Prevention of diseases is always both better and cheaper than treatment. Even if vaccines and other preventive measures may seem expensive, they are in the long run much cheaper than loosing animals or letting animals loose condition and buying expensive drugs - not to mention the fees of the vets! Disease prevention also protects the rights of the animals to a worthy enjoyable life and are the pillars of good and successful management
This chapter contains following information:
- Hygiene, Insect and tick control
- Livestock movement regulations
- Treating wounds and abscessess
- Vaccinations
- Vaccines for lifestock in East Africa
under development (coming soon):
- Buying in new stock
- Housing / isolation of sick animals
- Public Health regulations – meat control act, feed formulation act
- Reporting Diseases
- Safe disposal of infectious material
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