Ibanda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The business community dealing in cattle products in Ibanda district are crying foul after authorities imposed a total ban on the movement and sale of cattle products due to the escalating foot and mouth disease. The Ibanda District Veterinary Officer Dr. Hillary Arinaitwe on Thursday …
Read More »Kitgum residents intercept truck carrying stolen livestock
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Corner Mission Cell in Pager division, Kitgum municipality on Monday intercepted a truck transporting suspected stolen cattle from Lamwo district. The chairperson of security surveillance for the Pager division Agnes Atim Onek, says that the Fuso truck registration number UBF 400C was transporting 22 …
Read More »Anthrax disease: Over 15 cases confirmed in Kween district
Kween, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kween district is under surveillance after attack of the anthrax disease which started last month. Health Officials in the district say 15 of the 19 people are undergoing treatment and over 15 heads of cattle have so far succumbed to the disease. Phily Musobo, …
Read More »Twelve arrested in Kiruhura for flouting FMD quarantine
Kiruhura district banned the movement, sale and slaughtering of cattle following the outbreak of foot and mouth disease Kiruhura, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Kiruhura has arrested 12 people for allegedly flouting the Foot and Mouth disease quarantine. They were arrested on Thursday night at Ahakageti village in Sanga …
Read More »Veterinary doctors warn on rushed MAAIF livestock census
UVA: Focus should be on containing diseases at this point in time Nakasongola, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The national association of veterinary doctors of Uganda (UVA) have advised the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry not to rush to conduct a livestock census without their input. In a statement, they …
Read More »Gov’t delivers 900,000 foot and mouth disease vaccine dozes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has so far delivered nine hundred thousand dozes of Foot and Mouth disease (FMD) vaccines to affected areas, two months after it announced a mass vaccination exercise. The country has been battling an FMD outbreak since December 2020, when it was first detected …
Read More »NRM chairperson on the spot for releasing cattle into residents’ gardens
Kamuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Moses Kalangwa, the Kayunga district National Resistance Movement-NRM chairperson is being accused by residents of Nansololo B village in Namasagali sub county in Kamuli district for releasing his cattle to graze in their gardens. Kalangwa owns about 300-acres of land in the same village. However, residents …
Read More »Security in Agago recoveries 26 stolen cattle
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twenty-six cattle raided by suspected Karamojong rustlers have been recovered by Local Defense Unit-LDU and local leaders in Agago district. The cows were recovered on Tuesday night during a manhunt for the suspected rustlers following their raid in Biwaga Parish in Lira-Kato Sub County on …
Read More »Gulu district struggles to contain outbreak of black quarter disease
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu district veterinary department is struggling to contain an outbreak of black quarter disease following the death of 50 cattle. The black quarter disease is an acute animal’s disease characterized by emphysematous swelling in the heavy muscles of the animals. The animals with the disease present …
Read More »Sironko pleads for more FMD vaccines
Sironko, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sironko district is seeking more vaccines to vaccinate more cattle against Foot and Mouth Disease-FMD after using up the 500 doses supplied by the Ministry of Agricultural, Animal Industry and Fisheries-MAAIF. The District Veterinary Officer, John Wanzala, says FMD broke out in the district in …
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