Today’s Indian national Newspaper the Hindu published an article on the inclusion of Ethno Veterinary Practices into the Indian Standard Veterinary Treatment Guidelines by the Ministry of Animal Husbandry.  This is the impressive result of the continuous efforts of our Indian partners, colleagues and friends from Trans Disciplinary University (TDU) and NLF in India, with special emphasis on Dr. Nair and Professor Punniamurthy. Their continuous and innovative work to document and validate traditional knowledge from farmers and healers, effectively combining it with Ayurveda and western veterinary science, is bearing more fruit every day!

Due to the large-scale inclusion of the tested herbal treatments into the promotion by the National Dairy Development Board it became possible to successfully validate the curative effect with over half a million cases of dairy cattle and buffalo affected by 24 common diseases.  The outcome was overwhelming and convincing: 81,4 average cure rate! Moreover the positive effect extended to dairy production, farm income and milk quality.  These and other positive outcomes of Ethno Veterinary Practices have resulted in this long-awaited inclusion into formal Indian government guidelines. Now we will work together to further amplify this experience into our global Natural Livestock Farming network!