecticides which are used in controlling ticks

  Trade Name	Content	Class	Concentration in Water
  Spraying on Animal Body	Spraying in Shed
  Butox (15, 50, 250, 1 Ltr)	Deltamethrin 12.5 mg/ml	Pyrethroid	2-3 ml/lit	5 ml/lit
  Ektomin (15, 50, 1 Ltr)	Cypermethrin 100 EC	Pyrethroid	1 ml/lit	20 ml/lit
  Clinar (15, 50, 1 Ltr)	Cypermethrin 100 EC	Pyrethroid	1 ml/lit	20 ml/lit
  Tik... Read Full Topic at: Methods of Tick Control in A Dairy Farm ]]> 2011-08-05 00:00:00 Following are the cenally sponsored dairy development schemes, as announced by GOI: Administrative approval for continuance of Centrally Sponsored Scheme (IDDP) 2011-12 Intensive Dairy Development Programme (IDDP) Strengthening infrastructure for quality & clean milk production Evaluation study report of strengthening infrastructure for quality & clean milk production ... Read Full Topic at: Centrally Sponsored Dairy Development Schemes ]]> 2011-08-03 00:00:00 Following are the central sector dairy development programs in association with other organisations: Assistance to Cooperatives Dairy/Poultry venture capital funds (implemented upto 31st August,2010)DVCF Dairy Venture Capital Fund- the release of funds to NABARD Dairy Venture Capital Fund- the release of funds to NABARD dated 24-Aug-10 Dairy Enterpreneurship Development Scheme- the release of funds to NABARD dated 28-12-10 Evaluation study report of Dairy/Poultry venture capital funds Milk and Milk Product Order’1992 Administartive Approval for Central Sector Scheme- \"Dairy Enterepreneurship Development Scheme\" implemetation during remaining 11th plan (implemented from 1st September 2010) DEDS Central Sector plan Scheme\" Dairy Enterepreneurship Development Scheme\"-release of funds to NABARD for its implemntation in the country during the year 2010-11  ... Read Full Topic at: Central Sector Dairy Development Programs ]]> 2011-08-03 00:00:00 Source: FNB News The Dr Kurien-led white revolution might have won India\'s dairy industry a top-ranker\'s ticket on the global dairy bandwagon, leading to an incredible jump in milk production - 112 million tonnes last year, however, the success and statistics certainly did not satiate India\'s need for self sufficiency in production and supply of this essential white pearl. There is a room, a giant one indeed, to tap the myriad opportunities which lay in the dairy sector, given the apparent high potential of the industry in the wake of growing global demand. In this backdrop, food minister KV Thomas\' suggestion to give dairy a separate ministry could be a subtle warning to the government that the sector needs attention, certainly more than what it gets today. To reiterate his concern, the minister has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging him to create a separate ministry for animal husbandry, dairy and fisheries. He emphasised that the three sectors had plenty of scope to draw greater revenues. Thomas pointed that with dairy and animal husbandry department befalling under the ministry of agriculture, it did not achieve the anticipated development, as agriculture and the intricacies involved in it took away a major share of the government\'s attention. In his letter, Thomas highlighted that animal husbandry\'s output was over 30 per cent to the country\'s agricultural sector. The contribution of livestock and fisheries to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) had been over 6 per cent, adding that India was also bestowed with high population of livestock in the world apart from being the largest producer of milk. Read full article at: http://www.fnbnews.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=30323&sectionid=1 ... Read Full Topic at: With separate ministry for dairy sought sector likely to see opportunities ]]> 2011-08-03 00:00:00 Treatment of wheat / Rice straw or low quality fodder waste Prepared by Dr. D.P. Bhoite, M.V.Sc (KVK Baramati)   Many times it happened that remaining residues in farm are burned without using their potential in dairy farming. Waste of crop like wheat straw, Rice straw, Gram straw can be used as feed of animals but it need treatment. Reason for treatment of crop residues It is tasteless. Some crop residues are having micro spines which cause injury to soft tissues in the mouth of animals. Its energy as well as protein value is inferior. Some of them are deficient in minerals. It has seen that wheat straw or rice straw are available in abundant quantity as crop waste & many farmers used to burn it as traditional practice, so it is necessary to use it as a feed for animals after having treatment of following ingredients. Sr. Ingredients Quantity 1 Wheat straw / rice straw/maize stovers etc. 100 KG 2 Urea 1.5 KG (1.5%) 3 Mineral Mixture 1 KG (1%) 4 Salt (Big Granules) 1 KG (1%) 5 Jaggery (If not available, waste flour in flour mill can be used) 3 KG (3%) 6 Water 30 - 40 Ltrs. Treatment method Dissolve urea in correct concentration (as above) in water (1.5 kg urea in 30-40 litres of water) Then also add Salt, Mineral mixture & Jaggary (or Flour) in urea dissolved water to become concentrate single solution. Make a layer of 6 inches of wheat or rice straw and sprinkle concentrates solution on it equally. Again mix this layer thoroughly & make a heap. Once again make a layer of 6 inch of this wheat straw and sprinkle the concentrated solution. Make a heap & press it with the help of hand so that all air will expel out form heap. Then cover it with plastic paper for 2 hours. Then use it for feed to animals. Facts for urea/ammonia treatment Urea provides readymade protein source for animals Salt & mineral mixture provide essential mineral for animals which are lacking in crop residues. Jaggery or flour provides taste to straw... Read Full Topic at: Wheat Straw Treatment As Prepared By KVK Baramati ]]> 2011-07-01 00:00:00 By: W.H. Mekking, Master of Animal Science, www.cowcare.eu The procedure of trimming in five steps described here refers to the hind feet of the cow. For trimming the forefeet you need to replace inner claw by outer claw and vice versa. The first claw to trim is the healthy claw (if necessary!). The length and the angle of the claw are very important. The healthy (inner) claw should after that be used as an example for the more affected (outer) claw. The first three steps serve as preventative trimming and the last two are curative trimming steps (to treat problems). The claw of an average Holstein cow is 7.5 cm long and the sole is about 0.5 cm thick. During preventive trimming you want to shape the claw in such a way that it is protected from getting problems. So it is of utmost importance not to over trim (trim to much) the cow. Step 1: Cut back the inner claw to a length of 7.5 cm from the coronet (that's the place where the horn starts). The cut must be perpendicular to the sole. Trim back the sole to a thickness of 0.5 cm at the tip of the toe and leave the thickness of the bulb or heel as it was. Save the height of the heel! Step 2: Cut back the length of the outer claw to the same length as the inner claw and trim the sole to an equal height as the inner claw (if possible). Be aware not to over trim (so don't make the sole to thin). In case of a buckled toe (laminitic claw) it is not always possible to reach the same height in the toe. The heel or bulb is more important, because it bears most of the weight and has more pressure to endure.  Step 3: Trim the claws into a slightly hollow shape (also called egg shape), starting 2.5 to 3 cm from the toe towards the heel. This is done to check the typical site for a sole ulcer and secondly this will keep the space between the claws clean and airy (preventing interdigital dermatitis). Step 4: In case of defects like a white line disease, sole ulcer or wall ulcer this claw must be trimmed down further. This creates a height difference between the healthy (inner) and... Read Full Topic at: The Five Steps of Hoof Trimming ]]> 2011-05-24 00:00:00 Following package of practices must be employed at the livestock farms for proper disposal of farm waste including dung, urine and waste fodder etc, to improve the farm hygiene and to reduce the odour problems on dairy farms, including proper selection of a farm site, general farm management and manure land application techniques, and treatment of manure by chemical or other means. Selection of a Farm Site One of the most effective means of reducing odor complaints is careful selection of the site for a dairy farm.  Sites near farm and nonfarm residences, commercial enterprises, recreational areas, or major roads are particularly prone to problems.  As far as possible the location for storing the livestock waste should be far from the residential and other commercial properties. General Farm Management A clean, well-landscaped, and well-maintained farm has less odour and attracts fewer complaints than a poorly kept one.  Trees, shrubs, and windbreaks help screen manure storages. All areas where manure collects should be cleaned daily and feeding areas, animal pens, and animals kept as clean and dry as possible.  The warm body of an animal, when covered with wet manure, accelerates bacterial growth and odor. Allowing a dry layer of manure to form on the surface of a manure storage helps contain odors.  Dead animals should be romoved from the site within twenty-four hours.  Pickup by a rendering service is best, but local health officials can suggest other options. Anaerobic digesters or biogas systems break down organic solids so that they have fewer odours, even after storage. Feedlots should slope to drain well so that animals are kept clean and dry and puddles do not form.  Yards with slopes of less than 2 percent (1/4 inch per foot) require a concrete surface to reduce mud and odors.  Katcha floors  should be sloped 4 to 8 percent for good drainage.  Semisolid manure from milking byres or the washings from the floors etc can be connected to a shallow drain leading directly to the storage pit/ basin. Municipal sludge, whey, residue, and other potent waste products should not be added to manure storages.  These materials are rich in nutrients and may significantly increase odors. Land Application of Manure Land application is the primary method of manure utilization and is part of nearly every manure-handling system.  Odors may not be a significant problem... Read Full Topic at: Cleaning Sanitation and Disposal of Livestock Waste ]]> 2011-04-02 00:00:00