Animal Health and Nutrition

Before rolling out interventions, MaziwaPlus will investigate the social, economic, and behavioural drivers of mastitis and antibiotic use.

Ractopamine is commonly used to enhance muscle growth, improve feed efficiency, and increase lean meat yield in livestock.

Though Ecobiol® has been available in other regions, this marked the first time the probiotic has been registered as a feed-grade Bacillus subtilis product in mainland China.

Pigs have already been vaccinated and will be challenged with a virulent strain of the ASF virus to assess the vaccine’s efficacy.

Although H5N1 remains rare in humans, its detection in cattle has raised alarm among public health experts, prompting calls for closer monitoring of those in direct contact with livestock.

Its mission is to accelerate vaccine innovation for diseases often overlooked by mainstream pharmaceutical companies.

This designation reaffirms WBVR’s critical role in international efforts to improve diagnostic tests, strengthen veterinary services, and develop science-based disease control strategies.

The product is designed to help control multiple bacterial diseases prevalent in freshwater aquaculture.

Because this is an emerging pathogen in cattle, no approved vaccines currently exist.