Social Media Ideas for Disease Control

Disease Tracing

by NALC Research Fellow Jordan Berry and Senior Staff Attorney Elizabeth Rumley In December 2003, the United States confirmed its first...

Tillage: Disease control in fodder beet

Disease control is essential in fodder beet to maintain a healthy green leaf canopy and maximise root yield. According to Teagasc, this can be achieved with well-timed fungicide pr...

Govt steps in to contain lumpy skin disease in J&K

The Jammu and Kashmir Government has stepped up measures to contain the spread of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), with Agriculture Production Minister Javid Ahmad Dar directing officials...

Disease Management Boosts Mango Yields Amid Bacterial Black Spot in Southern Ghana

A Three-Part Disease-Fighting Strategy Could Dramatically Increase Ghana’s Mango Yields A new study from southern Ghana suggests that mango farmers can more than double productivit...

Avian cholera: epidemiology, transmission and control measures

Avian cholera remains a significant threat to poultry and wild bird populations. Effective control relies on biosecurity, surveillance and appropriate carcass management measures....

Controlling parasites as rain forecast

With rain forecast from the weekend, the damp, warm conditions will suit parasites such as stomach and lungworm down to the ground. Parasite control at this time of the year for yo...

Can you match the disease with the animal that spreads it?

Corn diseases emerge early, but severity remains uncertain

A technical service manager says the forecast over the next several weeks will help determine how disease pressure impacted corn production.   Lily Ziehmer covers Nebraska and Colo...

Infection Control in Veterinary Medicine: First Do No Harm, Including to Yourself

In this VETgirl blog, Dr. Katherine Brannick discusses infection control, framing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as the last line of defense. Dr. Brannick introduces a risk-ba...

Communities strengthen zoonotic disease surveillance in southern Zambia

Communities in southern Zambia are helping veterinary services detect animal diseases earlier through local reporting, anthrax vaccination and better livestock health facilities. T...

How Johne’s disease is continuing to impact farm production

Young stock are at the greatest risk of contacting Johne’s disease, a notifiable disease in Ireland, but farmers can take measures to minimise the exposure to disease. Johne’s dise...

Texas cow/calf producer says New World screwworm containment efforts show progress

A southeast Texas cow/calf operator says the sterile fly dispersals have been integral in the containment of New World screwworm. Stephen Diebel says the proactive approach has mad...

Controlling rabies

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Food Hygiene, Antimicrobial Stewardship are Equally Critical to Controlling Foodborne Drug Resistance, FAO Experts Say

Controlling foodborne antimicrobial resistance requires a One Health approach centered on food hygiene. Although antimicrobial stewardship can slow the emergence and enrichment of...

Improving leptospirosis diagnostics in cattle

Project will home in on proteins that better match current circulating strains of the bacteria; goal is a single test that uses just one or two proteins to identify infected animal...

UK APHA Highlights Outcomes of Seven-Year Project to Bolster Global AMR Laboratory Capacities

In an effort to address the “silent pandemic” of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a recently concluded UK Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)–FAO project has helped partners acros...

Lumpy skin disease cases reported, situation under control: Official

Disease pressure low in parts of Nebraska

An east-central Nebraska farmer says there’s some variability in his corn crop this year. Ryan Preister says disease pressure has been moderately low this year. “We are starting to...