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TopicAnimal health

Topic: Animal health

Owners’ consent must, only voluntary donations—Centre’s new blood transfusion rules for animals

From establishing blood banks to guidelines on how to collect, store & match blood samples, the SoP makes blood donations easier & standardised for domestic animals.

From scans & surgery to skincare, all under one roof, India’s pet clinics are getting modern upgrade

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.

India’s Equine Lab in Hisar Earns Global Recognition

Hisar facility now a World Organisation for Animal Health Reference Laboratory for equine piroplasmosis

Are the fish in your aquarium happy? Five things to look out for

This list shows that fish have complex needs just like other pets – even if you can’t take them for a walk.

India’s other vaccine mess: Modi govt lost hundreds of crores on faulty shots for cows in 2019/20

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.

Vaccines for 2 contagious diseases to be in India’s first list of essential drugs for animals

The health ministry has added vaccines for foot-and-mouth disease and Brucella abortus in the list, and could consider including other veterinary vaccines.

Sheep, gorillas and 24 other animals may be susceptible to Covid, study says

New mathematical equation to improve RT-PCR tests and how removing distancing measures increases virus risk, ThePrint brings the latest research on Covid-19.

New study says obese dogs have similar traits to obese humans

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.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.