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The goal is to transform livestock health management into a more preventive and responsive system that can reduce economic losses.

The company aims to provide dairy farms with a tool that addresses the biological complexities of the transition period during lactation.

The new Japanese approach instead uses 10 millilitres of oral fluid (instead of blood) per test, far more than the 50–200 microliters used in comparable test.

The six-year L-PRES programme is a major push to address long-standing challenges in Nigeria’s livestock sector, from disease outbreaks to low productivity.

The organisers provide that Vietnam is considered as one of the fastest growing and high potential Asian countries, as far as livestock numbers and feed production is concerned.

In related developments, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on an mRNA-based vaccine for African swine fever (ASF) that could be more effective than conventional vaccines.

Brazil is one of the world’s largest meat exporters, and this status opens doors to new markets while boosting confidence in animal product safety.

The report suggests that a global 30% reduction in antibiotic use, achieved through improved hygiene, vaccination, and biosecurity, could yield US$120 billion in economic gains by 2050.

Pigs have already been vaccinated and will be challenged with a virulent strain of the ASF virus to assess the vaccine’s efficacy.

The Philippine Department of Agriculture recently launched a new ASF vaccine research centre at Central Luzon State University to strengthen the nation’s biosecurity infrastructure.