RACING to REPLACE" the "DSEI COW"

Gopal B.V <dvsvgpal@gmail.com>	18/10/15
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Sri. Narendra Damodardas Modi Ji

The 15^th and Current Honorable Prime Minster of India

New Delhi, India

Namaste All

As you are well aware, the governments across the country are "RACING to REPLACE" the "DSEI COW" even faster with “VIDESI COW’ (Holstein Friesian and Jersey) exotic crossbreeds which will not survive and perform well in hot and humid climate of India and continue to dump Holstein Friesian and Jersey onto our poor citizens and unsuspecting farmers, pushing them into further debt and disaster, While Indian cattle breeds are doing exceptionally fine abroad, the fascination of our own policy makers for exotic breeds seems to be never ending.

Approx.  2.64 million semen doses and 2200 bulls required/annum (40% AI, 60% NS) for population seven prominent milch indigenous cattle breeds of Gir, Red Sindhi, Sahiwal, Tharparkar, Rathi, Hariana and Kankrej.  To cover 40% population of 55.4 million breedable indigenous cows through AI: 36 million semen doses per annum are required; 3600 indigenous bulls would be required. To cover remaining 60% population by natural service about 30,000 superior bulls would be required. More than 99.15% of the cattle semen produced in the country are of exotic cattle breed (8,85,54,805 Semen doses of Holstein and Jersey) and their crosses and 0.85% (7,44,337 Semen Doses of DESI BREEDS) is of Indigenous cattle during the year 2013-14. (http://www.dairyknowledge.in/sites/default/files/semen_station_wise_semen_production_during_2013-14.pdf ). But your government is produced 7,44,337 Desi Cattle semen doses only and policy makers chanting "DESI GAI BACHAO" and "DESH KO BACHAO”. 

The Brazilian cattle market is very large even with India and China presenting the biggest cattle herds in the world, Brazil has nearly 210 million cattle that consist of 80% Indian cow breeds or Indian cow breeds crossed cattle. Brazil's total cattle are 3x greater now than in 1965. (Growth: 56 million to 210 million today).  Semen dosages are 6.5% of Brazil's cattle count (13 million semen doses annually).  Brazil has increased cattle count by 154 million since 1965. The majority of Indian cow breeds in Brazil are of the Ongole, Gir, Kankrej and Red Sindhi breeds, which originated from India.

India's total cattle are 23% greater than in 1951. (Growth: 155.30 million to 190.90 million today).  Semen dosages are 46% of India's cattle count (88 million semen doses today and projected to 140 million annually by 2022).  India has increased cattle count by 35.6 million. An overall significant increase of 39.73 million observed in the “VIDESI COW’ (Holstein Friesian and Jersey) and crossbred population since 1951. 

Get Ready, Get Set, Go! The Amazing Race to Replace DESI COW by Peoples Representatives of India 

Farmers in the Gujarat State are aggressively buying “VIDESI COW’ (Holstein Friesian and Jersey) exotic crossbreeds. In 2015 alone, farmers have bought as many as 1.5 lakh “VIDESI COWS’ (Holstein Friesian and Jersey), from Punjab, Haryana and Maharashtra. Last year, around 1 lakh such “VIDESI COWS’ were bought by farmers associated with AMUL and this year the number is even higher (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Bullish-State-farmers-bought-more-than-1-lakh-cows-in-2015/articleshow/49435440.cms)

The NDDB itself is planned to import 100 high-yield Holstein Friesian and 300 Jersey bulls and 2400 (2000 Jersey and 400 HF) embryos in the next five years under NDP Plan-1

OUR COWS NO LONGER DESI COWS - Punjab CM Shri.Parkash Singh Badal (http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/punjab-has-a-big-fat-problem-our-cows-no-longer-desi/ )

Punjab Chief Minister Sri.Parkash Singh Badal is planning an advanced institute of dairy farming in Mohali, in collaboration with an Israeli firm. Earlier, the state had roped in an American company to source high-quality semen. In Kerala the animal husbandry department wants to import improved cattle breeds from Denmark to crossbreed with local cows.

July 14, 2014 Sri. Pocharam Srinivas Reddy discussed the subject with a visiting Israeli delegation comprising of Mr.Yahel Vilan, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Israel and others. The main objective of Mr. Vilan and Mr. Avi Friedman, Consul-General for Trade and Economic Affairs visit to Hyderabad was to interact with officials and explore the possibilities of mutual cooperation between Telangana and Israel for Israeli HF dairy technology. 

July 14, 2014 Sri.P Pulla Rao, Agriculture Minister for Andhra Pradesh discussed prospective import of HF technology and embryos for quality cow production as Israeli cows yield 11,000 liters of milk per annum.

September 23, 2014 Secured market access for Canadian bulls to India for breeding purposes, increasing the genetic quality of India’s herd with HF by Sri.Radhamohan Singh Ji.

January 16, 2015 Gujarat - A 25-member Australian dairy delegation, visited the Dudhsagar Dairy in Mehsana-NDDB, is looking for opportunities for tie-ups/collaboration with their counterparts in the Indian dairy sector, especially in areas of HF dairy breeds, genetics, increasing productivity of Indigenous cattle etc.

January 18 to 20, 2015 Gujarat- The German delegation comprising Otto Lattwesen, head of the supervisory board & head of the supervisory board Masterrind, Cooperative Dairy Farmer, Dagmar Bottenbruch, member of the Advisory Board, Consultant on the India Cooperation Project from DMK Deutsches Milchkontor GmbH, Germany among others, met NDDB chairman Sri.T Nanda Kumar to discuss about possible avenues of Indo-German cooperation in the areas of training & development, cooperative governance, genomics, sex semen technology and product formulation. The team visited Sabarmati Ashram Gaushala, Bidaj and Banas Dairy, Palanpur. The German delegation was briefed about the projects on production of HF High Genetic Merit Bulls through Progeny Testing and Pedigree Selection programme being implemented by Karnataka Milk Federation, Karnataka and Milkfed, Punjab between January 21 - 23, 2015.

February 14, 2015 - On Valentine's Day, a Saudia Cargo chartered freighter landed at Kolkata and Chennai airports with a unique consignment. In its cavernous belly were 76 thoroughbred young German HF bulls, ready to inseminate cows that will then deliver high genetic merit HF bulls and cows with higher milk productivity. National Dairy Development Board imported the bulls for a national breeding programme to improve the genetic potential of Indian cows.

February 23, 2015 - Australia is keen to invest in HF dairy technology in Andhra Pradesh. Australia’s Consul General Sean Kelly conveyed this during a meeting with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.

April 15, 2015 Haryana State Government had signed MOU with Israel; First Indo-Israeli Centre of Excellence for Animal Husbandry & Dairying. Establishing Model Dairy Farm through introduction, demonstration and transfer of innovative dairy HF technologies. The center would import Best Holstein Friesian Germplasm in the form of Frozen Semen, directly from Israel

April 27- 30, 2015 - A high-level Telangana government delegation, led by Sri. Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, Agriculture Minister visited Israel to study HF dairy technology practices there and replicates them in the new State.

June 05, 2015 Maharashtra State Government had signed MOU with Dutch - Cattle breeding HF technology of Dutch to tackle the drought.

An Australian dairy consulting firm has recently completed a feasibility study for a 250 head pilot farm on a Greenfield site just south of New Delhi. The new dairy is expected to be a forerunner to multiple 2500 cow units built by a major processor keen to source high quality milk for middle and upper class Indian consumers. 

September 14, 2015 Poland keen to strengthen Agri and Dairy-trade ties with India.

October 05, 2015 Germany and India signed a pact to set up a center of excellence in the field of agriculture for the purpose of developing skills of the people engaged in farming and dairy.

The milk production and reproduction records of imported and farm bred Australian Jersey cows were collected over a period of 32 years (1975 to 2007) from Jersey Cattle Breeding Farms Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Himachal Pradesh. The relationship between level of milk production and fertility was studied in purebred Jersey cows maintained at the Jersey Cattle Farm. About 33%, 39% and 28% of the LMY records were above 2,500 Kg, 2,000 to 2,500 KG and below 2,000 Kg respectively. The lifetime milk production of imported Jersey cattle estimated in the present study was much lower than the value of 13,026 ± 382 kg reported for imported Jersey cows maintained at Jersey Cattle Farm. (FAO/IAEA Vienna, Austria (June 08-11, 2009)

For a crime-free Bharat, it is necessary that our children drink only Indian cow's milk because it makes them saatvik. By drinking the milk of Holstein Friesian,Jersey cows and Buffaloes, their minds get harmful ideas, which make them criminals. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/11561612/Drinking-milk-from-non-Indian-cows-could-make-children-turn-to-crime.html)

Over the 69 years several Indigenous programmes with various agencies were initiated by the Indian Government the results were not significant. After all the efforts by GOI national average per day of the indigenous cattle is 2.37 Kgs and crossbred is 6.87 Kgs as per AHD-ICAR data. The native Indigenous milk is relatively same from past 69 years but the Brazilian counterpart milk yield grew up to 20 times over the same period. The Brazilian GIR produces 10 times, Kankrej 7.5 times, Red Sindhi 5.5 times and Ongole produces 3.5 times more milk than the exotic/cross breeds in India and created “White Revolution” in Brazil. Brazil is Global leader in international trade with exports more than US $403 million of Indian Indigenous cattle, semen and embryos per annum.

In India all organizations involved in improvement programme are biased towards crossbreeding and so is the “NATIONAL BREEDING POLICY”. All senior people talk about the importance of Indigenous cattle, but while implementing the programmes a total biased is for crossbreeding. The National average of crossbred comes to round 1,800 litres of milk per lactation and that is the state of affair after spending thousands of million. The production of Indigenous dairy breeds without any government programmes is better than this. (Doctor Anil E. Nivsarkar)

Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development, ICAR (AS) and NDDB have been rapidly diluting the Indigenous cattle of India, and the majority of the Indigenous breeds are under the threat of extinction.  The Indigenous Indian Cow — One of the country’s biggest assets — will soon cease to exist and we will be forced to import milk within a decade. This is going to have catastrophic and unimagined impact on lakhs of people. Predictably, an almost criminal lack of AHD-NDDB-ICAR (AS) planning and foresight is responsible for this and the current direction and exotic cattle breeding programs by AHD-NDDB-ICAR (AS)-BAIF will result in sudden and dramatic extinction of more India Indigenous cattle breeds. If the current trend is not changed shortly it is expected that of the current 39 types of India Indigenous cattle breeds, most of these India Indigenous cattle breeds will become extinct, already 25 of 64 indigenous cattle breeds are extinct according to UNCBD, Montreal, Canada.

Now, also would like to be advised as to why NDDB had projected 140 million semen doses by 2022 for the same population of cattle in India? We would like to know why NDDB is using 6.76x times the semen doses than Brazil?  

It is well known that the distinct biodiversity of our Indian indigenous cattle breeds has been diluted due to changing breeding policies and indiscriminate use of exotic semen even in violation of state breeding policies had resulted significant increase of 39.73 million of exotic/crossbred population. As well 88 million semen doses had been used during 2013-14 as compared to 20.8 million during 2000-01.

Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development -NDDB has been diluting DESI COWS  rapidly by importing  VIDESI -Holstein Friesian and Jersey Cattle, semen and embryos. India has recently (April, 2013 to March, 2015) imported 15, 87,651 Holstein Friesian and 33,580 Jersey frozen semen straws.13, 085 Holstein Friesian and Jersey embryos and 18,650 Holstein Friesian frozen sexed semen straws, 41 Holstein Friesian live bulls by Semex- Provet and 76 Holstein Friesian live bulls by NDDB with IDA credit Rs.2,242 Cr, BAIF Development Research Foundation, Assam Livestock Development Agency, Punjab Livestock Development Board, Progressive Dairy Farmers Association, B.G. Chitale (http://dgft.gov.in/exim/2000/committee/meet_rilc_0416.pdf)

Sacred Cow Worshipers, Protectors and Peoples Representatives of India completely failed to protect DESI COWS and chanting         "DESI GAI BACHAO", "DESI GAI BACHAO,"DESI GAI BACHAO", "DESI GAI BACHAO and "DESI GAI BACHAO" …….

But now there is a very serious concern where your kind help is greatly and immediately needed. It would be an incredible opportunity Lord has given, if Scientific-Bureaucratic and Politico joined hands to protect Indigenous cattle. Your prompt attention to this important matter is highly valuable to society.

Lord Yama Dharma - The Justice
None Can Escape From It, So

Be Aware of Yourself.

And Be Very Cautious

Lord Yama Dharma Is Watching Us.
Do Not Be Greedy, Do Not Be arrogant, Do Not Think You Are the Superior…
THERE IS A DESTINY WHICH WILL BE WAITING ......
So Be Good, Do Good, Think Good.
GOD IS GREAT, WE ARE HIS CHILDREN.

DESI COWS AND BULLS: In service of God and Humanity

Yours Truly

Venugopal.B

In Service of Desi Cows and Bulls

उपह्वरे गिरीणां संगमे च नदीनाम्‌ | धिया विप्रो अजायत

Scientific relevance of Vedic wisdom and modern technology. (an example)  

उपह्वरे गिरीणां संगमे च नदीनाम्‌ | धिया विप्रो अजायत || ऋ 8.6.28 , also  Yaju 26.15

Natural surroundings in vicinity of mountains, near confluence of rivers (and waterfalls) promote mental well being (provide enlightenment.)

For meditation and prayers natural surroundings were recognized as more desirable by Vedas.

Now modern scientific researchers are not only validating this Vedic wisdom, but have also found  developed technologies to create such environments in homes, hospitals and work places to enhance cheerful temperaments, earlier healing in hospitals and less mental fatigue at workplaces.

Nature generates negative ions.

Why do we feel so good walking in the woods, on a beach or near a river, breathing fresh air in the mountains, or just breathing fresh air after rain or storm? Simple…We feel like that due to benign properties of negative ions that are so abundant in these environments.

• Negative ions increase the flow of oxygen to the brain resulting in higher alertness, decreased drowsiness, and more mental energy.
• Negative ions help recovery from physical exhaustion and fatigue – achieved by increasing oxygen levels in the blood.
• Negative ions stabilize brain function – effect - relaxation and calmness.
• Negative ions aid in blood purification by increasing the levels of calcium and sodium (healthy salt intake) in the blood stream, negative ions help restore a healthy (slightly alkaline) pH balance to the blood.
• Negative ions increase metabolism by stimulating exchange of electronic substances in cells.
• Negative ions strengthen immune system - high levels of negative ions promote production of globulin (proteins that are found extensively in blood plasma) in the blood, resulting in stronger resistance to illness.
• Negative ions balance autonomic nervous system by balancing the opposing sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system.
• Negative ions promote better digestion - by counteracting over-arousal of the sympathetic nervous system, negative ions help ease tension in the stomach and intestines, promoting the production of digestive enzymes and enhancing digestion.
• Negative ions promote cell rejuvenation by revitalizing cell metabolism, negative ions enhance vitality of muscle tissue and strengthening internal organs.

Approaching it scientifically:

When an atom (or molecule; more than one atom together) contains one more electron than protons it will have an overall negative charge.

Negative ions are atoms or molecules with one or more electrons.

Positive ions are atoms or molecules with one or more protons.

Negative ions can be found in the most natural areas, such as: waterfalls, beaches, fresh country and pine forests.

Research from leading institutions, along with thousands of worldwide studies, concur that negative ions are beneficial for us and positive ions are not!

Dr. Svante August Arrhenius, a Swedish chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1903, discovered that waterfalls and forests are full of negative ions. That is why the air is so fresh.

Dr. Phillip Eduard Anton Lennard, at the turn of the 20th century, Nobel Prize Winner in Physics, confirmed that negative ions are found in very high density in the basin of waterfalls where we feel especially refreshed and re-energized.

Dr. Jacob, Professor of Physiology with the Public Sanitation Institute of Harvard University acclaims negative ions as "Vitamins of the Air"

Negative Ions - Vitamins of the Air?

by Don Strachan and Jim Karnstedt

When certain kinds of winds begin to blow throughout the world, hospital admissions, suicides, and crime rates skyrocket . One country- Switzerland- even accepts the blowing of the "Foehn" during the commission of a crime as mitigating evidence in court.

These "notorious" desert and sea winds are also linked to minor illnesses and malaise epidemics. Victims’ claims range from sleeplessness, irritability, tension, migraine, nausea, palpitations and hot flashes with sweating or chills, to tremor, vertigo, swelling, breathing difficulty, and frequent intestinal movement. In addition, elderly persons are affected with depression, apathy, and fatigue.

What causes these "witches’ winds," as they’re often called, to differ from others? What do they possess or lack that make them a dread to the lands or oceans they blow across?

Nothing more than an ambulance of invisible, minute particles with an imperceptive electrical charge- positive and negative ions.

According to the experts, positive ions rob us of our good senses and dispositions, while their stimulating everything from plant growth to the human sex drive.

For the uninitiated ions are charged particles in the air, formed when enough energy acts on a molecule- such as carbon dioxide , oxygen, water, or nitrogen- to eject an electron. The displaced electron attaches itself to a nearby molecule, which then becomes a negative ion- neg-ion. The original molecule (minus an electron) is now a positive ion- pos-ion. These ions, in turn, react with dust and pollutants to form larger ions. Small neg-ions -usually no more than 12 gaseous molecules clustered around a charged atom or molecule- are short-lived and highly mobile.

As long as 1789, the Abbe Bertholon, a European monk, speculated that ions exist and affect people. He recorded the responses of medical patients and normal people to changes in the electrical state of the ambient air. More than a century later, in 1899, two scientists named Elster and Geital proved the existence of ions. Only since the 1930s have researchers been probing their secrets.

In nature, ions are formed in a variety of ways. About half are created by radioactive gases. Radioactive substances in the soil, cosmic rays, ultraviolet rays, air flow friction, falling water and plants all produce the other half. For example, they stream off the leaves of plants, most notable pines and asparagus ferns.

Ions are apparently also created by the phenomenon of "subterranean suspiration." As Fred Soyka, author of The Ion Effect, told the first Ions and Light Conference held this summer in Atherton, California. "Solar and lunar influences cause the water table to rise, forcing air out of the earth." This prompted Federal Aviation Administration research psychologist, Bruce Rosenberg, to charge the earth with having "bad breath." Being negatively charged, he said, "it breathes positive ions."

Normally only about one atom in 100,000,000,000,000,000 is ionized, making a total of maybe 1000-2000 ions per cubic centimeter (that’s like a handful of planets floating in a circle 4 billion miles in diameter). These are usually balanced pretty evenly between positive and negative, with a slight edge toward positive. "However, the normal may not be the optimal," Fred Soyka told New Realities. "On the seashore, where water is always falling, you have about 2000 negative to 1000 positive. That seems to be the ratio that human beings respond to most favorably."

We have all experienced this positive effect, regardless of our proximity to waterfall or the ocean. Every home has a built-in, natural ionizer- the shower. Our daily bath rituals are, in effect, the practice of preventive medicine. Research has shown that falling water creates thousands of negative ions by splitting otherwise neutral particles of air, freeing electrons to manifest their vitalizing function. These electrons join up with smaller air particles, thus giving them a predominantly negative charge.

Waterfalls have always been the favorite habitat of mystics and artists. The inspiration and romance generated at places like Niagara Falls and Yosemite have a direct relationship to the lowering of serotonin levels in the blood, caused by the waves of negative ions from the spray of these falls.

Those notorious desert and sea winds mentioned previously raise the ion count, but over-balance the positive- up to a ration of 33 to 1 positive. As the winds blow through arid areas, they stir up dust and the neg-ions are leeched out. In Israel such winds are called the Sharav; in the Alps the Foehn; along the Mediterranean the Sharkiye (called the Sirocco in Italy and the Xlokk in Malta); in Africa the Simoon, France, the Mistral. There’s the Boras of the Adriatic, the Karaburan of the Gobi, the Zondi of Argentina, the Tramontana of Spain. In the U.S., the Chinook plagues the Rockies and the Santa Ana the southern California desert. Still other winds pos-ionize India and Australia. But whatever their name, throughout the world, they are known to blow no good.

One might postulate that the culprit is really humidity, wind or temperature changes, not positive ionization. That has been considered, but doesn’t account for the fact that weather-sensitive people react to the approaching Sharav 12 to 24 hours before meteorological instruments do. Positive ionization remains the culprit. So much for natural pos-ions.

The really lethal doses of pos-ions lie within our polluted cities, which William Radley, president of Bio-Environmental Systems, refers to as "ion prisons." Car exhausts, factory fumes, tire dust, cigarette smoke, cooking and heating fumes, dust and soot gobble up neg-ions, either neutralizing or positively charging them. Inside, steel and concrete building act as electro-magnetic Faraday cages, absorbing the charges of negative ions. Synthetic building materials, clothing and furniture covering eat up more; so do the metal ducts covering heating and air conditioning outlets. The positive static charge of plastics takes care of the rest so that in a typical interior, the neg-ion count may be below 100 per cubic centimeter. (the minimal amount for optimum human functioning is about 1000/ccm.) In the words of Dr. William Rea, Chief of Surgery at Brookhaven Medical Center in Texas, "Houses don’t breathe like they used to."

Several people have investigated the mechanisms of pos-ions debilitating effects. According to the Russian ion pioneer Vasil’yev, ions act on the endings of pulmonary afferent nerve fibers, altering the functional state of the central nervous system and through it, the peripheral organs. Sulman et al (1970) found that weather-sensitive people excrete more of the neuro-hormone serotonin than non-sensitive people. Serotonin is secreted by the pineal gland and the intestines. It affects sleep, mood, nerve impulses, blood-clotting and contraction of smooth muscles. LSD effects are caused by serotonin inhibitor and chronic serotonin depletion is characteristic of some types of mental anomalies.

Sulman’s work supports the findings of American ion dean Dr. Albert P. Krueger, who discovered that the specific negative ion of oxygen -O- speeds up the rate at which serotonin is oxidized in the bloodstream.

Krueger also found that pos-ions slow the sweeping action of the tiny hairs in our throats form 900 to 600 beats per minute and cut mucus flow, thus lowering our resistance to airborne allergens. For example, the pos-ion carbon dioxide (CO2) causes contracture of the back tracheal wall. Pos-ions also cause vasoconstriction and increased respiration rate.

Oddly enough, notes ion author Soyka, "About five percent of the population seems to react well to a positive charge. They feel euphoric."

If pos-ions are the bad guys, neg-ions wear white hats and shoot silver bullets. Their beneficial effect was first discovered in 1932 by Dr. C.W. Hansell at RCA Laboratories. Dr. Hansell was startled by the violent mood shifts of a co-worker who sat beside and electrostatic generator. He observed carefully and discovered that his colleague was ebullient when the machine produced neg-ions, morose when it made pos-ions.

Subsequent researchers (mostly abroad) have found that neg-ions reduce neurosis and anxiety, heighten appetite and thirst and stimulate sexual behavior. They improve performance of voluntary movements: 81.2 percent of drivers with neg-ion generators scored in the top half on reaction time. And in school they sharpen mental functioning and reduce error rates. After a year with neg-ion generators in their classrooms, a group of kindergarten teachers reported that their students concentrated better and showed almost no "weather effect." Hyperactive kids were calmer, absenteeism was down (except on Mondays) and the teachers themselves felt less fatigued.

Neg-ions promote alpha brainwaves and increase brainwave amplitude, which translates to a higher awareness level. Neg-ion induced alpha waves spread from the occipital area to the parietal and temporal and even reach the frontal lobes, spreading evenly across the right and left brain hemispheres. All of this creates an overall calming effect.

On the physical side, they have given relief from hay fever, migraine and burn and post-operative pains. Along with the burn pain relief, they lessen infection, dry the burns faster, heal them more quickly and leave less scarring. After operations, not only did 57 percent of Dr. Igho Hart Kornblueh’s patients treated with large do ses of neg-ions (10,000/ccm) feel less pain (as opposed to 22.5 percent of controls), but restlessness and infection were also reduced and healing quickened.

But why are ions therapeutic? Partly because they kill germs. Back in the 1930s, a Russian team headed by A.L. Tchijevski found that large ion doses of either polarity retarded bacteria colony formation on plates. Ionization also sterilized enclosed air. Later experiments duplicating Tchijevski’s work noted an exponential bacteria decay rate of 23 percent per minute for untreated air, 34 percent per minute for air with pos-ions, and 78 percent per minute for negatively charged air. They concluded that the pos-ion decay rate was due to simple bonding of the ions with the bacteria, whereas the neg-ions actually killed them.

Interestingly, animals larger than microbes find neg-ions beneficial. Rats learn better and are less anxious. Mice live longer. (Mice with flu die more quickly if deprived of neg-ions.) Silkworms eggs hatch earlier, larvae grow faster, spinning begins sooner, cocoons are heavier. Chickens lay more eggs and grow more plump. Sheep grow faster and supply more wool.

And in the vegetable kingdom, plant seedlings grow up to 50 percent more when charged. Fruit stays fresh longer: after 10 days, ionized tomatoes were still fresh while untreated controls rotted.

Researchers offer a variety of reasons for ion effects. Dr. Krueger explains that plants benefit from both positive and negative ions because "ions expedite both the uptake of iron and its utilization in the production of iron-containing enzymes.... (and) stimulate the metabolism of ATP in the chloroplasts and augment both nucleic acid metabolism and oxygen uptake."

In humans, most researchers think that neg-ions act on our capacity to absorb and utilize oxygen, accelerating the blood’s delivery of oxygen to our cells and tissues. Dr. R. Gualaterotti of the University of Milan says they make wider cell nuclei with more volume. The weight of evidence supports Krueger’s theory that ions break down serotonin in the bloodstream.

Lest negative ions sound too much like a cure-all, testers report that neg-ions work only so long as they’re being inhaled. As the charge is most readily absorbed through the olfactory nerves, you need to breathe them in through your nose, not your mouth. Dr. Krueger cautions that "the biological (non -clinical) effects produced by atmospheric ions are not dramatic; on the contrary, they tend to be limited in degree."

But that’s atmospheric ions. Artificially generated ions are another story. Just as positive ions can be generated artificially by pollution, so can negative ions be man made- with negative ion generators. It’s true, you can’t plug in an ionizer at night and expect new muscles in the morning. But their effects are not always subtle. "People are allergic to the Twentieth Century," says Bio-Environmental Systems President William Radley. "Our architects and interior designers are poisoning us. Some people are so sick or so intolerant of chemical that sometimes the results of ionization are quite dramatic.

Since the 1950s, manufacturers have produced dozens of ion generators for laboratory and home use. Early machines ionized atoms and molecules via high-voltage electrical fields, incandescent materials, ultraviolet light, x-rays and alpha- or beta-radiation from the isotopes. The output of the electrostatic, incandescent, and ultraviolet generators tended to deteriorate rapidly. In addition, electrostatic and ultraviolet machines produced ozone, a toxic oxygen allotrope, as a by-product.

Dr. Krueger used tritium-based generators during the ‘50s. Tritium is a betaradiating hydrogen isotope with a half-life of 12.5 years. A minute amount of the gas is sealed in zirconium and deposited on a stainless steel foil. An electrical potential difference varying from 300 to 2000 volts DC is used to separate pos-ions from neg-ions before they recombine in the plasma. Tritium machines allow precise dosages, but unfortunately tritium is so dangerous that it’s illegal (except in fusion power plants). Thus, the tritium generators manufactured during this period were seized by the FDA.

During the 1960s, ion collectors drew air through an electrostatic field between parallel plates or concentric cylinders; the ions were collected on the plates.

Present ion units apply a high-voltage electrical signal directly to the air to create an intense electric field around the emitters.

Why not set up a monster ionizer over Manhattan? Well, a safety dictates a size limit. Dr. Robert Massy of the University of the Trees reported at the Ions and Light Conference that, whereas a 5,000 volt machine produces less than .05 parts per million of ozone (the limit allowed by the FDA), extremely high-voltage units invariably fail to meet standards.

Although most people in the U.S. are not ion-wise, generators have been popular elsewhere in the world for decades. In World War II, Luftwaffe planes were Negatively ionized by electric field generators, in order to reduce pilot fatigue. And it worked! (Electric field generators are like female ion generates: instead of ejecting ions, they attract them.) Germany and USSR use them in government buildings, hospitals, schools, factories, restaurants, health spas, beauty salons, homes, offices, cars and trucks. In Canada, Fred Soyka notes, "Ionization has become a household word. My book became a best-seller and innumerable articles have come out."

The U.S. has equipped nuclear submarines with ion machines. Ionizers are being used industrially in auto spray paint booths, food processing plants, grain storage bins and chemical spray factories.

Architects and designers are beginning to see the health benefits from fountains and rooftops solariums placed in urban environments, echoing the wisdom of their forefathers in the Roman culture. The growing recognition of our biological needs amidst our artificial interiors is opening up whole new industries aimed at replicating nature indoors.

In addition, we could all take Rosenberg’s advice and wear underwear of polyvinyl chloride to attract neg-ions. From BVD’s to PVC’s then, it’s the negative ion generation.

Several machines are now in the market for home and office use ranging in cost from about $70 to several thousand dollars. You just plug them in and they ionize away. But, here are some considerations to keep in mind. If something or someone is between you and the generator, the ion count around you will drop. If you and the machine are in contact with the same dielectric material (as, for instance, if it and your arms are on the same desk), a charge will build up between you and it, and this charge will repel ions. (Supposedly this doesn’t happen with the latest machines.) Also, you own static charge will often repel ions, especially in dry, indoor wintertime air. Synthetic clothing absorbs ions: wear cotton or wool, which have neutral charges.

At the Ions and Light Conference, Fred Soyka told New Realities of some in-progress Swiss research on ion machine frequencies. Frequencies of 60-100 Hz (cycles/sec) are stimulating to a person, while less than 25 Hz are relaxing. "If you have 60-100 frequency machine,:" Soyka says, "you may have trouble sleeping well with it on. Manufacturers ought to look into machines with adjustable frequency ranges. Some European machines already modulate frequency, so people can dial their needs electrically."

A problem with ionizers has been determining their effectiveness. A typical generator may supposedly churn out 100 billion ions per second. But how many of them survive a yard past the machine? Ion counters do exist, but until now no store or salesperson selling generators has had one around. Inexpensive units are now on the assembly line. Ion counters must be used carefully: within a room the ion concentration varies a lot, depending on how far you are from the generator, from conducting wall, from charge buildup on insulating walls, from curtains or draperies.

Poor measurability partly explains why shoddy machines have been marketed (and confiscated by the FDA) in the past. Today, regrettably, the field is still not without its quacks. According to Bruce Sullivan, president of Environmental Sciences Corp. "Some people are selling generators for thousands. One company calls its machine The Air Doctor."

Advanced technology has eliminated most problems associated with previous ion devices, and as such there are more on the market today. Moreover, it is now possible to create higher voltages with lower current, thereby reducing or eliminating the production of ozone (Federal law prohibits more than .05 parts per million ozone level). So to ensure that a device meets the buyer’s needs, one should carefully examine the manufacturer’s literature.

In addition, buyers should look for a warranty on parts and labor, including a description of the room size affected by the machine, and even a money-back trial period offer. A list of authorized service centers should also be provided to the consumer. So caution is still the watch-word since industry standardization has yet to be instituted, although industry standard for ion measurement and output are currently being drawn up by several manufactures.

The first call for some kind of industry standards was issued by ion pioneer Igho Hart Kornblueh back in 1961: "Standardization of the generating and metering equipment by an independent authority would terminate the hasty and regrettable trend to market ion generators of questionable safety, quality and output."

Today Fred Soyka echoes his words: "Measuring the sending capacity of these machines is very important. You should be able to say, like when you buy a 60-watt light bulb. I’m getting an ionizer of this and this capacity. And to correlate that to room sizes."

A giant step was taken at the Ions and Light Conference, where the International Bio-Environmental Society was formed to set up standards and regulations within the industry. "We’ve already gone through our Inquisition on ionization," said president Bruce Sullivan, "We don’t need another one." The Association is building a box within which the ion output of different machines can be counted at a standard distance and humidity.

Ions have been around for eons. Science has had its eye on the ion for 80 years. But public ignorance, generally non-ionized interiors and lack of generator standards is the hallmark of a science and industry still in its infancy. Dr. E.R. Holiday thinks we know as much about air today as we did about food 70 years ago, when biochemists thought protein, fat, and carbohydrates were all we needed. Then a substance was discovered that prevented rickets: the first vitamin. Ions might well be, as Holiday suggests, "the vitamin of the air."

Soil Fertility and Animal Health ---Prof William Albrecht

Kindly see in the attached document  how the Vedic tradition about Sacred Cow  is endorsed by Modern Science .

Prof William Albrecht of Missouri University  the famous soil scientist was the first researcher to establish the role of cows in sustaining  fertility and mineral content  of soil,  to ensure good health for every body on earth.

see the book Soil Fertility and Animal Health by him

BT Cotton Gossypol Toxicity in Livestock

Age old practice of Cotton seed and Cotton seed oil cake feeding to cows in India should be reviewed very carefully in light of this research paper. Due to Govt allowing Bt Cotton in India, this becomes very important.

VTMD-9116

Gossypol Toxicity

in Livestock

Sandra Morgan, DVM

How to Convert Percent (%) to Parts per Million (ppm)

0.001% = 10ppm

0.02% = 200ppm

1.06% = 10,600ppm

Move the decimal point over four places to the right.

Introduction

Gossypol is a toxic compound found in the cotton plant. It is concentrated in the cottonseed but can also be found in other parts of the cotton plant such as hulls, leaves, and stems. Gossypol exists in two forms: free and bound. The free form is toxic, whereas gossypol that binds to proteins is in the “bound” or non-toxic form.

Why is this important?

The amount of free gossypol in the cottonseed can be quite variable. Many factors influence gossypol content such as: specie of cotton plant, climatic conditions, soil conditions, fertilizer, etc. This makes it impossible to know how much gossypol the cottonseed contains without having it tested.

Whole cottonseed contains the most free gossypol. Cot­tonseed meal is the byproduct of cottonseed oil extraction from the whole seeds. There are different extraction techniques which have considerable effect on the amount of free gossypol that is in the meal. The older screw-press method used heat which increased the protein binding, thus converting more free gossypol (toxic form) to the bound form (non-toxic). The solvent extraction is widely used now because more oil can be extracted. However, since heat is not used the amount of free gossypol in the meal is almost ten times higher than meal that has been processed by the screw press method. This can be a significant difference if very much gossypol is in the seed. This change to solvent extraction may be why we have seen an increase in gossypol toxicity in recent years.

Animals Affected

Gossypol primarily affects the heart and liver. The re­productive tract, abomasum, and kidney are also affected. Simple stomached (nonogastric) animals such as pigs have long been known to be susceptible to gossypol toxicity. Ru­minants such as cattle and sheep can tolerate higher levels of free gossypol because gossypol binds to proteins in the rumen. Young calves and lambs are quite susceptible to gos­sypol toxicity. Even though they are ruminents, their rumen is not considered to be fully functional and is unable to bind as much free gossypol as an adult.

Swine rations are not allowed to contain more than 0.01% or 100ppm. Calves and lambs less than four months of age are not recommended to have greater than 100ppm in their concentrate ration. From four months to one year, it is difficult to recommend certain levels because of all the variables involved. The older an animal is, the more gossypol it should be able to detoxify. However, 400-600ppm has caused toxicity in young ruminants. Usually they are on free choice rations. Rumen function is dependant on many factors, but age, amount and type of roughage the animal has received, and how early it was received, are very important. Binding of gossypol is also dependent on amount of available proteins.

Adult cattle can tolerate much larger amounts of free gossypol but toxicity has been reported with levels of 800ppm fed over a long period of time. The problem with gossypol is the toxic effect seems to be cumulative. The longer they are on a ration that contains much gossypol, the more likely they are to have toxicity problems.

Symptoms

Since gossypol affects the heart, gossypol toxicity has been manifested as two types of clinical syndromes par­ticularly in young animals. One syndrome of sudden death (resembling a heart attack) has frequently been reported in calves and lambs. These animals seem healthy, have good appetites and are often one of the best ones in the group, but are found dead. This has often been mistaken as “overeating” in lambs. Calves on cottonseed may die suddenly during, or right after transport because it is stressful to them. The other syndrome is one of chronic labored breathing which resembles pneumonia. Due to heart failure, the lungs fill up with fluid and breathing becomes very difficult. Since it is not an infection, these animals do not respond to antibiotics. Animals will be depressed, go off feed, may have a nasal discharge, may have red urine, and may have a thin but “pot-bellied” appearance in contrast to the animals that died suddenly that appeared healthy. This will usually affect more than one animal in a group.

Adult dairy cattle have exhibited symptoms of weak­ness, depression, loss of appetite, difficult breathing, blood in the urine, inflammation of the intestines, and reproductive problems.

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Diagnosis

Gossypol toxicity must be considered any time there is death loss in young animals that have been on cottonseed for several weeks (less time if levels of gossypol are extremely high). If a producer has a problem with his livestock, he should work with his veterinarian and have any dead animals necropsied and a feed sample sent to a diagnostic laboratory for necropsy and analysis.

Treatment

There is no treatment at this time for animals suffering from gossypol toxicity. These animals must not be stressed. Animals have died even 2 weeks after gossypol was removed from the diet. Unless damage is severe, many of the lesions will be reversible with time and removal of cottonseed from the diet.

Prevention

If cottonseed or cottonseed meal is bought in bulk, it would be worthwhile to have it tested before feeding it. Depending on the level of free gossypol, the cottonseed could be utilized in the best interest of the livestock. For instance, if your cot­tonseed tested 0.07% free gossypol, this is 700ppm. This level, even if it made up only onehalf of the concentrate, would still have 350ppm free gossypol in it, and not be acceptable to baby calves and lambs. On the other hand, adults should be able to tolerate this level, especially if it were mixed with other concentrates. A stocker calf may be able to tolerate this level if it were mixed with other concentrates (particularly another protein) and not fed continually for a long period of time. Alternating cottonseed with other feedstuffs may help prevent or slow down the cumulative effects of the toxin.

Discussion

When whole cottonseed or cottonseed meal is purchased in bulk, it is possible that the level of free gossypol it contains is quite low, and might not ever cause any problems. Unfor­tunately, unless it is tested, there could always be the risk that the level of free gossypol can be extremely high. Feed­ing cottonseed is much like feeding sudan hay, except on a longer term basis. Without testing the hay for nitrate, you are gambling with the health of your livestock.

Reference

Morgan, S.E. Gossypol as a toxicant in livestock. In Burrows GE (ed): The Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice. Philadelphia. W.B. Saunders, 1989, pp 251-263.