TheCattleSite Latest News: Uganda
08 February 2017
Delayed Cattle Vaccination Irks Ugandan FarmersUGANDA - Livestock farmers in Sembabule District, whose cattle were attacked by tick borne disease, are frustrated by the delayed vaccination of their cattle against the disease....
24 January 2017
Uganda President Calls for More Milk Processing PlantsUGANDA - President Yoweri Museveni has encouraged the proprietors of Amos Dairies Limited, a Kiruhuura district-based milk-processing factory, to establish more milk processing plants in the country....
27 December 2016
Cattle Vaccination to Delay Over Lack of FundsUGANDA - Livestock farmers, whose cattle were recently attacked by the tick borne disease will have to wait a little longer to have their animals vaccinated. Government says it lack funds to carry out the vaccination....
13 August 2015
Training Boosts Uganda's Foot and Mouth ResilienceUGANDA - A new project run by international organisations has been initiated in Uganda, with officials receiving training in recognising and reporting animal diseases....
09 July 2014
Wider Use of Mobile Animal Health App Urged in Other CountriesUGANDA - A new mobile application is successfully supporting Uganda's veterinary technicians....
04 November 2013
Egg, Milk Prices Go DownUGANDA - Year-on-year headline inflation is down to 8.1 per cent at the end of October with lower prices for vegetable oils, milk, eggs and vegetables. This has increased the purchasing power of money. ...
17 October 2013
Livestock, Poultry Production Rise in UgandaUGANDA - Poultry and livestock production in Uganda increased by 3.2 per cent last year despite the effects of climate change such as the adverse rise in temperatures, a report shows....
29 July 2013
Planting For Hope: Where Sustainable Agriculture Saves CommunitiesWhen clean water is scarce and fertiliser and herbicides too expensive, sustainable agriculture is not a fashionable option but a necessity....
12 March 2013
FAO Supports Transformation of Uganda's Agri SectorUGANDA - FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva met with Ugandan Vice-President Edward Sekandi to discuss ways to ensure food security for all Ugandans and reduce poverty by supporting rural smallholders in the country's agriculture sector....
27 February 2013
Towards Integrated Animal Health: Food Safety Surveillance in East AfricaUGANDA - Animal diseases have wide ranging impacts on both animals and people, from decimating livestock and wildlife to threatening public health, compromising food safety, food security and crippling livelihoods....
08 September 2011
Live Exports Hit Processing IndustryUGANDA - The meat processing industry in Uganda is being hit by a fall in livestock numbers and in particular cattle. ...
09 August 2011
Four Beef Processing Plants For UgandaUGANDA - A public-private partnership in Uganda is to see four new beef processing plants built across the country. ...
31 January 2011
Prime Minister Advises Dairy Farmers UGANDA - Farmers have been urged to take dairy farming seriously because the demand of milk is increasing globally. ...
06 August 2010
Anthrax Outbreak In UgandaUGANDA - The State Department of Veterinary Medecine in Uganda has reported an outbreak of anthrax in wild buffalo. ...
13 November 2009
Dairy Body Toughens On Milk QualityUGANDA - The Dairy Development Authority (DDA) has embarked on arresting dealers who dilute milk with water....
05 November 2009
Cattle Could Save Ugandan PovertyUGANDA - According to the National Livestock Census, the Karamoja region has the most cattle in Uganda but remains the most underdeveloped and impoverished region because the resource is not exploited....
21 October 2009
Cattle Movement Banned in AruaUGANDA - Arua district veterinary office has banned cattle movement in lower Madi, Rigbo sub-county, following an outbreak of cattle lung disease. ...
24 September 2009
Kiruhura District Lifts Cattle Trade BanUGANDA - After almost four years, the ban on selling of livestock in open markets in Kiruhura District has been lifted. ...
11 August 2009
Cattle Disease Hits GuluUGANDA - A contagious cattle disease has claimed six head of cattle and infected over 600 others in Gulu district, the district veterinary officer has said....
09 July 2009
Vaccination Programme in UgandaUGANDA - The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation is carrying out mass vaccination of goats, sheep and cattle in the Karamoja region of Uganda against Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR) and contagious Bovine Pleuro Pneumonia (CBPP)....
05 January 2009
Ugandan Cattle Markets Close in Seven DistrictsUGANDA - Butcheries and livestock markets in seven northern Uganda districts have been closed due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. Veterinary officers in the affected districts said at least 300 head of cattle had died of the disease....
13 November 2008
Foot-and-mouth Kills 1,000 in UgandaUGANDA - The foot-and-mouth disease that struck Adjumani District a few months ago has killed up to 1,000 head of cattle....
22 October 2008
West Nile Stops Cattle MovementUGANDA - The agriculture ministry has imposed an indefinite quarantine on animals entering or leaving the West Nile region. This follows an outbreak of foot and mouth cattle disease in at least eight more districts, most of which are in the east and northern...
29 September 2008
Entebbe Butcheries Close After FMD OutbreakENTEBBE, UGANDA - Over 75 butchers and abattoirs in Entebbe have been closed following a quarantine put on all animals leaving and coming to Entebbe over threats of the foot and mouth cattle disease....
04 September 2008
Uganda: Foot and Mouth Disease Hits MukonoUGANDA - When his cow lost appetite, Fred Musa feared it had been bewitched. "I fed it with omululuza (a local herb)," he says. "But it died after four days." When news of his cow's death spread, a team of veterinary officers was dispatched to Njeru town...
10 June 2008
GM Livestock Experiments to Begin in UgandaUGANDA - Ugandan scientists are to begin experimenting on genetically modified farmyard animals that they say will be healthier, more productive and more efficient, boosting meat and dairy production in the country....
31 March 2008
Liver Disease Hits Soroti CattleUGANDA - Liver fluke, a disease which destroys the liver of cattle, has hit Soroti district. ...
10 September 2007
Panic As Strange Disease Strikes Cattle in IgangaUGANDA - A mysterious disease has broken out among herd of cattle and goats in parts of Iganga District, sparking off fears of possible loss of stock. ...
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