Malaysian Fisheries Department has set a tilapia production goal of 130,000 mt by 2020 to meet the nationwide demand
Livestock
UN body sets food standard guidelines to reduce salmonella
The UN body responsible for setting food standards has adopted new guidelines in a bit to reduce cases of salmonella
Shrimp farming looking to battle trans-continental disease
Governments, scientists and producers have expressed the need for a consensus on ways to fight acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND) in cultured shrimp
Now a vaccine to protect pigs from PCVD
CIRCOVAC, vaccine introduced by multinational animal health company, protects pigs from porcine circovirus associated disease (PCVD)
Chicken slaughter made more humane
A PhD research student at UK’s University of Glasgow has successfully created a ‘neck dislocation glove’, which aims to humanely kill chicken in poultry farms