Understanding animal health in southeast Asia: advances in the collection, management and use of animal health information

Livestock diseases cause enormous losses through death and decreased production impacting directly on food security and local economics. This publication reports the extensive and successful research undertaken as part of ACIAR-facilitated projects.

In most developing countries, livestock represent, in addition to food and power, an important savings system within the village economy. In these countries, disease of livestock is usually more severe, more widespread and inflict more social and economic damage than in developed countries.

Learn more about the Livestock Systems program