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Animal health management
A herdsman inspects his cattle, South Africa
Animal health management poses one of the greatest challenges for veterinarians and other stakeholders in the livestock and wildlife industries. Because it is no longer acceptable to control animal diseases in a vacuum without regard for the environmental-ecological and socio-economic effects of the measures used, i.e. the ‘one health’ concept, there is a need to find alternatives for many of the conventional tools that have been used to control animal diseases.
Download the animal health management fact sheet in Word format, or in PDF format.