The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) are collaborating to combat foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) on a global scale
Livestock
‘Blue ear disease’ spreads in Vietnam
With the Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) also known as ‘blue ear disease’ recording an upward trend, more and more people are contracting a bacterium virus called ‘Streptococcus Suis’ from pigs in northern Vietnam
Indonesia gearing up to combat probable H5N1 outbreak
Indonesia is planning to produce more than 50,000 units of bird flu vaccine to ensure that it is well prepared in case a pandemic occurs and to assist foreign countries as well
H5N1 bird flu reported in China
An outbreak of the highly epidemic H5N1 bird flu virus in poultry has been reported in north-west China
Managing your watering system during brooding
The watering system in your poultry house, and how you manage it, is central to the quality of environment in which you raise your flock