1. Access Agriculture Training Video Keeping healthy livestock is a tough task because animals fall sick easily. Many people spend lots of money on medicine to treat their animals. In this video we will see how to prevent animals from getting diarrhoea and we will also learn how to treat sick...
  2. Access Agriculture Training Video A sick sheep does not grow fast and will sell at a low price because it is thin and the meat will be of poor quality. Some diseases such as PPR and pasteurellosis are mainly transmitted through inhalation and contaminated drinking water. Parasitic worms spread to...
  3. 2001-01-01 Specific diseases and parasites usually affect animals within, or closely related to, the same species. Only a relatively few cross over to humans, called Zoonoses; however when this happens, the outcome can be very serious. This book, which is a series of articles, describes a variety of...
  4. 2019-10-18 When the topic of agricultural pest management is mentioned, most people think first about monitoring for pests or intervening to reduce pests: scouting, pest identification, and/or application of pesticides are some specific practices. However, prevention is a often-overlooked key strategy that...
  5. 1995-01-01 Disease prevention through vector control is intended to give relief workers an overview of the problems and a range of strategies for dealing with them. The main vector-borne diseases are described, and the importance of identifying the particular disease and its vector, and of considering a...
  6. 1994-01-01 In this work of investigative science journalism, Laurie Garrett takes readers on a harrowing fifty-year journey through our battles with the microbes, from the savannas of eastern Bolivia to the rain forest of northern Zaire, from a Navajo reservation in the Four Corners region of New Mexico to...
  7. 1991-01-01 This empirical report provides guidelines on how to improve the organization and management of tropical disease control programs. The target audience is donors, health specialists, and program managers interested in improving tropical disease control programs in developing countries. 51 pages,...