Shanghai will reopen its market for live poultry by the end of June 2013, city authorities have revealed
Livestock
Vietnam launches first fish vaccine

Vaccination is an important measure and a step forward in controlling diseases in farmed Pangasius. (Image source: gordonflood/Flickr)
The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s department of animal health has launched the first fish vaccine ALPHA JECT Panga 1
Vaccination, a vexed issue for small poultry farmers

All mainstream poultry diseases can be prevented through relevant vaccination at the correct age and stage in a bird’s life. (Image source: Petrov 2012/Flickr)
Vacccination is an essential part of commercial poultry production but continues to remain accessible only to big farmers due to high cost involved and limited availability of vaccines
China’s poultry feed demand may slump by 20 per cent in Q2 2013
Feed demand from Chinas poultry industry may slump 20 per cent in the second quarter of 2013 from a year earlier after a bird flu outbreak in the country