Brucellosis in animals and humans

Causes Brucellosis is an infectious disease that occurs from contact with animals carrying Brucella bacteria. Brucella can infect cattle, goats, camels, dogs, and pigs. The bacteria can spread to humans if you come in contact with infected meat or the placenta of infected animals, or if you eat or drink unpasteurised milk or cheese. Brucella...

Keeping livestock cool in the summer

Keeping livestock cool in the summer is vitally important, not only for the sake of comfort but also to prevent heat stress. If heat stress sets in, livestock productivity and performance decreases while the chances of heat stroke increase. What’s more, heat stress is very difficult to combat once it begins, so preventative measures are...

Benefits of probiotics in animal nutrition and health

Probiotics are defined as live microorganisms which can confer a health benefit for the host when administered in appropriate and regular quantities. Once ingested, the probiotic microorganisms can modulate the balance and activities of the gastrointestinal microbiota, whose role is fundamental to gut homeostasis. It has been demonstrated that numerous factors, such as dietary and...

Newcastle disease

Newcastle disease is a viral disease of birds caused by avian paramyxovirus 1 (APMV-1). For official control purposes, this disease is currently defined as the most severe form of the illness, which is caused only by certain viral strains. Newcastle disease is considered to be one of the most important poultry diseases in the world....
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