Livestock

The Turkish government's efforts have reduced the number of antibiotics prescribed by 10 percent in the last five years, and this decrease will continue at an increasing rate in 2019, the health minister said on Nov. 17.

Bird flu has been registered in a farm in the village of Bogdanitsa, Sadovo municipality, according to bTV. 

The case was confirmed yesterday. 39,000 laying hens will be culled and accordingly buried to prevent any spread of the disease.

The farm will be disinfected and the owners - compensated.

Dubai: The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment on Tuesday announced a ban on the importation of all kinds of birds, chicks, hatching eggs and their non-heated products from Bulgaria, reports GulfNews. 

The ban also applies to the import of poultry meat and non-heat treated products and eggs from the affected country.

An Italian regional councilor has called for using Turkey's giant Kangal shepherd dogs to protect flocks of sheep from the increasing number of wolves in Tuscany.

Videos of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro feasting on a steak dinner prepared by a celebrity chef at a time many in his crisis-wracked nation are going hungry has drawn fury from opponents of the embattled socialist leader.

'Don't use horse-drawn carriages, we are dying!'

Sofia. The weekly clinical examinations in pig farms continue, the areas that fall within the protection zone have already been identified, Dr Alexandra Miteva, Head of the Animal Welfare Department of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA), told Focus Radio, commenting on the spread of the African swine fever virus in Bulgaria.

SOFIA, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- As many as 54 sheep have died after a brown bear attack in a farm in the Rhodope Mountain in Bulgaria, the authorities said Friday.

The incident occurred on the night of Thursday to Friday in a farm in the village of Malevo, 200 km southeast of Sofia, the Regional Inspectorate of Environment and Water (RIEW) said in a statement on its website.

The UAE has lifted another ban on eggs and poultry products from two European countries.

The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment announced the lifting of the ban on the import of all kinds of domestic and wild birds, ornamental birds, chicks, hatching eggs, their products and their non-heat treated wastes from Italy and Bulgaria.

Salt Bae's new recipe, titled "24 carat gold steak," has stirred outrage on social media.