Animal Health
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Philippines formalises regionalisation measures for HPAI in UK
While the Philippines' Department of Agriculture (DA) has effectively applied regionalisation measures for high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in the United Kingdom since 2024, this arrangement has now been officially formalised throu ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Environmental nucleic acid testing of trough water detects viral signatures linked to livestock health, research found
A newly published paper by the Research Institute for Northern Agriculture (RINA) at Charles Darwin University has demonstrated that simple environmental nucleic acid (eNA) testing of trough water can detect bacterial and viral signatures l ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Fresh FMD outbreak strikes multiple provinces in China
A new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) recently occurred across multiple provinces in China.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Study by US university academics looks into cardiac puncture blood collection for post-mortem pathogen detection in pigs
A recent study, funded by the Swine Health Information Center and led by Cesar Corzo and Marcello Melini at the University of Minnesota, explored the use of tongue tip samples as a viable option for effective disease diagnosis in growing pi ...
Monday, April 13, 2026
Bird flu hits four distircts in Nepal
The H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza, also commonly called bird flu, has spread across four districts of Nepal, a government official said early this month.
Monday, April 13, 2026
Taiwan's gets back ASF-free status
Taiwan has restored its status as a self-declared African swine fever (ASF)-free area with the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), the Ministry of Agriculture announced early this month.
Monday, April 13, 2026
Anthrax outbreak forces shutdown of beef cattle farm in eastern Shandong, China
China's eastern Shandong province reported five people were infected with anthrax and a beef cattle farm was shut after an outbreak was discovered in the agricultural province.
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Workshop focused on improving livestock disease detection held in Nairobi, Kenya
A high-level workshop on improving livestock disease detection has convened in Nairobi, Kenya, bringing together government officials, veterinarians, researchers, development partners, private sector actors and farmer representatives.
Thursday, April 9, 2026
Russia overhauls production of animal vaccines following cattle disease outbreak
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on March 30 overhauling the production of animal vaccines following an outbreak of cattle disease that led to the deeply unpopular mass culling of livestock in a Siberian region.
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
University of Michigan project looks into preventing bird flu by observing virus' degradation in air
Discovering how the bird flu virus degrades in the air around livestock and how engineering solutions can effect that degradation quickly and efficiently are core aims of a new University of Michigan Engineering-led project funded by the US ...
Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Scientists identify global hotspots for avian flu
Scientists have identified global hotspots for avian flu where dense populations of people, cattle, and poultry overlap within a small share of the Earth's land.
Monday, April 6, 2026
Philippines looking into setting up Bio-Safe facility in Subic Freeport
The Philippines' Department of Agriculture (DA) is exploring the establishment of a Bio-Safe examination facility inside the Subic Freeport, to bolster the country's defenses against agricultural smuggling and prevent the spread of animal d ...
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Chile's Sernapesca releases 2025 report on use of antimicrobials in salmon farming
Chile's National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca) has released its 2025 Sanitary Report and Reports on the Use of Antimicrobials and Antiparasitics in salmon farming.
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
Up to 1,000 birds dead following bird flu outbreak in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
A bird flu outbreak in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, was confirmed on March 23 at the Central Hatchery at Seminary Hills after around 800 to 1,000 birds died.
Monday, March 30, 2026
Five farms in Morang, Koshi, Nepal, hit bt bird flu
Bird flu has been confirmed at five poultry farms in Morang district, Koshi Province, eastern Nepal, raising concerns among authorities and farmers.

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