“Testing a low cost ventilator using a pig model” By Doctor Olivia Aketch Studying swine medicine as an undergraduate exposed me to a healthy pig, how to tell a sick pig and how to manage swine conditions. As a field veterinarian, veterinary herd health management and planning practices reduce greatly the prevalence of disease in…
Week-long activities to mark World Veterinary Day climaxed with celebrations at Boma Grounds in Amolatar on Friday. The World Veterinary Day is celebrated worldwide every last Saturday of April. Since 2008, the national veterinary association, the Uganda Veterinary Association, has partnered with UN agencies; government ministries and agencies; the private sector and NGOs to organize…
Ministry of Agriculture Animal industry and Fisheries through the Commissioner Animal health has provided UVA 20,000 doses of Lumpy skin disease Vaccine for cattle, 10,000 doses of PPR vaccine for Goats and 5,000 doses for Rabies. ALL ROADS this week lead to Amolatar District for the World Veterinary Day set for April 28. The World…
UGANDA Veterinary Association members Dr Patrick Barasa (left) and Dr Tamim Ebong (right) have recently been promoted in their districts of duty to Production Officers.
MANAFWA public servants on Friday joined long serving District Production Officer Dr. Denis Okello Odongo to celebrate his retirement. Okello received many gifts as a party was held in his honour soon after he handed over office to the district veterinary officer Dr Boniface Obbo who will act as acting head of Department of the…
SPECIAL FEATURE | On this Women’s Day 2023, The Independent sought out a word from a selection of Uganda’s Vet ladies who continue to set the pace in the world of medicine. With COVID-19 battles still in the mind of everyone, their stories remind us that veterinarians are the first and best line of defense…
The top 3 Veterinary Medicine students at Makerere Univesity – Elizabeth Owemigisha, Polly Nagaba and Alice Namata – have won a cash prize of Sh15 million from Norbrook. They received their cheque, to be broken down to sh7m, sh5m and sh3m prizes, from the Chancellor Makerere University Prof. Ezra Suruma at this monht’s 73rd Graduation…
Every year the world celebrates Rabies Day on 28th September, this global health observance started in 2007 to raise awareness about the world’s deadliest infectious disease and bring together partners to enhance prevention and control efforts worldwide. While rabies is a 100% preventable disease, nearly 60,000 people die from the disease around the world each year. World…
American Humane, America’s first national humane organization and the world’s largest certifier of animal welfare practices, names Ugandan wildlife Dr. Watuwa James a 2022 Finalist for the first inaugural WOLFGANG KIESSLING INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR SPECIES CONSERVATION. One of Uganda’s up-and-coming wildlife veterinarians, Dr. Watuwa James, approaches some of Uganda’s most pressing wildlife and conservation…
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations (FAO) through its Emergency Center for Transboundary Animal Disease Control (ECTAD), and Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) as part of the Global Health Security Agenda Program (GHSA) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to build the field epidemiology capacity of the…
