The World Bank is now buying carbon credits from owners of pig farms in the Philippines
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UN sets limits on veterinary growth promoting drug
The Codex Alimentarius Commission, the United Nations food standards body, has agreed on a set of residue limits for the veterinary drug ractopamine in animal tissues
Newcastle disease virus isolated from swine
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
FAO,OIE join forces to fight foot-and-mouth disease
FAO, OIE have formulated a strategy to fight foot and mouth disease. (Image source: gr8dnes/Flickr)
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
‘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
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