The Veterinary Services Department is working at stopping stray dogs from giving birth as a means to fight the spread of rabies. According to the service, stray dogs are a major cause of rabies infection and reducing their numbers will boost the fight against the disease. As Ghana joins the world to mark the World … Read more
The Veterinary Services Department intends to ban the transfer of pigs following reports of an outbreak of Swine fever in parts of the country. According to the department, data available to them indicates that some pig farms in the Ashanti Region have been affected. There has also been a reported case of swine fever in … Read more
The Veterinary Services Department intends to ban the transfer of pigs following reports of an outbreak of Swine flu in parts of the country. According to the department, data available to them indicates that some pig farms in the Ashanti Region have been affected. There has also been a reported case of swine flu in … Read more
An outbreak of African swine fever in three districts of the Ashanti Region has led to the killing of over 400 pigs between May and June this year, the Veterinary Services Department has revealed. The affected communities are Adjaman and Amakom in the Bosomtwe District , Hemang near Santasi in the Atwima Nwabiagya District and … Read more
The Veterinary Services Directorate is cautioning the public to desist from patronizing any meat from either a slaughter house or a market that has not been embossed with a stamp from the Veterinary Services Department. The directorate has subsequently launched its quality assurance meat inspection stamping project at the Takoradi slaughter house with the aim … Read more
Fifteen people died of rabies in the Ashanti Region, last year the Regional Director of Veterinary Services Department (VSD) has announced. Dr Albert Kwansah-Filson said the figure could be higher as “many cases in the communities are not reported”. He put the number of cases of the preventable viral disease transmitted through the bite of … Read more