From establishing blood banks to guidelines on how to collect, store & match blood samples, the SoP makes blood donations easier & standardised for domestic animals.
Pet healthcare has evolved from basic veterinary services into thriving industry. Growing demand from upwardly mobile pet parents has led to rise in upscale vet clinics.
A Modi govt programme to vaccinate livestock for foot-and-mouth disease hit a wall in 2020 after all the vaccine batches were recalled from states/UTs over quality concerns.
The health ministry has added vaccines for foot-and-mouth disease and Brucella abortus in the list, and could consider including other veterinary vaccines.
New mathematical equation to improve RT-PCR tests and how removing distancing measures increases virus risk, ThePrint brings the latest research on Covid-19.
Obesity is now considered the biggest threat to the well-being of our pets. But the emotional and cognitive behaviour of obese dogs has received little attention.
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.
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