Resources Tagged: Animal Health

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  1. Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, 4th Edition

    2017-12-26 Whether you are raising a few backyard chickens or a flock of 100, this is the book you need to keep your birds healthy and safe. With the most up-to-date information of shelter, food, eggs, chicks, health care, and meat, this time-tested authority can help beginners and seasoned pros alike find...
    chicken raising Chickens-Housing Chicken feed Animal Health

  2. Community Animal Health Workers Support Small-Scale Livestock Production

    2016-07-11 Editors: ECHO will be hosting a three-day workshop in September at our Florida campus, on the topic of small-scale livestock production in the tropics (see the “Upcoming Events” section for details). Our Global Farm incorporates many animals, including ducks, rabbits, chickens, pigs, and goats—so...
    Livestock Development Livestock Animal Health Animal Production Animal Husbandry

  3. Feeding rabbits - video

    Access Agricuture Training Video Many producers raise rabbits because it requires relatively little space, little time and therefore lets you earn some money quickly. For the rabbit to grow well and multiply quickly you need to feed it well. Dry the wet fodder before giving it to the rabbit the...
    Animal Health Fodder AccessAgriculture Rabbits

  4. Sustainable Livestock Service Delivery

    2016-03-02 Session: The pastoral areas of Kenya are characterised by poor access to quality livestock services. Consequently the pastoralists are forced to purchase sub-standard and/or counterfeit veterinary drugs - often from unqualified people - to meet their animal health needs. They also treat their...
    Animal Health East Africa

  5. How to avoid fraudulent vaccinations

    2016-03-01 Session: ECF-ITM vaccine has been shown to be a highly effective product, with a 95 per cent success rate in pastoral herds - one of the highest rates of protection offered by any livestock vaccine. However, up till now, governments in East, Central and Southern Africa have rejected widespread...
    Animal Health East Africa

  6. Managing Cattle Ticks - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Ticks are small creatures like insects that attach to the body of animals to suck their blood. Ticks cause diseases like skin lesions. The animals will become skinny and no longer produce milk. Available languages Arabic Ateso Bangla Chitonga / Tonga English...
    Animal Health Disease Control AccessAgriculture Ticks

  7. Detecting Aflatoxin in Agricultural Commodities

    2016-07-11 Dr. Dowell is a Research Agricultural Engineer with the USDA ARS. He has about 30 years of experience developing technology to measure grain quality and improving food security in developing countries. He has over 20 years of experience in international agriculture, and is President of Planting...
    Health and Nutrition Human Health Animal Health Lab Protocol

  8. Preventing fly-borne illness in donkeys and horses - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Donkeys, mules and horses are important working animals, many diseases are transmitted by insects such as flies. Flies can transmit a parasitic worm called Habronema that causes several problems in horses and donkeys. There are many precautions which you can take...
    Animal Health AccessAgriculture Fly Livestock

  9. Making a Raised Platform for Sheep and Goats - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video In traditional sheds, sheep and goats are often kept on the ground. The animals are in direct contact with their urine and droppings. Because of poor hygiene many animals get sick. You can easily make a raised platform inside your existing shed to solve these...
    Sheep Industry Goat Industry Livestock Health Animal Health Sheep AccessAgriculture Goats

  10. Community Animal Health Workers

    2014-03-20
    Animal Health East Africa