LivestockAPHIS says three Farm Bill animal health programmes will get $233 million a year from fiscal 2026, with up to $80 million in competitive grants for states and livestock groups open until 7 January 2027.
LivestockVisiting ICAR-NIVEDI in Bengaluru, ICAR chief M. L. Jat proposed a national hub for livestock disease surveillance and early warning, and laid the foundation of a training lab for AI-based disease intelligence.
FAO and IGAD urge countries to step up surveillance and pre-position vaccines, with Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda at highest risk between October and January.
LivestockThe UKRI-backed programme starts in Sarawak, Malaysia, and will combine virology, epidemiology, economics and behavioural science to build open prediction tools.
LivestockThe new case at a poultry farm in Coronel Freitas lies inside the zone already restricted after last week's outbreak at a turkey farm in Nova Itaberaba, Brazil's first since 2024.
LivestockIreland's agriculture department has confirmed further bluetongue cases, bringing the total to 28 herds in 11 counties, 26 of them cattle and two sheep, with Wexford hardest hit; farmers and vets are urged to report suspect cases.
AgrotechA Harper Adams engineering project found that machine-learning models fed with acoustic, water, environmental and management data spotted early signs of disease in nursery pigs better than any single sensor; it won the 2026 Nick Bird Award.
LivestockA working group recommends building on existing manifests and brand inspection, linked to the national system, rather than a new scheme, to cut disease and market risk.
LivestockNational Fallen Stock Company data show Devon up 310% and Somerset 228% in August, as BTV-3 is confirmed on 2,124 premises in Great Britain this season.
LivestockBritain's APHA has asked pig vets to watch for a new disease syndrome, tied to a novel parvovirus variant, found on farms in the Netherlands and on one breeding farm in Denmark.
LivestockJagonews24 opened a series on livestock diseases on 29 August 2017 with blood dysentery, or coccidiosis, a gut infection of cattle, buffalo, goats and sheep caused by single-celled Eimeria parasites. Here are its signs and prevention, with research published up to 2017.
