2011: World Veterinary Year

2011: World Veterinary Year

The year 2011 is proposed to be observed as ’World Veterinary Year’ to commemorate the founding of the first veterinary school in Lyon, France by Louis XV in 1761. The successful launch of this first veterinary school created the veterinary profession itself....
‘Veterinarians’ Oath’ revised

‘Veterinarians’ Oath’ revised

The Executive Board of American Veterinary Medical Association approved an amendment to Veterinarian’s Oath to highlight the priority of the profession in animal welfare as well.  The responsibility of the veterinarian to ensure adequate animal welfare or to promote...
Shortest Cow in the World

Shortest Cow in the World

(Post revised on 25 May 2015) ‘Manikyam’, has been adjudged as the world’s shortest cow by the Guinness Book of world Records. This  six year old Vechur cow is just 61.5cm from her hooves to her withers. This special cow belongs to Mr. Balakrishnan...
Elephantine (Tusk) Task

Elephantine (Tusk) Task

Devidasan, a tusker from Trichur, Kerala has become much more handsome than he was before the delicate dental treatment he has undergone. The 27 year old elephant has been living with a crack on its tusk for the past five years. It was virtually an elephantine task...
Rinderpest goes the way of Smallpox

Rinderpest goes the way of Smallpox

An ambitious global effort that has brought Rinderpest, a deadly cattle plague, to the brink of extinction is ending all field activities, paving the way for official eradication of the disease. The planet is rid of rinderpest, the devastating livestock disease...
‘Glanders’ poses a serious health risk

‘Glanders’ poses a serious health risk

In the Middle-East the incidence of Glanders, an infectious disease that mainly affects horses and poses a serious health risk to animals and even humans must be increasingly monitored by official national Veterinary services in the region, concluded a...