Livestock
World fisheries production valued at US$218 billion in latest year
Capture fisheries and aquaculture produced about 148 million tonnes of fish valued at US$218 billion in 2010, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization said
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Protesters cut power to poultry farm in India, thousands of birds die
Nearly 700,000 birds died when protesters cut off the power supply to a poultry farm in Vizianagaram district in India, which cut the air conditioning and caused asphyxiation
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Study reveals 13 zoonoses responsible for 2.2 million human deaths per year
A new global study mapping human-animal diseases like tuberculosis (TB) and Rift Valley fever finds that 13 zoonoses are responsible for 2.2 million human deaths per year
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Newcastle disease virus isolated from swine
Chinese scientists have isolated the Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) from swine normally considered to infect only birds
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Bird flu: China culls more than 150,000 chickens
Authorities in China's northwestern region of Xinjiang have culled more than 150,000 chickens following an outbreak of bird flu
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