पशुुधन Tag

21 Mar

Posted at 10:02h in Animal husbandry

गांय में फि‍रने की समस्‍या - दूध उत्पादन में एक बाधा Fertility is the most essential criterion for the success of the food animal husbandry. Regular and timely conception and calving is very essential for profit oriented dairy keeping. In cattle, especially in cross bred cattle, many farmers’ experience this unwarranted and loss making condition called Repeat Breeding. In this, cows will come to heat regularly but they fail to conceive after successful mating. This repeat breeding will incur expenditure by cost of repeated inseminations, cost of management of this condition, cost of feeding without production, loss of milk due delayed conception. We can call a cow “repeat breeder” only when it should...

20 Oct

Posted at 05:58h in Animal husbandry

पशुधन की 8 आम बीमारियॉं तथा उनके उपचार की वि‍धि‍ 1.  Anthrax disease of cattles: Anthrax, a highly infectious and fatal disease of cattles, is caused by a relatively large spore-forming rectangular shaped bacterium called Bacillus anthracis. Anthrax occurs on all the continents, causes acute mortality in ruminants. The bacteria produce extremely potent toxins which are responsible for the ill effects, causing a high mortality rate. The bacteria produce spores on contact with oxygen. Signs of the illness usually appear 3 to 7 days after the spores are swallowed or inhaled. Once signs begin in animals, they usually die within two days. Hoofed animals, such as deer, cattle, goats, and sheep, are the main...