AVMA News

APRIL 10, 2023

million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further develop and integrate solutions to advance veterinary care and diagnostic services to improve livestock health and productivity in sub-Saharan Africa. Zoetis announced in March that the company received a $15.3

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Livestock Africa 242

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Ethiopia, a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa, has firmly established itself as one of Africa’s top birding destinations. Its great diversity of habitats hosts an incredible bird count of over 900 species, including Africa’s 2nd highest list of endemics and near-endemics (after South Africa).

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Game 237

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2010

The disease can attack domestic pets, such as dogs and cats, as well as livestock, such as horses, chickens, and cattle. The virus originated in Africa, around the Nile region and has only threatened the United States in recent years. Causing similar symptoms as EEE, this illness attacks the nervous system of animals and humans.

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Protection Pets Horses Humane 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2013

Geladas are the sole survivors of a once abundant branch of primates that historically foraged across the grasslands of Africa, the Mediterranean and India. Competition with domestic livestock has restricted some Gelada bands to poorer foraging on steep slopes. They are however classified by IUCN as Least Concern.

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