Feral hogs are a persistent and costly threat to U.S. crop and livestock production, inflicting over $1.6 billion in damages ...

Can goats help each other? A new study by the Research Institute of Farm Animal Biology (FBN) in Dummerstorf in collaboration ...

Inaugural State of the World's Animal Health report finds several animal diseases reaching new areas, with half of those reported able to jump to peo ...

Tirunelveli District Collector R. Sukumar inaugurated vaccination of goats and sheep for Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) virus at Kulavanigarpuram in Palayamkottai on Monday. He said the farmers ...

The viral illness affects cloven-hoofed animals such as cows, pigs, sheep ... also known as sheep and goat plague. This large geographical leap for the PPR virus is typical of animal migration ...

District officials in Kabarole have confirmed an outbreak of Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), a highly ... as seemingly healthy goats could still be incubating the virus,” Dr Tugume said.

Kagwe explains that Kenya is home to about 22 million cattle, 23 million sheep, 35 million goats and 4.3 million ... international strategies for FMD and PPR control and eradication.

Nairobi — The Nationwide Livestock Vaccination Campaign, aimed at vaccinating at least 22 million cattle and 50 million goats and sheep ... des Petits Ruminants (PPR), a highly contagious ...

has said the vaccines are vital for expanding the sector by controlling foot-and-mouth disease in cattle and peste des petits ruminants (PPR) - also known as sheep and goat plague. But some of ...

CS Karanja emphasized the need for a coordinated approach to managing diseases like FMD and PPR. The government plans to vaccinate 22 million cattle and 50 million goats and sheep. Critics ...

PPR is a highly contagious animal disease affecting domestic and wild small ruminants. Though PPR virus infects both sheep and goats, the clinical symptoms are more severe in goats.