by Communication and Visibility | Sep 17, 2020 | General, Livestock Production and Productivity Improvement
There is a need to develop more fatteners of beef cattle in Uganda. These words were echoed by Uganda’s Head of State President Yoweri K. Museveni, while commissioning the livestock resource center 2 (LRC2) of Uganda Meat Producers Cooperative Union Ltd, financed by...
by Communication and Visibility | Aug 21, 2020 | General, Livestock Production and Productivity Improvement
Uganda Meat Producers Cooperative Union Ltd (UMPCU) is hinged on five focus areas in order to achieve its objectives. These are: Livestock production and productivityAccess and InclusionLivestock MarketingLobbying and AdvocacyInstitutional development There are...
by Communication and Visibility | Jul 27, 2020 | General, Livestock Production and Productivity Improvement
Foot and Mouth Disease commonly referred to as FMD is a severe highly contagious viral disease which mainly affects cloven foot animals like cattle, swine, sheep, goats, among others. FMD mainly survives in the lymph nodes and bone marrow at a neutral PH (measure of...
by Communication and Visibility | Jul 13, 2020 | General, Livestock Production and Productivity Improvement
The Minister of State for Animal Industry, Hon. Dr. Bright K. Rwamirama has encouraged livestock farmers to practice breeding of cattle for business. The Minister said this while launching a vaccination program for Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Nakaseke district on...
by Communication and Visibility | Jul 6, 2020 | General
The livestock diagnostics application (app) for veterinarians, labcard provides for easy on-farm data collection for samples through the use of a mobile phone. With support from Zoetis, veterinary staff and farmers from the districts of Luwero, Kyankwanzi,...
