Chinese scientists have isolated the Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) from swine normally considered to infect only birds

Authorities in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang have culled more than 150,000 chickens following an outbreak of bird flu

 National Animal Identification and Tracing (Nait), a computerised system to trace New Zealand's livestock through the international marketplace, will become operational from July 1

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

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