700,000 birds were killed in India when protesters cut the power to a poultry farm. (Image source: Salt Spring Community/Flickr)
Nearly 700,000 birds died when protesters cut off the power supply to a poultry farm in Vizianagaram district in India, which cut the air conditioning and caused asphyxiation
A new global study mapping human-animal diseases like tuberculosis (TB) and Rift Valley fever finds that 13 zoonoses are responsible for 2.2 million human deaths per year
Chinese scientists have isolated the Newcastle disease virus from pigs. (Image source: S H Photos/Flickr)
Chinese scientists have isolated the Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) from swine normally considered to infect only birds
China has culled more than 150,000 chickens in bird flu outbreak. (Image source: bigb20/Flickr)
Authorities in Chinas northwestern region of Xinjiang have culled more than 150,000 chickens following an outbreak of bird flu
New Zealand has introduced electronic tracking of its cattle. (Image source: Geraint Morgan/Flickr)
National Animal Identification and Tracing (Nait), a computerised system to trace New Zealands livestock through the international marketplace, will become operational from July 1
