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Friday, March 15, 2013
Diphtheria Outbreak Kills Calves in RawalpandiPAKISTAN– Ten calves in the Muslim colony of Gwalmandi, Rawalpindi have died after a diphtheria outbreak has been confirmed by Dr Saqib Zafar, District Livestock Officer....
Monday, August 06, 2012
PHC Maintains Ban on Export of Cattle & PoultryPAKISTAN - The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday, 2 August, declared that a ban on exports and smuggling of cattle and poultry to Afghanistan would continue till the end of Ramazan. ...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Plan Finalised to Stop Cattle, Poultry SmugglingPAKISTAN - In compliance with the verdict of Peshawar High Court (PHC), the City District Administrative has devised a comprehensive strategy for carrying out crackdown against smuggling of cattle and poultry products to neighbouring Afghanistan. ...
Monday, November 28, 2011
Modern Dairy & Poultry Farms To Be Set UpPAKISTAN - Provincial Minister for Livestock, Dairy Development and Cooperatives, Hidayatullah Khan on Sunday said the government accords high priority to livestock and poultry sectors in Khyber Pakthunkhwa and focus is being made for establishment of...
Monday, November 14, 2011
Farmers Advised To Adopt Global Gap PrinciplesPAKISTAN - Farmers should adopt principles of global gap to improve their produce according to international standards. ...
Monday, October 03, 2011
Flood Kills 150,000 Cattle PAKISTAN - More than 150,000 cattle have died in Pakistan as a result of the recent flooding, which, just 12 months after the last massive flooding in the country, has washed away fodder resources and helped spread water-borne and other infectious diseases...
Monday, August 22, 2011
Support For New Poultry, Dairy, Fish & Meat ProjectsSINDH, PAKISTAN - The Sindh Enterprises Development Fund has approved 14 investment proposals for processing a wide range of agricultural produce, dairy and poultry farming. ...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Dairy And Meat Processing Zone For SindhPAKISTAN - The government in Sindh province in Pakistan had put forward plans for a dairy village and meat-processing zone in Bhambhore. ...
Monday, April 04, 2011
Dairy Farmers Defer Milk Price Hike PAKISTAN - The President of the Karachi Dairy Farmers Association, Haji Akhtar Gujjar, has asked dairy wholesalers and retailers to sell milk at Rs55 and Rs60 respectively and not to implement the increase announced on Thursday, reports The News....
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Livestock, Dairy Exhibition To Be Held In KarachiPAKISTAN - Sindh Board of Investment (SBI) is organising an exhibition on livestock, dairy, fisheries and poultry on 7 and 8 February 2011 at Expo Centre Karachi. ...
Monday, October 25, 2010
Vigilence Required To Prevent Disease OutbreaksPAKISTAN - Cattle being brought to cities for sacrifice on Eidul Azha are carriers of viruses and bacteria, which can result in outbreaks of various infections particularly the deadly Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), experts have warned....
Monday, September 27, 2010
US Donates $16 Million To FAO For Pakistan FarmersPAKISTAN - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is to provide FAO with $16 million to support wheat planting, prevent further livestock losses and de-silt irrigation systems in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, one of the provinces...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
International Workshop On Dairy SciencePAKISTAN - An international workshop on dairy science will be held in Peshawar, Pakistan on 18th-20th October. The workshop will look at developing a hub of dairy enterprises in three flood affected regions of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province through partnership...
Friday, August 20, 2010
Livestock Dead Or In DangerPAKISTAN - Millions of livestock have been affected by the floods in Pakistan and are badly in need of food and medicine, said the FAO. ...
Friday, August 13, 2010
Agriculture Faces Huge LossesPAKISTAN - The farming and livestock sectors are suffering colossal losses as the result of the severe flooding. ...
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Poverty Reduction Through Livestock DevelopmentPAKISTAN - To bring social and economic transformation of rural Pakistan by empowering millions of small livestock holders, the government has initiated ‘poverty reduction through small holders livestock and daily development’....
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Violence in Pakistan Disrupts Milk TradePAKISTAN - recent wave of ethnic violence in Karachi has affected milk supply to several areas given that suppliers are reluctant to enter there, which has disturbed the milk business....
Monday, August 04, 2008
New Diagnostic Services AnnouncedPAKISTAN - The government is to spend 132 million rupees (PKR) to set up new disease diagnostic laboratories in Punjab to provide modern veterinary support services to livestock farmers....
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Pakistan Milk Prices up Veal ProductionPAKISTAN - Milk prices in Pakistan have begun to rapidly increase the production rate of veal....
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Pakistan Government to Develop 1,000 Model Dairy FarmsPAKISTAN - Secretary Ministry of Industries, Production and Special Initiatives (MOIP&SI) Shahab Khawaja on Monday visited model dairy farms and a biogas tank in District Chakwal developed by Pakistan Dairy Development Company (PDDC). ...
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Pakistan EPA Says Poisoned Fodder Caused Mass DeathPAKISTAN - The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has, in its preliminary investigation, confirmed that a whole farm of cows, died on November 11 because of poisoned fodder, an EPA official told Daily Times on Wednesday. ...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Aflatoxins Fatal for Dairy CowsPAKISTAN - The high feed costs made dairy farmers in Pakistan use old bread in the cattle diets. However, mycotoxins in this bread have caused a catastrophe, when 493 animals died in Karachi’s Landhi Cattle Colony in November last year. More than 1,200...
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
Researchers Collaborate on Tick ResearchPAKISTAN — Researchers from the University of Rhode Island’s Center for Vector-Borne Disease are teaming with colleagues from Pakistan to help the south Asian nation address its growing tick problem....
Monday, November 19, 2007
Use of Technology Urged in Dairy, LivestockPAKISTAN - A Sindh born American expert on veterinary sciences, Dr Inayat Hussain, has said that the production of meat, eggs and milk in Pakistan was not keeping pace with the increase of population and stressed the need for using modern technology for...
Monday, October 29, 2007
300 Milk-Cooling Units Set Up in 500 Pakistan VillagesPAKISTAN - The Livestock and Dairy Development Board (LDDB) has established as many as 300 milk-cooling units in 500 villages of the country for small and landless farmers to increase livestock productivity and help alleviate poverty in the country. ...
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Plan to Improve Milk, Meat ProductionPAKISTAN - The Punjab Livestock and Dairy Development Department has drawn a plan to assist livestock farmers of Cholistan to improve milk and meat production. ...
Monday, July 02, 2007
Competitors Line Up For Pakistan Milk ContractsPAKISTAN - Kiwi agricultural entrepreneurs say there is huge potential to cash in on Pakistan's large but primitive dairy industry, and are positioning themselves to reap the rewards of the south Asian nation's push to modernise the world's fourth largest...
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Steps Vis-A-Vis Embryo Transfer Technology HailedPAKISTAN - The Dairy Farmers Association, Karachi President Haji Mohammad Akhtar in a statement said that the step taken by the Sindh government vis-‡-vis embryo transfer technology was highly appreciable and welcome. ...
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