Animal Care

Kenya on high alert to prevent new rinderpest outbreak

NAIROBI, (Xinhua) -- Kenya is on high alert to prevent a looming rinderpest outbreak in the country, a senior official said on Friday.

Publication Date: 
05/07/2017
Coast Week (Kenya)
Tags:
Animal Care, Livestock, Animal Diseases, Kenya, Farmers, Somalia, Africa
Animal Care

Swine fever hits Ashanti Region, 400 pigs killed

An outbreak of African swine fever in three districts of the Ashanti Region has led to the killing of over 400 pigs between May and June this year, the Veterinary Services Department has revealed.

Publication Date: 
05/07/2017
Ghana Web (Ghana)
Tags:
Animal Care, Swine Flu, Animal Diseases, Pigs, Ghana, Africa
Animal Care

Togo reports H5N1 bird flu in southern part of the country: OIE

Togo reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu at a poultry farm in the southern part of the country, the Paris-based World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday, citing

Publication Date: 
05/07/2017
Angola Press
Tags:
Animal Care, Livestock, Avian Flu, Influenza, Togo, Birds, Africa
Animal Care

Role of oxytocin in improving the welfare of farm animals

Recently, increasing attention has been paid to the welfare of farm animals, which have been evaluated using behavioral and physiological measures. However, so far, the measures have almost always been used to estimate poor welfare. In this review, firstly we focus on how oxytocin (OT) relates to positive social behavior, pleasure, and stress tolerance, and second on which management factors stimulate OT release.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
04/07/2017
Siyu Chen, Shusuke Sato
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
30
4
449-454
Tags:
Animal Care, Drugs, Cattle, Livestock, Research
Agriculture

FG to pay Kano poultry farmers N438m compensation

The Federal Ministry of Finance will soon commence the payment of N438 million compensation to poultry farmers who lost their birds to avian flu influenza in Kano.

Publication Date: 
03/07/2017
Guardian (Nigeria)
Tags:
Animal Care, Livestock, Avian Flu, Influenza, Compensation, Farmers, Africa, Agriculture
Animal Care

South African culls 260,000 birds so far to contain bird flu outbreak: minister

PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa has culled 260,000 birds so far to contain an H5N8 bird flu outbreak, Agriculture Minister Senzeni Zokwana told a news briefing on Thursday.

Publication Date: 
30/06/2017
Reuters (Africa)
Tags:
Animal Care, Avian Flu, Influenza, South Africa, Birds, Poultry, Africa
Animal Care

New case of avian flu confirmed in Standerton

A second case of a highly contagious form of avian flu was confirmed on a commercial chicken farm in Mpumalanga on Monday, which will require the immediate slaughter of 25,000 birds in addition to

Publication Date: 
28/06/2017
Business Day (South Africa)
Tags:
Animal Care, Avian Flu, Influenza, Poultry, Birds, South Africa, Africa
Animal Care

Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana ban South African poultry imports

Zimbabwe, Namibia and Botswana on Tuesday suspended poultry imports from South Africa with immediate effect following outbreaks of highly contagious H5N8 bird flu.

Publication Date: 
28/06/2017
Africa News
Tags:
Animal Care, Livestock, Poultry, Avian Flu, Influenza, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Exports, Africa
Animal Care

Zimbabwe bans South African poultry after avian flu outbreak: state paper

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe has imposed an indefinite ban on poultry products from South Africa after the country announced an outbreak of highly contagious H5N8 bird flu, the state-owned Herald ne

Publication Date: 
27/06/2017
Reuters (Africa)
Tags:
Animal Care, Avian Flu, Influenza, Poultry, Livestock, Zimbabwe, South Africa
Animal Care

New case of avian flu confirmed in Standerton

A second case of a highly contagious form of avian flu was confirmed on a commercial chicken farm in Mpumalanga on Monday, which will require the immediate slaughter of 25,000 birds in addition to

Publication Date: 
27/06/2017
Business Day (South Africa)
Tags:
Animal Care, Avian Flu, Influenza, Poultry, South Africa, Africa

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